RHAPSODY OF FIRE have been confirmed to play a show at Teatro Caupolican in Santiago, Chile on November 29th, as part of their Frozen Tour Of Angels. Tickets are now on sale via Ticketmaster here.

Guitarist Luca Turilli spoke to Chile-based Bulldozer: “I really expect to see all of them for our next shows. Right now we're preparing the South American leg of The Frozen Tour Of Angels and a really great show. We are expecting to see many, many, many of you to share a lot of emotions in the name of Power, Epic & Symphonic Metal! (...) The new album, The Frozen Tears Of Angels, gives us the possibility to be there on tour in South America and for us it's just fantastic, it’s a miracle! We see this situation really like a miracle because a couple of years ago we didn't know if we could ever do something like this again, so for us it's a really great victory”.

As previously reported, Rhapsody Of Fire are going to release an epic monument called 'The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony'.

"For this special CD we composed a unique song of around 35 minutes divided in 7 "acts“. Looking at the title you can easily imagine that such long and epic song will show the most cinematic and orchestral side of our band, all our passion for the world of cinema we love so much and that always represented our main influence while composing Rhapsody’s music“, says Luca Turilli and adds: "Essentially it is a long huge song, sounding very symphonic, full of orchestral sections very soundtrack oriented, narrations and spoken parts. More than in other cases we tried to create a real movie atmosphere with very dynamic musical results, also thanks to the help of the English actors that gave voice to different charachters. You will just need to close your eyes and explore those new emotional dimensions we wrote the music for.“

The lyrics of this monumental, epic symphony is based on the "dark secret saga“ and represents a new chapter, directly connected with The Frozen Tears Of Angels.

Luca explains: "After the long journey to the icy frozen northlands at the borders of the known world, while facing concrete natural obstacles and the inner demons lying in the depths of their conscience, the five main charachters reach the ancient gothic fortress of Har-Kuun, a real monument of evil trapped between ice and snow, the mystic place where the Erian’s book could be finally found. 'The Cold Embrace Of Fear' tells about the entrance of those bravehearts in the ancestral world of Har-Kuun and the dramatic search for the holy book of the angels, only possible way to understand something more about the dark secret threatening the whole known world. Also in this case I liked to create particular "bridges“ connecting the new chapter of the saga with our modern life on the basis of symbolism, ancient wisdom and spiritual evolution. To someone who knows something about modern psychology and the study of the different "self“, the hidden geometries and gothic labyrinths of Har-Kuun will reveal themselves very clearly.“

Once again Christopher Lee was chosen for the spoken parts as a main narrator.

"We couldn’t imagine to release something like this without his fundamental partecipation. Sir Lee is one member of Rhapsody Of Fire‘s family since a lot of time and we love him not only as an actor but also as man. Because of his great and majestic personality he has surely the aura of a king of the ancient times.

This extraordinary release, will hit the stores on October15th for a special price. Further updates to follow.

The Frozen Tears Of Angels debuted at #16 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top Hard Music Albums chart and at #129 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top 200 Albums chart.

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, The Frozen Tears Of Angels was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (EDGUY, AVANTASIA, EPICA) and debuted at #52 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #60 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #132 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Other international chart entries are as follows: Greece #11; Italy #31; Germany #33; Finland #35; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; France #51; Austria #58; South Korea #69; Spain #81; and Belgium #96.

The tracklisting for The Frozen Tears Of Angels is as follows:

'Dark Frozen World'

'Sea Of Fate'

'Crystal Moonlight'

'Reign Of Terror'

'Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio'

'Raging Starfire'

'Lost In Cold Dreams'

'On The Way To Ainor'

'The Frozen Tears Of Angels'

North American bonus tracks:

'Labyrinth Of Madness'

'Sea Of Fate' (Orchestral Version)

View the video for 'Sea Of Fate' below.