''Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus'' (

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: "Prometheus, Symphony: The Divine Fire", also sometimes stylized as ''Prometheus — Symphonia Ignis Divinus'' or ''Prometheus: Symphonia Ignis Divinus'') is the second and final studio album by

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band

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 metal band created and led by Luca Turilli after his split from Rhapsody of Fire, also including German, French and Finnish ...

, created by

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after his departure from

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. It was released on June 19, 2015, via

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. Turilli considers it one of the most important albums of his career: ''Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus'' was the first album ever to be mixed in

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and the music of the same was used by

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and

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to promote Dolby Atmos technology worldwide. It is the only album with Alex Landenburg on drums, following Alex Holzwarth's departure shortly after the recording of the previous album, ''

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'', in order to focus on Rhapsody of Fire. The first single, "Rosenkreuz (The Rose and The Cross)", was released April 24, 2015.

Composition

Luca Turilli composed the songs and arranged all the orchestral parts of the album in seven months. The creation of the album involved three more months of production, over 50 days of mixing, working with two choirs, several special guests, including

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( Primal Fear), Dan Lucas ( KARO), and

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(

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). The 70-minute album sounds cinematic, bombastic and dramatic. The music is meant to lead the listener on an emotional and memorable journey between quantum gates, parallel dimensions, myths and legends hiding cosmic truths, ancestral secrets and spiritual revelations.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members *Alessandro Conti -

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, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, producer,

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, cover concept *Dominique Leurquin - guitar *

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

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* Alex Landenburg -

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Additional musicians *

- co-lead vocals on "Thundersteel" *

- vocals *Dan Lucas - vocals *Bridget Fogle - vocals *Emilie Ragni - vocals Production *Sebastian Roeder - engineer, mixing *Christoph Stickel - mastering *Stefan "Heile" Heilemann - cover art

Charts

References

{{Authority control Luca Turilli albums 2015 albums Nuclear Blast albums