I'll be always there, fighting the ancient sin...

This just made my weekend. I got a few interesting emails - turns out more people than I imagined love a little Orson Welles with their metal for breakfast. I don't think I'll try and run a dedicated MP3 blog again, but I will share some of the more interesting tracks I have lying around right here on VM in the new year. Sebastian who runs the awesome The Crime in your Coffee (been on the sidebar for a while now) pointed out that Lee pulled from the Manowar gig at the last moment due to filming commitments and then like an early Christmas gift pulls more metal goodness out of his bag. You want Christopher Lee singing about being a wizard with an "Italian epic metal band"? Of course you fucking do: Rhapsody (feat. Christopher Lee) - The Magic of the Wizard's Dream The song is pretty much what you'd expect, but the video is fantastic. The accompanying notes are a hoot too. Turns out that Lee had concerns about simply narrating so he and the band got together again so he could do the duet - in English, Italian, German and French.

It would not be an overstatement to call the new version of "The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream" a grand and epic piece of work in the style of Disney movies or world class sports events...

Oh I totally agree. I'd be a lot more excited about London hosting the Olympics if there was a series of events based around Michael Caine singing with Motorhead. You've gotta love the banner pic that runs across the website - the lead singer looking in sudden confusion to his right and obviously thinking Holy mother of fuck! That's Christopher Lee... These guys are a Film Score Metal band... and of course I pulled ten people from my email address book at random and signed them up for the Rhapsody news letter. You're welcome. [Music: 50FootWave]