The Cold Embrace Of Fear

The Cold Embrace Of Fear, known in full as The Cold Embrace Of Fear A Dark Romantic Symphony , is an EP released by Rhapsody Of Fire. It is occasionally referred to as the ninth album. The Cold Embrace Of Fear is essentially an entire song divided equally into seven individual tracks. Both The Cold Embrace Of Fear, and The Frozen Tears Of Angels were recorded simultaneously.

THE DARK SECRET SAGA - Part IV
Reprise From Part III

IRAS ALGOR:

"At the first lights of dawn, after long weeks of riding through the natural obstacles of the middle realms, Dargor, princess Lothen, Khaas, Tarish and I finally reached the glorious town of Ainor, one of the last livable places on our way to the frozen northlands. Once here the people welcomed us and we found rest and peace being treated like heroes. At this point, none of the people living in this town, with exception of its king and the wizards, knew about the reason of our arrival but surely our unexpected visit put fear into the minds of many. It was still too early to announce to the world the dangers threatening it. In the meantime, the master wizard Erlien, made aware by myself of the latest decisions of the White Dragon's Order, honored me with the "key of wisdom" and access to the glorious secrets of the town in the highest tower of Ainor's fortress... Now, I am here, my friends, in front of thousands and thousands of books and documents written by the wise hands of the men and the elves who populated the wide nordic plains over the last centuries. And after a long search I found what I was looking for. Under the light of a sad pale moon these old manuscripts covered by the dust of time revealed one important and scary detail about out dangerous quest... an enigmatic game of words reveals a name: Har-Kuun..."

"Oh my god... Har-Kuun, one of the legendary and now forgotten "gates of hell", one of the ancient fortresses of Nekron in the primordial times... yes, Har-Kuun... my old friend Aresius once told me about it... Har-Kuun may be the place where the Black Order's disciples were hiding the legendary Erian's book over all these centuries after they had taken it from the secret halls of this town... Har-Kuun... I feel a strange sensation... a very fearful sensation... There is no time to lose, it is time to finally continue our journey through the snow and the ice of the frozen and unexplored lands in the direction of the white mountains, more precisely to Nair-Kaan, the holy mountain where, as the jesters sang, in the ancient times legendary epic battles were fought between the heavens and hell, by angels and demons... if Har-Kuun is not just a myth, then it should be located somewhere there... So now it's our turn to explore those white icy places, not knowing what we shall ultimately find. The place where Erian's words, the only chance to discover more about the demonknight's prophecy and the way to stop him, may be hidden, the place where the legendary hellish Har-Kuun may dramatically reveal itself to us... yes, right there... where even the tears of the angels can't be anything else but frozen!"

Track listing

 * Act I. The Pass Of Nair-Kaan
 * Act II. Dark Mystic Vision
 * Act III. The Ancient Fire Of Har-Kuun
 * Act IV. The Betrayal
 * Act V. Neve Rosso Sangue
 * Act VI. Erian's Lost Secrets
 * Act VII. The Angels' Dark Revelation

Crediting
PRODUCED BY LUCA TURILLI AND ALEX STAROPOLI

Engineered and edited by Simon Oberender

Additional engineering and editing by Olaf Reitmeier and Sascha Paeth

Recorded at the Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) between September and October 2009

MIXED BY SASCHA PAETH, MASTERED BY MIRO

ALL MUSIC COMPOSED BY LUCA TURILLI AND ALEX STAROPOLI

except for "ACT V: Neve Rosso Sangue" and "ACT VI: Erian's Lost Secrets" composed by Luca Turilli, Alex Staropoli and Fabio Lione

All lyrics, narrations and “The Dark Secret Saga” written by Luca Turilli

All classical interludes and basic orchestral arrangements by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli

Orchestral arrangements by Alex Staropoli

Cover concept by Luca Turilli and Felipe Machado Franco

Cover artwork and booklet layout realized by Felipe Machado Franco - http://finalfrontier.thunderblast.net

RHAPSODY OF FIRE ARE: Fabio Lione - Vocals; Luca Turilli - Guitars; Alex Staropoli Keyboards ; Patrice Guers Bass; Alex Holzwarth - Drums; Dominique Leurquin - Special guest on stage

