Dawn of Victory

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Dawn of Victory
Rhapsody dawn of victory.jpg
Studio album by
Rhapsody
ReleasedOctober 30, 2000
RecordedJune – August 2000
Genre
Length49:25
Label Limb Music
Producer Sascha Paeth and Michael Rodenberg
Rhapsody studio album chronology
Symphony of Enchanted Lands
(1998)		Dawn of Victory
(2000)		 Rain of a Thousand Flames
(2001)
Singles from Dawn of Victory
  1. "Holy Thunderforce"
    Released: September 20, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metal Rules Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Sputnikmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Dawn of Victory is the third studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, released in 2000. Like the previous albums, it centers on the story of Algalord and The Emerald Sword Saga. It was produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro. It is also the first album to feature drummer Alex Holzwarth.

Contents

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the second best power metal album of all time. [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Luca Turilli; all music is composed by Turilli and Alex Staropoli, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Lux Triumphans" ("Triumphant Light")Staropoli2:00
2."Dawn of Victory" 4:46
3."Triumph for My Magic Steel" 5:46
4."The Village of Dwarves" 3:52
5."Dargor, Shadowlord of the Black Mountain" 4:47
6."The Bloody Rage of the Titans" 6:23
7."Holy Thunderforce" 4:21
8."Trolls in the Dark"Turilli2:32
9."The Last Winged Unicorn" 5:43
10."The Mighty Ride of the Firelord" 9:15
Total length:49:25

The album was also made available in a Digipak edition containing a bonus disc with several extra tracks.

Digipack edition CD 2 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Guardians" (Helloween Cover)Michael Weikath4:20
2."The Mighty Ride of the Firelord (Edit Version)" 4:46
3."Holy Thunderforce (Alternate Version)" 4:20
4."Triumph for My Magic Steel (Alternate Version)" 5:46
Total length:19:12

The bonus disc also contained a multimedia track featuring:

Credits

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 39
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 32
Italian Albums (FIMI) [8] 49
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 39

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References

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  2. ↑ "Metal Rules". Metal Rules. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Sputnikmusic review". Sputnikmusic.com. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ Chantler, Chris (14 November 2019). "The 25 greatest power metal albums". Metal Hammer . Future plc . Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rhapsody: Dawn Of Victory" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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