''The Frozen Tears of Angels'' is the eighth studio album by Italian

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. It was released on April 30, 2010 via

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. It is the first album to be released after a long hiatus, caused by a legal dispute with the band's previous label,

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is the third chapter of The Dark Secret Saga, which began with '' Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret''. The artwork for the album was created by Colombian artist Felipe Machado Franco. In 2021, it was elected by ''

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'' as the 13th best symphonic metal album of all time.

Track list

Charts

Credits

Rhapsody of Fire *

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,

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, cover art *

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, production, cover art *

Patrice Guers Patrice Guers (born 5 September 1969 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France) is the former bassist of the Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He joined the band after Alessandro Lotta left the band and performed with them until 2011, when he de ...

– bass * Alex Holzwarth – drums Additional personnel * Dominique Leurquin - additional guitars *

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– narration * Toby Eddington – narration * Stash Kirkbride – narration * Christina Lee – narration * Marcus D'Amico – narration * Simon Fielding – narration * Susannah York – narration * Manuel Staropoli – baroque recorder * Søren Leupold – lute * Bridget Fogle – soprano vocals, choir vocals Choir * Herbie Langhans, Previn Moore, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Thomas Rettke Production * Sascha Paeth – mixing, engineering, editing, additional guitars * Olaf Reitmeier – engineering, editing, additional guitars * Simon Oberender – engineering, editing, choir vocals * Miro – mastering * Karsten vom Wege – logo * Felipe Machado Franco – cover art, photography * Janina Snatzke – photography

References

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