Into the Legend

Into the Legend is the eleventh studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. It was released on 15 January 2016 via AFM Records.^[5]

Into the Legend
Studio album by Rhapsody of Fire
Released	15 January 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Symphonic power metal
Length	66:42 71:20 (Digipak/Japanese edition)
Label	AFM Records
Producer	Alex Staropoli
Rhapsody of Fire studio album chronology
Dark Wings of Steel (2013) Into the Legend (2016) The Eighth Mountain (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Angry Metal Guy	[1]
Metalholic	[2]
Metalstorm	[3]
Nightfall in Metal Earth	[4]

It is the first album with bassist Alessandro Sala, and the final album with longtime members Fabio Lione on vocals and Alex Holzwarth on drums.^[6][7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fabio Lione; all music is composed by Roberto De Micheli, Alex Staropoli and Manuel Staropoli.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In principio" (In the Beginning)	2:45
2.	"Distant Sky"	4:32
3.	"Into the Legend"	5:01
4.	"Winter's Rain"	7:44
5.	"A Voice in the Cold Wind"	6:18
6.	"Valley of Shadows"	6:54
7.	"Shining Star"	4:39
8.	"Realms of Light"	6:00
9.	"Rage of Darkness"	6:02
10.	"The Kiss of Life"	16:45
Total length:		66:40

Digipak edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Volar Sin Dolor" ("Flying Without Pain", Spanish version of Shining Star)	4:38
Total length:		71:18

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Speranze e Amor" ("Hopes and Love", Italian version of Shining Star)	4:38
Total length:		71:18

Personnel

Rhapsody of Fire

• Fabio Lione – lead vocals
• Roberto De Micheli – guitar
• Alessandro Sala – bass
• Alex Staropoli – keyboards, production
• Alex Holzwarth – drums

Additional musicians

• Manuel Staropoli – recorder, flute, crumhorn, oboe, duduk
• Matteo Brenci – guitars (7)
• Luca Balbo – piano (7)
• Elisa Frausin – cello
• Bayarma Rinchinova – flute
• Teodora Tommasi – harp
• Manuel Tomadin – harpsichord
• Luca Ventimiglia – musette, uilleann pipes, crumhorn
• Paolo Monetti – violone
• Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra – orchestra
• Manuela Kriscak, Noémi Boros, Paola Marra – soprano vocals
• Elisa Verzier – alto vocals
• Riccardo Rados – tenor vocals
• Hao Wang, Matjaž Zobec – bass vocals

Choir

• Giacomo Voli, Beatrice Blaskovic, Caterina Lanza, Elisa Blaskovic, Erin Dorci, Sofia Rosie Mayer, Virginia Lanza, Davide Moras, Fabio Sambenini, Gabriele Gozzi, Paolo Ribaldini

Production

• Alberto Bravin – editing, engineering, mixing
• Atanas Babaleski – engineering
• Giorgi Hristovski – engineering
• Fulvio Zafred – engineering
• Maor Appelbaum – mastering
• Felipe Machado Franco – artwork, layout
• Daniele Peluso – photography
• Stefania Seculin – choir conductor
• Vito Lo Re – orchestra conductor

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	145
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	157
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	90
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11]	76
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12]	78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	34