Ascending to Infinity
| Ascending to Infinity | ||||
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| Studio album by Luca Turilli's Rhapsody | ||||
| Released | June 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded |
Backyard Studios, Kempten, Germany, Luca Turilli's private studio, Trieste, Italy, Hiroshima Studio, Challonges, France, December 2011-March 2012 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal, neo-classical metal | |||
| Length |
57:35 63:24 (Limited edition) 67:01 (Japanese edition) | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Luca Turilli[1] | |||
| Luca Turilli's Rhapsody chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metalunderground |  [2] |
| About.com |   [3] |
Ascending to Infinity is the first studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, created by Luca Turilli after his departure from Rhapsody of Fire. It was released in June 22, 2012 via Nuclear Blast[4]
Considered by the band member as their own "Rhapsody's 11th album", it is the only album to feature Alex Holzwarth on drums, as currently he is only a member of Rhapsody of Fire.[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Luca Turilli,[4] except "Luna" by Romano Musumarra and Giorgio Flavio Pintus.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Quantum X" | 2:26 | |
| 2. | "Ascending to Infinity" | 6:15 | |
| 3. | "Dante's Inferno" | 4:57 | |
| 4. | "Excalibur" | 8:06 | |
| 5. | "Tormento e Passione" | 4:52 | |
| 6. | "Dark Fate of Atlantis" | 6:30 | |
| 7. | "Luna" (Alessandro Safina cover) | 4:16 | |
| 8. | "Clash of the Titans" | 4:15 | |
| 9. | "Of Michael the Archangel and Lucifer's Fall I. "In Profundis" II. "Fatum Mortalis" III. "Ignis Divinus" |
16:02 2:28 12:26 1:08 |
| Limited edition bonus track | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 10. | "March of Time" (Helloween cover) | Kai Hansen | 5:50 | |||||||
| Japanese & Mexican limited editions bonus tracks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 10. | "March of Time" (Helloween cover) | Kai Hansen | 5:50 | |||||||
| 11. | "In the Mirror" (Loudness cover) | Akira Takasaki | 3:37 | |||||||
Personnel
Band members
- Alessandro Conti - lead vocals
- Luca Turilli - guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, producer, engineer, cover concept
- Dominique Leurquin - guitar
- Patrice Guers - bass
- Alex Holzwarth - drums
Additional musicians
- Bridget Fogle, Previn Moore, Matthias Stockinger, Dan Lucas, Johnny Krüger - choir
- Sassy Bernert - female voice on tracks 5, 7 and 9
- Jasen Anthony, Previn Moore, Bridget Fogle - narrators
Production
- Sebastian 'Basi' Roeder - engineer, mixing
- Arnaud Ménard - engineer
- Christoph Stickel - mastering
Chart performance
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Hungarian Albums Chart[5] | 14 |
| German Albums Chart[6] | 32 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[6] | 55 |
| Italian Albums Chart[6] | 56 |
| French Albums Chart[7] | 84 |
| Japanese Albums Chart[8] | 103 |
| Belgian Albums Chart[9] | 108 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biography". Luca Turilli's Rhapsody official website. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ↑ CROMCarl. "Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity". Metalunderground.com.
- ↑ Chad Bowar. "Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity review". Heavy Metal About.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "News". Luca Turilli's Rhapsody official website. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ↑ "Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2012. 26. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 . February 2012 http://acharts.us/album/71660. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Steffen Hung (2010-10-23). "Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending to Infiniy". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ "アセンディング・トゥ・インフィニティ ルカ・トゥリッリズ・ラプソディーのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ February 2013