Ascending to Infinity
Ascending to Infinity is the first studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, created by Luca Turilli after his departure from Rhapsody of Fire.
It was released in June 22, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Considered by the band member as their own" Rhapsody's 11th album", it is the only album to feature Alex Holzwarth on drums, as he subsequently decided to focus on his duties in Rhapsody of Fire.
Alex Staropoli
Alessandro" Alex" Staropoli( born 9 January 1970 in Trieste, Italy) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder( with Luca Turilli) of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire.
He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs.
Following the split with Turilli, Staropoli is Rhapsody of Fire's only remaining founding member.
Alex and Luca met in 1990 during a course in mental techniques( how to have more control of your own mind), and together they started the band Rhapsody( later named as Rhapsody of Fire) in 1993.
When Alex was a child he was mainly interested in nature – mountains, forests and lakes.
At the age of nine he got his first piano and began to study its basics, and at the age of fourteen he bought his first electric guitar.
After meeting Luca, but before the creation of Rhapsody of Fire, he bought a Korg 01/ W pro keyboard, a model he still uses.
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody( often simply referred by itself as Rhapsody, LT's Rhapsody or Turilli's Rhapsody) was an Italian symphonic power metal band created and led by Luca Turilli after his split from Rhapsody of Fire, also including German, French and Finnish members.
The band members referred their style as" Cinematic metal" to underline Luca Turilli's passion for the world of cinema and the soundtracks, yet the main influence of his new artistic proposal.
In 2011, Rhapsody of Fire announced its friendly split into two Rhapsody bands: Alex Staropoli and Fabio Lione decided to go on as Rhapsody of Fire while Turilli, along with bassist Patrice Guers and session guitarist Dominique Leurquin decided to move on as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody.
The band's first line- up also included singer Alessandro Conti and Rhapsody of Fire drummer Alex Holzwarth, who was then a member of both bands.
However, in 2012 Holzwarth left due to the impossibility to be fully in both bands, and was replaced by Alex Landenburg.
Their first album," Ascending to Infinity", was released in 2012 and is referred to as their own" Rhapsody's 11th album".
Their second and final album," Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus", was released in 2015.
From April 2017 to March 2018, Turilli, Leurquin, Guers, Holzwarth, and former Rhapsody of Fire vocalist Lione toured together for the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour, playing the music of the original band; in June 2018, Turilli confirmed that the band was inactive, and the following December announced that the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour lineup now formed a new band, named Turilli/ Lione Rhapsody.
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody( often simply referred by itself as Rhapsody, LT's Rhapsody or Turilli's Rhapsody) was an Italian symphonic power metal band created and led by Luca Turilli after his split from Rhapsody of Fire, also including German, French and Finnish members.
The band members referred their style as" Cinematic metal" to underline Luca Turilli's passion for the world of cinema and the soundtracks, yet the main influence of his new artistic proposal.
In 2011, Rhapsody of Fire announced its friendly split into two Rhapsody bands: Alex Staropoli and Fabio Lione decided to go on as Rhapsody of Fire while Turilli, along with bassist Patrice Guers and session guitarist Dominique Leurquin decided to move on as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody.
The band's first line- up also included singer Alessandro Conti and Rhapsody of Fire drummer Alex Holzwarth, who was then a member of both bands.
However, in 2012 Holzwarth left due to the impossibility to be fully in both bands, and was replaced by Alex Landenburg.
Their first album," Ascending to Infinity", was released in 2012 and is referred to as their own" Rhapsody's 11th album".
Their second and final album," Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus", was released in 2015.
From April 2017 to March 2018, Turilli, Leurquin, Guers, Holzwarth, and former Rhapsody of Fire vocalist Lione toured together for the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour, playing the music of the original band; in June 2018, Turilli confirmed that the band was inactive, and the following December announced that the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour lineup now formed a new band, named Turilli/ Lione Rhapsody.
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire( formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.
Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band has released twelve studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, and a Live DVD.
Rhapsody of Fire is known for its conceptual lyrics that constitute a fantasy story throughout all of their albums from 1997 to 2011.
After using the moniker of Rhapsody for nearly ten years, the band changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire in 2006 due to trademark issues.
In 2011, following the release of their album" From Chaos to Eternity" which concluded The Dark Secret Saga, and after 18 years as co-leader of the band, Turilli left Rhapsody of Fire( on good terms) to form a new Rhapsody band, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, along with two other members who left with him, Dominique Leurquin, Patrice Guers.
They describe their discography as a parallel continuation of Rhapsody of Fire's discography, with their first album being their own" Rhapsody's 11th album" and consider that they did n't leave the band, rather that it amicably split in two.
In 2016, other long- term members Fabio Lione and Alex Holzwarth had left the band, and reunited with Turilli, Leurquin and Guers, to play again under the name Rhapsody for their 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour; in December 2018, several months after announcing that Luca Turilli's Rhapsody was now inactive, Turilli announced the creation of a new Rhapsody band named Turilli/ Lione Rhapsody, with the lineup of the 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour( recreating, minus Staropoli, the original band's 2002- 2011 lineup).
Field of fire
Field of fire or Fields of fire may refer to:
Rhapsody of Fire discography
This is the discography of Rhapsody of Fire, an Italian Symphonic power metal band.
It includes eleven albums, two EP, and various other media.
Founded in 1993 in Trieste, the band originally released albums under the name Thundercross, but used the name Rhapsody from 1995 to July 2006.
In 2006, they changed their name into Rhapsody of Fire.
The Cherry People
The Cherry People were a psychedelic pop and later hard rock group from Washington, D.C., United States.
Their track" And Suddenly" reached no.44 on the Billboard chart.
City of Fire (album)
City of Fire is the eponymous debut album by City of Fire.
Oliver Holzwarth
Oliver Holzwarth( born 19 October 1967) is a German bass guitarist.
Oliver is best known as the live/ studio bass player for Blind Guardian between 1998 and 2012, and as an official member of Rhapsody of Fire from 2010 to 2014.
His brother, drummer Alex Holzwarth, was also a member of Rhapsody of Fire.
Moreover, he is a member of the side project Coldseed.
He also was the bass player of the progressive metal band Sieges Even, which he and his brother were founding members of, and played bass for power metal band Power Quest.
In 2009 – 2010, he toured with Tarja Turunen.
In 2011, he released an EP called" The Mirror of Silence" with Pergana.
He also joined Rhapsody of Fire as a permanent member following the departure of Patrice Guers until his departure in August 2014.

Question: Are Rhapsody Of Fire and The Cherry People from the same country?
Answer: no