Fabio Lione

Fabio Tordiglione (born 9th October, 1973 in Pisa, Italy) is an Italian singer who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody, Labyrinth, Vision Divine and Athena. Lione started making eurobeat songs in 2000, but has decided to continue his solo career with and work with Rhapsody. Image File history File linksMetadata Fabiolione. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Fabiolione. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band. ... Vision Divine was born in 1998, originally as a solo project from Olaf Thorsen (former guitarist and mastermind of the Italian band Labyrinth). ... SUPER EUROBEAT Vol. ...

Personal Background

When Fabio was a child he was mainly interested in nature and animals. He usually painted animals and played video games. Early in his life he was not involved in music, and had yet to discover his true passion for music. At the age of 14 in 1987 he bought his first metal album, The Final Countdown. While he was studying at technical high school in Pisa. Fabio realized he had a good singing voice after his classmates were impressed by his singing. He took vocal lessons for baritone taught by his old friend which developed his vocal to be compared with Freddie Mercury of Queen. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith Look up Metal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Final Countdown is Europes third album, released May 26, 1986, by Epic Records. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Freddie Mercury was a British Asian songwriter and singer, best known as the frontman for the British rock band Queen. ... Queen is a British rock band created by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon from the remains of Smile. ...

Musical Career

Fabio's career started in 1990 at the age of 17 when he began to sing with a small rock and roll underground group who played classics of '50 and '60 similar to Elvis Presley's songs. He had the passion for groups such as Queensryche, Fates Warning, Crimson Glory which inspired him to form his own metal music band. This article is about the year. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Elvis redirects here. ...

His musical activities continued with a young group from Pisa, Athena. They were a progressive metal band with their own unique style and challenged various expressions. Fabio recorded a demotape with Athena and it was his first experience in a metal band. Fabio did 20 shows with the band, but two years later he left the band in 1994. Athena made their first album in 1995 ("Inside the moon"). Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At first his stage name was Joe Terry which was the combination of his favorite heroes' names in Japanese games. His first piece of musical equipment was a Shure SM 58 microphone. Shure Incorporated is a consumer electronics corporation. ...

Labyrinth

Labyrinth's "No Limits" album cover.

Fabio met the band Labyrinth, at the time the band was called "Vision", but Fabio later changed the name to "Labyrinth". Shortly after in 1993 the band started to work on a demotape called Midnight Resistance. Before the album No Limits was released, Fabio recorded a mini CD with Labyrinth. Image File history File links Labyrinthnolimits. ... Image File history File links Labyrinthnolimits. ... Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band. ...

Fabio created the album No Limits together with Olaf, a band member of Labyrinth. Fabio's lyrics were mainly based on his personal experiences and his emotions. All the lyrics in the album were connected, Fabio did this as an experiment. Labyrinth's style was different to other bands because it was mixed with different music genres including thrash metal, progressive rock and electric pop music. Fabio was the singer of Labyrinth for just more than three years. Fabio had to leave the band since the other members did not want to become too popular. Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band. ... It has been suggested that Neo-Thrash be merged into this article or section. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ...

Athena

Athena called Fabio so they could start work on their second album A New Religion which was released in 1998. Fabio wrote the lyrics and the vocal lines for 10 songs, the lyrics used religious and philosophical words and had the tendency to reflect deep meanings on their music. Fabio and the other members of Athena attended Axel Rudi Pell Tour 1998 with Dreamscape, another progressive metal band from Germany in December. Shortly after the tour the band decided to break up. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Axel Rudi Pell (Born June 27, 1960) is a german melodic speed/power metal guitarist. ...

Vision Divine

"Vision Divine" album cover

First album of Vision Divine. Fabio returned to collaborate with Olaf Thorsen for Vision Divine, They recorded the 1st album "Vision divine" at Dave Rodgers Studio (Romanore), in which Fabio made 9 vocal lines and wrote the lyrics for 1 song, then published it in October. The type of their music showed their tastes of straight hard rock styles in '80s that they were influenced so much. Their theme and the lyrics included "divine" thoughts, ruling human lives, with the images of angels or God.Fabio was invited as a guest singer to "Ayreon" Arjen Anthony Lucassen Project, and recorded a song "Through a wormhole" in the album "Flight of The Migrator Part2". His expressive vocal effectively described the thrilling and mystic atmosphere in a particular, progressive rock style. Image File history File links VisionDivineCover. ... Image File history File links VisionDivineCover. ... Vision Divine was born in 1998, originally as a solo project from Olaf Thorsen (former guitarist and mastermind of the Italian band Labyrinth). ... Vision Divine was born in 1998, originally as a solo project from Olaf Thorsen (former guitarist and mastermind of the Italian band Labyrinth). ...

In 2002 Fabio released a new album from Vision Divine. In January, the second album of Vision Divine recorded at Rodgers Studio from Send me an angel was released. Fabio composed 8 vocal lines for this album, their expressions became more serious and deeper, close to the reality of divinity and humanity with progressive and heavy sounds and an album "Beto Vazquez Infinity" was released in february, including the song "The battle of the past" in which Fabio was singing as a guest vocalist for Beto Vazquez project. His heroic vocal finely matched this brave song. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

In 2003 Fabio attended shows with Vision Divine at Gods of Metal 2003 (Milan) and at Heineken Jammin' Festival (Imola) in June. He then recorded four demo songs with Vision Divine in November and performed on Italian Tour in December. Shortly after it was announced Fabio had to leave the band, Fabio gave the band six new vocal lines and they started a new album with a different singer: (Michele Luppi) 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vision Divine was born in 1998, originally as a solo project from Olaf Thorsen (former guitarist and mastermind of the Italian band Labyrinth). ...

