Ok, I am aware that the last few records have been pretty hard going and I suspect you are all hankering after a bit of “diggy diggy hole diggy diggy hole”. Well I can’t promise you something that daft but this is the godfathers of Italian power metal. Well actually, it’s the godfathers one step removed as this not the official sanctioned version of Rhapsody (now titled Rhapsody of Fire), this is the version containing classic line members Luca Turilli and Fabio Lione (hence the name). They were the John and Paul or Liam and Noel of Rhapsody (the current official band has a single original member left in the form of Alex Starpolia on keyboards, see it as Bill Wyman continuing the Stones if everyone else left). So to be honest Turrilli/Lione Rhapsody is far more the real deal than the licenced version. They have also both released albums this year and Zero Gravity is by far and away the better outing. It is everything you want from power metal: Big, symphonic, fantasy obsessed, just a little silly and brimming with big chords, keyboards flourishes and massive choruses. Glorious OTT fun.

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