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Man Dark Wings was disappointing, definitely bottom of the Rhapsody catalogue for me. A Tale of Magic, Sad Mystic Moon, and Silver Lake of Tears are the only ones I return to from that album. All the ballads seem to start the same exact way, too.
I fucking love Shining Star though, oh man. It's so slow, but it sounds much more musically honest and organic than, say, Anima Perduta, or any of the snorefests on Dark Wings. Hell even Lost In Cold Dreams isn't nearly as good imo.
Kiss of Life is also where they knocked it out of the park for me (although that middle section with just guitar and vocals is pretty bare, and the guitar repeats itself quite a lot). That somber violin and that epic chorus, that last one especially with the lead guitar's sexy tone screaming underneath those triumphic vocals. That's what gets my dick hard. Fuck yeah. |
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Which leads me to this... I'm bored and gonna rank the albums as I feel today, from most to least favorite.
1. Dawn of Victory
2. Legendary Tales
3. Symphony of Enchanted Lands
4. Power of the Dragonflame
5. Symphony of Enchanted Lands 2
6. Triumph or Agony
7. The Frozen Tears of Angels
8. Into the Legend
9. From Chaos To Eternity
10. Rain of a Thousand Flames
11. Dark Wings of Steel
12. The Cold Embrace of Fear
For me, a few things I've noticed upon looking at this: the Rhapsody sound, as it is, is defined in their very first two, maybe three albums. Certainly by Dragonflame, most of their range is apparent, and as you can see in the list, I generally think the quality of the albums has decreased over time - that said, Rhapsody's first few albums are some of my all-time favorite albums, so they're a very, very high bar to reach. Those top three albums could be interchangeable. I love absolutely everything about all three of them. Even Forest of Unicorns.
The other is that I do not enjoy their two EPs (Cold Embrace and Rain...). Cold Embrace is just a boring 45 or whatever minutes with bad acting and one good song that is too long for its own good. Rain... has three songs I like and two are just a bit too long, Queen overstays its welcome early on.
Another is that between Triumph or Agony, Frozen Tears, and ITL, that is about the point where the albums stop being 'fantastic' and start entering murkier waters, but with some absolutely phenomenal music on them, no knock to them whatsoever. There are just a few songs I don't care much about.
Dark Wings is a huge disappointment with songs that sound too safe, uninspired, and similar to each other, but with a few gems in Silver Lake of Tears and A Tale of Magic.
From Chaos to Eternity is starting to annoy me 6 years later - some of the songs just do not sound like Rhapsody at all, and the production annoys me, the guitars have zero punch, the orchestration isn't all there, it's a shame the title track is so phenomenal and it drops off immediately after that.
Triumph or Agony is a goddamn great album and I will fight people who shit on this one. Mystic Prophecy defines epic symphonic metal. Nobody talks about Bloody Red Dungeons either, which is my other favorite from this one.
Into the Legend has the potential to climb higher. The only songs I don't love on it are Valley of Shadows and Realms of Light, but all the others are awesome. A Voice In The Cold Wind sounds like it could've come straight off Dawn of Victory.
I am a pretty big nerd. |
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