Dawn of Victory

Dawn of Victory
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2000
RecordedJune – August 2000
Genre
Length49:25
LabelLimb Music
ProducerSascha Paeth and Michael Rodenberg
Rhapsody studio album chronology
Symphony of Enchanted Lands
(1998)
Dawn of Victory
(2000)
Rain of a Thousand Flames
(2001)
Singles from Dawn of Victory
  1. "Holy Thunderforce"
    Released: September 20, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Metal Rules [2]
Sputnikmusic [3]

Dawn of Victory is the third studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, released in 2000. Like the previous albums, it centers on the story of Algalord and The Emerald Sword Saga. It was produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro. It is also the first album to feature drummer Alex Holzwarth.

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the second best power metal album of all time.[4]

  1. ^ "Dawn of Victory". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ "Metal Rules". Metal Rules. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ^ "Sputnikmusic review". Sputnikmusic.com. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ^ Chantler, Chris (14 November 2019). "The 25 greatest power metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 March 2021.