Turilli / Lione Rhapsody

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Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
Also known asTurilli Lione Rhapsody
Origin Trieste, Italy
Genres Symphonic metal, [1] progressive metal [2]
Years active2018–2023
Labels Nuclear Blast [3]
Past members Luca Turilli
Fabio Lione
Dominique Leurquin
Patrice Guers
Alex Holzwarth
Website tlrhapsody.com

Turilli / Lione Rhapsody was an Italian symphonic metal band formed in December 2018, by former Rhapsody of Fire members Luca Turilli and Fabio Lione. The lineup also included former Rhapsody of Fire members Alex Holzwarth, Patrice Guers, and Dominique Leurquin. Prior to the band's formation, the same lineup performed under the Rhapsody moniker for the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour, which celebrated 20 years of the original band's existence. [4] [5] On the same day that the band formed, the band started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to fund their only studio album.

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The first intention, after the end of the Rhapsody farewell tour, was to continue with the name Zero Gravity but the promoters strongly recommended that Turilli and Lione continue with the name Rhapsody. [6]

Turilli and Lione branded their new band's music style as a "new generation of symphonic metal" combined with progressive, electronic and even ethnic elements and based on their artistic mantra "Rebirth and Evolution", emphasizing the clear intention to abandon the power metal of their beginnings while evolving their sound into something different, modern and innovative.

At the end of December 2018, Turilli and Lione entered the studio to record their band's only studio album Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) , which was released on July 5, 2019. [7] [8] [9] Following the conclusion of the Latin American tour in January and February 2023 as their final tour, the band disbanded, with an announcement prior that they would be "closing the chapter of their career for good". [10]

Band members

Final line-up

Former live members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

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