Domine - Stormbringer Ruler

Stormbringer Ruler

The new album Stormbringer Ruler – The Legend of the Power Supreme was recorded during April 2001 at the New Sin Audio Design in Loria (TV).

"Stormbringer Ruler" includes the songs “Horn of Fate”, “The Bearer Of The Black Sword”, “For Evermore” and “Dawn of A New Day” which are parts of a mini-concept entitled “The Chronicles of the Black Sword – The End on an Era” inspired by the final part of the saga of Elric of Melniboné, and tells the story of the final destiny of science fiction/fantasy author Michael Moorcock’s character Elric of Melniboné, Dragonlord and Ruler of the Black Sword Stormbringer. In the milieu in which several series of Moorcock's novels are set, Elric is one of the many incarnations of the Eternal Champion, an immortal being doomed to reincarnate in many heroes and to fight forever. The destiny of the incarnation called Elric is to be the herald of the final battle between Chaos and Law for the Earth.

“The Ride of the Valkyries” is a tribute to Richard Wagner and to his operas inspired by northern mythology. The song features the theme of the opera “Die Walküre” from the “Der Ring des Nibelungen”.

"For Evermore" alludes to Queen's songs "Nevermore" and "Seven Seas of Rhye" from the album Queen II as well as "Lily of the Valley" from Sheer Heart Attack; compare, "The King of Rhye will be crowned again / His messenger will spread the word far through the land / He will sail the seven seas of his kingdom" ("For Evermore") with, "Messenger from Seven Seas has flown / To tell the King of Rhye he's lost his throne" ("Lily of the Valley").