SPECIAL GUESTS: The Narrators of the Enchanted Lands: The Wizard King - Christopher Lee; Iras Algor - Toby Eddington; Dargor - Stash Kirkbride; Lothen - Christina Lee; Khaas - Marcus D'Amico; Tarish - Simon Fielding; Rhythm Guitars: Sascha Paeth; Baroque Recorder: Manuel Staropoli; Acoustic Guitar: Olaf Reitmeier; Soprano solo: Bridget Fogle; Opera Choirs: Bridget Fogle, Previn Moore; Epic Choirs: Fabio Lione, Thomas Rettke, Herbie Langhans, Simon Oberender, Robert Hunecke

Thanks to..:
Rhapsody Of Fire

would like to thank:

Uli Wehner and Markus Steffen; Karsten vom Wege; Tom Hess and Uli Latus at Tom Hess Music Corporation (www.tomhess.net). All the people working at Gate Studio: Sascha Paeth, Simon Oberender, Miro, Olaf Reitmeier and respective families. Robert Hunecke, Olaf Hayer, Herbie Langhans and Thomas Rettke; AC Dreffein, Joerg Zaske and Heike Grotelueschen at All Access.

Special thanks to all the people working at Nuclear Blast: Markus Staiger, Yorek Eysel, Jochen Maass, Andy Siry, Holger Tiefenbach, Tine Stumpp, Tobias Pfletschinger, Markus Wielandt, Siggi Popp, Gerardo Martinez, Mike Ruiz, Loana Valencia and out beloved friend Markus Wosgien.

Extra thanks to Felipe Machado Franco (http://finalfrontier.thunderblast.net); Bridget Fogle and Previn Moore; Sir Christopher Lee, Christina, Juan and the rest of the Lee family; Limb Schnoor; Olivier Garnier and Roger Wessier at Replica Rec.; Fabienne Wessier, Tim Vervaeke, Lionel Reygnier, Ernst Seider, Petr and Petra Pololanik; Andrea and Roberto of the Italian fan club.

All the families of the band members; Nadia Bellir and Manuel Staropoli; Dominique and Laurence; Lilou, Soussoun and the whole Bellir family.

All the friends of Triest: Paolo Rolli, Maurizio Komar, Alan Biloslavo, Corrado Spunton, Daniele Carbonera and Roberto De Micheli; Ricky and Elisa Russo; Silvano Zagolin and Max Ribaric; Giuliano, Mirna and Roby.

LUCA TURILLI plays CAPELLI GUITARS exclusively (www.capelliluthier.com). DOMINIQUE LEURQUIN plays CAPELLI GUITARS exclusively and is endorsed by LINE 6. PATRICE GUERS uses VIGIER bass-guitars, TRACE ELLIOT amps and ERNIE BALL strings exclusively. ALEX HOLZWARTH uses PEARL DRUMS, ZILDJIAN CYMBALS and VIC-FIRTH sticks exclusively.

For booking Rhapsody Of Fire please contact: ALL ACCESS Entertainment GmbH Neuer Kamp 25, 20359 Hamburg, Germany Phone: 0049 - 40 - 432 833 0 ; Fax: 0049 - 40 - 432 833 23 ; info@all-access.de

For all other business proposals please contact: MARKUS STEFFEN musicas.de gmbh Neuer Kamp 25, 20359 Hamburg, Germany Phone: Phone: 0049 - 40 - 432 833 18 ; Fax: 0049 - 40 - 432 23 ; www.musicas.de

Legal consultant: ULRICH WEHNER Rechtsanwalt, Wissmannstrasse 4, 22041 Hamburg, Germany Phone: 0049 - 40 - 65 72 41 31 ; Fax 0049 - 40 - 65 62 778

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ACT 1. ザ・パス・オブ・ネア・カーン

ACT 2. ダーク・ミスティック・ヴィジョン

ACT 3. ジ・エインシェント・ファイアーズ・オブ・ハー・クーン

ACT 4. ザ・ビトレイヤル

ACT 5. ネイヴェイ・ロッソ・サングイ

ACT 6. エリアンズ・ロスト・シークレッツ

ACT 7. ジ・エンジェルズ・ダーク・レヴェレイション

ファビオ・リオーネ　(Vo)

ルカ・トゥリッリ　(G)

アレックス・スタロポリ　(Key)

パトリース・ガール　(B)

アレックス・ホルツワース　(Ds)

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Trivia

 * Track lengths are not present on the Japanese release of this album. It is not present on the back of the case, nor in either of the included booklet.