Rhapsody

Rhapsody's "Legendary Tales" Album cover

Rhapsody first began negotiations with Fabio at Gate Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg (Germany after hearing him in the "Piece of Time" album from Labyrinth. Shortly after the band had got to know Fabio he joined the band to work on new albums with them. His first album with Rhapsody was "Legendary tales" in 1997. Image File history File links Rhapsodylegendary. ... Image File history File links Rhapsodylegendary. ... Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rhapsody received the sensational reputations to the 1st album, and began to create the second one, with more classic music tastes, orchestral sounds and operatic elements with a choir. Fabio recorded "Symphony of enchanted lands" with them from May to August, and it was relesased in November. Another EP album "Emerald sword" was published a little ahead of it in October. Fabio's excellent vocal was developed much more with the epic sounds of Rhapsody. Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ...

In 2000 Rhapsody released their third album "Dawn of Victory" and held concerts in which Fabio participated. Fabio's vocal style became more aggressive and strong with their emphasys of power metal taste in this album. This energetic vocal sounded effective especially for their shows. This article is about the year 2000. ... Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ...

In 2001 Fabio held many concerts. He also recorded a new EP album Rain of a thousand flames with Rhapsody in Germany between April and August, the album was released in December. Although the album was an EP, it included some songs over 10 minutes as well as rapid metal songs. Fabio performed on stages with Rhapsody at Gods of Metal 2001 (Milan) in June, during South American Tour(Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile) and at Rock Machina Festival(Spain) in July. At the same time he sang with Vision Divine at 2 concerts in Italy in May and at Festa dell'unit Suzzara (Mantova) in August. After that Fabio recorded the 4th album "Power of the dragonflame" with Rhapsody at the studio in Germany during November and December. He tried various vocal styles from the aggressive/death voice to the perfect operatic style in "Lamento Eroico", this was a good chance for him to grow his possibilities as a talented vocalist. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ...

Fabio Lione with other Rhapsody band members

Rhapsody travelled to Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica on a successful European Tour in April and May when they also had a chance to join the Wacken Festival 2000 in Germany. Fabio attended Rock Machina Festival in Spain in July and traveled with Vision Divine on South American Tour (Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile and Argentina) in November and December. In the same year many bands including Rhapsody and Vision Divine published a tribute album to Helloween "The Keepers of Jericho". Fabio sang 2 songs "Guardians" with Rhapsody and "Eagle fly free" with Vision Divine in this album. Image File history File links Rhapsodymembers. ... Image File history File links Rhapsodymembers. ... Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ...

Rhapsody released "Power of the dragonflame" in March and amazingly raised up the ranks on music charts in various countries. Together with their fame spreading in the world, Fabio's great vocal came to be esteemed higher as "The Voice of Italian Metal". .: Fabio set out on the first headliner tour of Rhapsody(Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan and Korea) and joined the summer festivals in Europe - Bang your head Festival (Germany) with Rhapsody, Wacken Festival 2002(Germany) and "Z7" (Pratteln, Switzerland) with Vision Divine. Vision Divine was born in 1998, originally as a solo project from Olaf Thorsen (former guitarist and mastermind of the Italian band Labyrinth). ...

In February, 2004 Fabio finished vocals for Rhapsody's new album Symphony of Enchanted Lands part 2. Fabio went to be on Rhapsody promo tour for their new album from July to September (Canada, US, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, UK). On the release day 27 September they had a signing session with Christopher Lee in London. Fabio appeared with Rhapsody on a TV music program in Germany in October. He showed his passionate performance for the Unholy Warcry live song. In August, he started recording the 5th album with Rhapsody in Germany. Adding more new arrangements to their music, the process of their main production took time from October to November. Fabio did his best with the members of Rhapsody for this new masterpiece. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Christopher Lee portrays Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

Rhapsody's "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream"

Rhapsody and Sir Christopher Lee were recorded for "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream". It was recorded in four languages including English, Italian, French and German. The new single is scheduled for release in 2005. Image File history File links Covermagic. ... Image File history File links Covermagic. ... Sir is a British honorary title representing knighthood or baronetcy. ... Christopher Lee portrays Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ... The Magic of the Wizards Dream, released in 2005, is Rhapsodys fourth single. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Eurobeat

Fabio's first eurobeat song Eye of the Tiger was released in Japan. His name for eurobeat project was "J. Storm", deriving from Joey Tempest. He has published eleven eurobeat songs up until 2003. SUPER EUROBEAT Vol. ... SUPER EUROBEAT Vol. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fabio has thought about stopping his eurobeat music and deciding to concentrate on continuing his successful career with Rhapsody and his solo project. Rhapsody is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ...

Discography

Albums

Rhapsody releases

• Legendary Tales (1997)
• Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
• Emerald Sword (single) (1998)
• Dawn of Victory (2000)
• Holy Thunderforce (2000)
• Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
• Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
• Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret (2004)
• The Magic of The Wizard's Dream' (2005)
• Live in Canada 2005 - The Dark Secret (2006)

Labyrinth releases

• Piece of Time (1995)
• No Limits (1996)
• No Limits (Remastered Limited Edition)

Athena releases

• A New Religion (1998)

Vision Divine releases

• Vision Divine (1999)
• Send me an Angel (2002)

Ayreon releases

• Flight of the Migrator 2 (1999)

Miscellaneous releases

• Beto Vázquez Infinity / Battle of Valmourt (2001)
• Beto Vázquez Infinity / Beto Vázquez Infinity (2001)
• The Keppers of Jericho/ Various Artists (2000)
• J.Storm Eurobeat Songs

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External links and references

• Fabio Lione's official website
• Fabio Lione - The voice of Italian metal
• Rhapsody Swedish site, Fabio Lione Information
• Full Discography with album covers
• Fabio Lione at MusicBrainz