In 1997 a holy thunder rolled through the international metal scene as Rhapsody, the Italian metal band, released their debut album, “Legendary Tales”. Cofounders Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli created an epic sound with this first album. Incorporating classical music and baroque sounds, they invented a completely new genre, “Hollywood Metal,” in which they blended the styles of such composers as Vivaldi, Bach and Paganini with melodic heavy metal of today and contents from the fantasy genre. In the years that followed, Turilli and Staropoli, joined by Fabio Lione (vocals), perfected this new sound with several albums.

-from the official Rhapsody website