''Legendary Tales'' is the debut studio album by Italian

symphonic power metal Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitar ...

band

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. It was released in 1997 on

Limb Music Limb Music is an independent record label based in Hamburg, Germany and specialized in various subgenres of heavy metal music. It was also known as LMP, which stood for Limb Music Products, later changed to Limb Music GmbH. The music publishing ...

. The album is the beginning of the Emerald Sword Saga.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire fo ...

- vocals *

Luca Turilli Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist constantly engaged in various musical projects. Having always declared to love music at 360 degrees, Turilli has dedicated himself to multip ...

- guitars *

Alex Staropoli Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970) 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. Fo ...

- keyboards *Daniele Carbonera - drums

Guest musicians

Sascha Paeth Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970 in Wolfsburg, West Germany) is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After ...

- bass, acoustic guitars, mandolin * Robert Hunecke - bass *Manuel Staropoli - baroque recorder *Thomas Rettke, Cinzia Rizzo - backing vocals *Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke, Miro, Wolfgang Herbst, Rick Rizzo, Fabio Lione, Luca Turilli, Alex Staropoli, Cinzia Rizzo, Tatiana Bloch - Choir of Immortals *Anne Schnyder - lead violin *Anne Schnyder & Helia Davis - violins *Oliver Kopf - viola *Paul F. Boehnke - cello *Andre Neygenfind -

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Production

*Produced by

and Miro *Engineered and mixed by Sascha Paeth and Miro at Gate-Studio in

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

, Germany. *Cover art and logo design: Eric Philippe *Photography: Karsten Koch, Hannover

References

{{Authority control 1997 debut albums Rhapsody of Fire albums Limb Music albums