TALES FROM THE EMERALD SWORD SAGA

Tales From the Emerald Sword Saga: the story of Rhapsody so far. This is a good compilation that summarize the career of the band from "Legendary Tales" (1997) to "Power Of The Dragonflame" (2002). 16 tracks , "the most unusual and the favourites". A good booklet with the lyrics, full of pictures and information about the band. A bonus new edited MPEG video clip of "Holy Thunderforce". If you are not familiar with this band this could be a good starting point to explore Rhapsody's "Symphonic Epic Hollywood Metal" style where legendary tales are conceived as metaphors of reality and where the music tries to mix up the energy of power metal with classical influences.