Into the Legend

Into the Legend is the eleventh studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. It was released on 15 January 2016 via AFM Records.

It is the first album with bassist Alessandro Sala, and the final album with longtime members Fabio Lione on vocals and Alex Holzwarth on drums.

Personnel
Rhapsody of Fire
 * Fabio Lione – lead vocals
 * Roberto De Micheli – guitar
 * Alessandro Sala – bass
 * Alex Staropoli – keyboards, production
 * Alex Holzwarth – drums

Additional musicians
 * Manuel Staropoli – recorder, flute, crumhorn, oboe, duduk
 * Matteo Brenci – guitars (7)
 * Luca Balbo – piano (7)
 * Elisa Frausin – cello
 * Bayarma Rinchinova – flute
 * Teodora Tommasi – harp
 * Manuel Tomadin – harpsichord
 * Luca Ventimiglia – musette, uilleann pipes, crumhorn
 * Paolo Monetti – violone
 * Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra – orchestra
 * Manuela Kriscak, Noémi Boros, Paola Marra – soprano vocals
 * Elisa Verzier – alto vocals
 * Riccardo Rados – tenor vocals
 * Hao Wang, Matjaž Zobec – bass vocals

Choir
 * Giacomo Voli, Beatrice Blaskovic, Caterina Lanza, Elisa Blaskovic, Erin Dorci, Sofia Rosie Mayer, Virginia Lanza, Davide Moras, Fabio Sambenini, Gabriele Gozzi, Paolo Ribaldini

Production
 * Alberto Bravin – editing, engineering, mixing
 * Atanas Babaleski – engineering
 * Giorgi Hristovski – engineering
 * Fulvio Zafred – engineering
 * Maor Appelbaum – mastering
 * Felipe Machado Franco – artwork, layout
 * Daniele Peluso – photography
 * Stefania Seculin – choir conductor
 * Vito Lo Re – orchestra conductor