Canciones para una vida - Magic Opera - Battle Of Ice

 

BATTLE  OF  ICE

Poco tiene de novedoso a estas alturas el concepto de opera rock, o de metal opera, algo que llegó a su máxima expresión desde la perspectiva de la aceptación del gran público en el comienzo de siglo con la banda Avantasia. Las virtudes, en lo personal, de este tipo de grupos están en una balanza junto con sus punto deviles, y para mí suelen pesar menos las virtudes que los defectos, en el sentido de la obra en su conjunto, casi suele hacerseme imposible tragarme uno de estos discos de una sentada, sin embargo, el buen hacer compositivo que suele acompañar a estos grupos, las interesantes colaboraciones, suele hacer que fraccionarlas en "comodos plazos" sea mucho más "digestivo" para mí, y de esta manera consigo hacerme con la obra mucho mejor. Hoy quiero traer al blog a uno de estos proyectos, el del italiano Marco Garau, y su "Magic Opera" que va ya por su segundo capítulo. El primero de ellos lo edita en 2021 y este segundo ha visto la luz este mes de enero. De este episodio dejo hoy en el blog el tema que le da nombre, "Battle of ice" con ese ramalazo neoclásico un tanto a lo "At Vance" por ejemplo, pero con la carga drámatica del concepto metal opera, tema del que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MowNbAtPYtw 

 

The castle was attacked by a large rain of arrows
While other men were climbing fast to get inside
King Leiber gave the order to respond with fireballs
The battle had quickly become bloody and wild

Sir Dohron found a spell inside the book of evil
To increase the power of the crown and kill the king
A firestorm was coming from all sides of the ancient castle, again
And clouds of smoke were everywhere

In the meantime
A big white light came from the sky
It was lord Kama with his friend
Quite ready to freeze any man

Welcome to this epic battle of ice
With my white dragon no one will survive
The cursed crown will be just a bad dream
And we will celebrate our magic win

Sir Dohron tried to create a shield around his people
But the white dragon was so close behind the wall
It was impossible to escape from that incredible creature because
She was too fast and very smart

So, they decided to retreat
To save their lives
But many men were killed right there
In that scary and freezing white hell

Welcome to this epic battle of ice
With my white dragon no one will survive
The cursed crown will be just a bad dream
And we will celebrate our magic win

The cursed crown is not enough
To try to defeat the greatest king of ice
But when I learn to use this stuff
I’ll go back and turn you into a big pile of dung
So, my dear friend, don’t think it’s over here
Your time will end and then mine will begin
You have won the battle but the war, you know, is a completely different thing

Hey! You better run away
Before I change my mind and turn you into a piece of ice
You believe in fairy tales
But you don’t want to understand that you won’t have a chance to steal our land

I’m sure I will
And I will show you who’s the king
Just give me time
And you will see
I’ll break your dreams
Of victory
I’ll burn your skin
And then I will haunt you
Forever

Welcome to this epic battle of ice
With my white dragon no one will survive
The cursed crown will be just a bad dream
And we will celebrate our magic win
Welcome to this epic battle of ice
With my white dragon no one will survive
The cursed crown will be just a bad dream
And we will celebrate our magic win 

By Nash