William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Glory for Salvation ; Year: 2021; Genre: Power Metal/Symphonic Metal Rhapsody of Fire is and will always be one of the power metal bands that I absolutely adore; after listening to one of their records you feel like you can take on anything in the world, or at least that's how I feel. ;p.    Hear Glory for Salvation on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rare Earth - Good Time Sally   My song pick 2 years ago today: Asia - Anytime   My song pick 3 years ago today: Joe Cocker - Woman to Woman   My song pick 4 years ago today: Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul System - Xmas Done Got Funky My song pick 5 years ago today: Queen - A Winter's Tale My song pick 6 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Rise of the Chaos Wizards My song pick 7 years ago today: Foghat - Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool) My song pick 8 years ago today: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Scratch & Sniff My song pick 9 years ago today: Triump...

From: Dawn of Victory ; Year: 2000; Genre: Symphonic Metal/Power Metal Felt like picking another one from my favourite Italian metal band. A dang good 6+ minutes of epic music and story in song. Hear Lux Triumphans/Dawn of Victory on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Blue Cheer - Second Time Around My song pick two years ago today: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 My song pick three years ago today: The Cars - You Might Think My song pick four years ago today: Falco - Rock Me Amadeus My song pick five years ago today: Stratovarius - Elysium My song pick six years ago today: Johnny Rivers - Muddy River My song pick seven years ago today: Steeleye Span - Padstow My song pick eight years ago today: Rush - Lakeside Park My song pick nine years ago today: Bon Jovi - Every Day

From: Dark Wings of Steel ; Year: 2013; Genre: Power Metal/Symphonic Metal I hadn't picked one from Rhapsody of Fire for a while now, and since I'm in the mood for their music as well I thought I would pick one. This is of course the title track off of their 2013 album, while not their best in my opinion, it's a bit of fun. Hear Dark Wings of Steel on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Parliament - Flash Light My song pick two years ago today: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Breakdown My song pick three years ago today: Marillion - Garden Party My song pick four years ago today: Alestorm - Heavy Metal Pirates My song pick five years ago today: Guns N' Roses - Sympathy for the Devil My song pick six years ago today: Bon Jovi - Bounce My song pick seven years ago today: The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes My song pick eight years ago today: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown

From: Dawn of Victory ; Year: 2000; Genre: Symphonic Power Metal I happened to be listening to some from this neat Italian Metal band last night and thought I would pick another one of their songs. This track leans heavily to the symphonic/operatic, but with a definite taste of heavy metal.   Hear The Mighty Ride of the Firelord on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Argent - Liar My song pick two years ago today: Hawkwind - Time We Left This World Today My song pick three years ago today: Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) My song pick four years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider My song pick five years ago today: Ian Anderson - Made In England My song pick six years ago today: Mel McDaniel - Louisiana Saturday Night

From: Triumph or Agony ; Year: 2006; Genre: Power Metal/Symphonic Metal 2006, (which is also today's pick number), was another year that contains a lot of good music; I had a real hard time picking just one song. However, I noticed that I have only picked one other song from this great Italian metal band, so I decided on picking one off of their '06 release Triumph or Agony . Some bands whose music is progressive in nature make concept albums, however, Rhapsody of Fire take it to levels well beyond that. Their narratives span multiple albums Triumph or Agony is part of the second of their epic tales called " The Dark Secret Saga ," which spans five albums. Their music throughout this song is all over the place, going from folkish metal to straight-up or progressive metal to even sections where there is no music and only character actors speaking lines. To say the least it's an interesting track. This song is broken up into five pieces: I. A New Saga Begi...

1686 Rhapsody of Fire - Holy Thunderforce From: Dawn of Victory , Year: 2000 Genre: Symphonic Metal/Power Metal I'm enjoying a rather lazy Saturday; it has been quite nice to just kick back and listen to some music. I've been listening to a lot of European Metal in particular this morning; I noticed that I had not chosen a song from Rhapsody of Fire yet, so I thought I would rectify that today. Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Guided by Voices - Everybody Thinks I’m a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking) My song pick two years ago today: Gorō Yamaguchi - Tsuru No Sugomori (Crane's Nest) My song pick three years ago today: M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames My song pick four years ago today: Heart - Dreamboat Annie +