Luca Turilli's RHAPSODY To Release New Single, Lyric Video; Artwork Revealed

The creators of cinematic metal, Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody, have announced the release of their new single, a “reloaded” version of the song “Il Cigno Nero” (from the album Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus) sounding epic and cinematic but at the same time very powerful too, featuring partially re-arranged keyboards and completely rearranged and re-recorded guitar and bass parts. The song will be released by Nuclear Blast on December 18th together with a lyric video created by Luca Turilli.

Once again, the song was recorded and mixed at the Backyard Studios of Sebastian Roeder and mastered at the MSM Studios of Christoph Stickel.

Alessandro Conti, the singer of the band, explains: ”When Luca composed “Il Cigno Nero” and arranged the orchestral and choral parts for it, we immediately thought that such song would have sounded special with louder guitars too. This new single release is a great chance to let the people enjoy one of our favourite album tracks dressed in a different way and showing the heaviest side of the band.”

Stefan Heilemann (Epic, Lindemann) created a new artwork for “Il Cigno Nero” [Reloaded]. Alex Landenburg, the drummer, states: “Since the work he made for the Prometheus album, we all felt in love with his unique graphic style. Stefan is surely the perfect man for our Rhapsody band, as he is able to give us that photorealistic visual impact making the difference on the way to look more cinematic than ever before.”        

Rhapsody have announced their 2016 North American co-headlining tour with German power metallers, Primal Fear. The tour will kick off at a very special show on April 28th at Stage 48 in New York City. Pre-sale tickets for the exclusive NYC date are now on sale.

“We are all extremely excited and looking forward to playing a memorable show in New York on April 28th, 2016”, commented Luca Turilli. “It will be a true honour to co-headline that special evening with our friends of Primal Fear. And that will be just the beginning, as the two bands will bring their glorious music across US from the east to the west coast. Many more dates will be announced in 10 days. Stay tuned!”

The band are touring in support of their latest album, Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus, released by Nuclear Blast Records. More dates will be announced soon. For additional information, tickets and VIP tickets visit this location.

European Prometheus Cinematic Tour dates are listed below.

January
15 – Annecy, France – Le Brise Glace
16 – Mannheim, Germany – Alte Seilerei
17 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
18 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix
20 – Hamburg, Germany – Logo
21 – Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater
22 – Prague, Czech Republic – Nova Chmelnice
23 – Wroclaw, Poland – Alibi
24 – Warsaw, Poland – Proxima
26 – Kosice, Slovakia – Collosseum
27 – Budapest, Hungary – Club 202
29 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Majestic Music Club
30 – Vienna, Austria – Szene
31 – Augsburg, Germany – Spectrum

February
1 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colossaal
3 – Munich, Germany – Backstage
4 – Ludwigsburg, Germany – Rockfabrik
5 – Lyss, Switzerland – Kufa
6 – Paris, France – Divan Du Monde
8 – Glasgow, Scotland – Audio Glasgow
9 – London, England – 02 Academy Islington
10 – Vosselaar, Belgium – Biebob
12 – Madrid, Spain – Caracol
13 – Barcelona, Spain – Salamandra 1
16 – Lyon, France – Ninkasi Kao
17 – Bologna, Italy – Estragon
18 – Rome, Italy – Orion
19 – Milan, Italy – Live Club