Italian symphonic power metal legends Rhapsody Of Fire release their third single ahead of their twelfth full length studio album entitled ‘The Eighth Mountain’. Set for release on the 22nd of February via AFM Records, the upcoming album will be the first collection of brand new material to feature vocalist Giacomo Voli and drummer Manu Lotter who both joined the band in 2016.
Mixed and mastered by Sebastian ‘Seeb’ Levermann of Orden Ogan at Greenman Studios, Rhapsody Of Fire’s new material is set to be dressed in the most lavish of garbs as provided by the acclaimed Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra in Sofia who themselves have provided sounds for over 600 movie soundtracks. Instrumental in the recording of ‘The Eighth Mountain’, the Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra also provided two choirs that featured more than twenty vocalists as well as a number of soloists brining life to many medieval instruments.
In terms of this album’s lyrical direction, ‘The Eighth Mountain’ marks the begging of a new era and a new story. Developed by Roby de Micheli and Alex Staropoli under the title of the ‘Nephlins Empire Saga’, this new fantasy epic is set to feature the voice of Saruman himself Christopher Lee on the album’s final song ‘Tales of a Hero’s Fate’. In speaking of the lyrics while not giving too much away, Staropoli said that ‘People will find out more details of the saga when they listen to the lyrics, It's about which path in life you choose. The story may be fictitious but quite obviously relates to reality the way we experience it every day.’
As for the new single ‘Master of Peace’, the band have explained that ‘We are thrilled to release a new lyric video of our song 'Master Of Peace', taken from our upcoming album 'The Eighth Mountain'. In this new song, our hero is facing the challenge to bring peace and make his army victorious while being painfully constraint to watch the battlefield turning red and witness the loss of countless lives under his command. All victories have a price’.
We don’t have long to wait until the 22nd, but while you do be sure to check out the video below.