Line #17 Music/RageBand


1	[[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rage_ExtendedPower.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:284:Soundchaser, their mascot.]]
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4	->''Don't you fear the winter,\
5	I will keep you safe and warm\
6	Don't you fear the winter,\
7	Nothing's gonna do you harm''
8	-->-- '''"Don't Fear the Winter"'''
9
10	'''Rage''' is a Heavy/Speed/Power Metal band from Germany. Initially started out as Avenger in 1984, they released an album and EP under that name before changing it to Rage due to a British band Avenger. They have steadily released studio material and toured and they are very popular in Europe and Japan.
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12	Not to be confused with the Australian music show of the same name, Music/RageAgainstTheMachine or the [[VideoGame/{{Rage}} video game.]]
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14	Current line-up:
15
16	* Peter "Peavy" Wagner - Vocals, Bass
17	* Jean Bormann – Guitars
18	* Stefan Weber – Guitars
19	* Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos - Drums
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22	!!Discography:
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24	Full-length releases:
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26	* ''Prayers of Steel'' (1985, as Avenger)
27	* ''Reign of Fear'' (1986)
28	* ''Execution Guaranteed'' (1987)
29	* ''Perfect Man'' (1988)
30	* ''Secrets in a Weird World'' (1989)
31	* ''Reflections of a Shadow'' (1990)
32	* ''Trapped!'' (1992)
33	* ''The Missing Link'' (1993)
34	* ''10 Years in Rage'' (1994)
35	* ''Black in Mind'' (1995)
36	* ''Lingua Mortis'' (1996)
37	* ''End of All Days'' (1996)
38	* ''XIII'' (1998)
39	* ''Ghosts'' (1999)
40	* ''Welcome to Other Side'' (2001)
41	* ''Unity'' (2002)
42	* ''Soundchaser'' (2003)
43	* ''Speak of the Dead'' (2006)
44	* ''Carved in Stone'' (2008)
45	* ''Strings to a Web'' (2010)
46	* ''21'' (2012)
47	* ''LMO'' (2013, with Lingua Mortis Orchestra)
48	* ''The Devil Strikes Again'' (2016)
49	* ''Seasons of the Black'' (2017)
50	* ''Wings of Rage'' (2020)
51	* ''Resurrection Day'' (2021)
52
53	Extended plays:
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55	* ''Depraved to Black'' (1985, as Avenger)
56	* ''Extended Power'' (1991)
57	* ''Beyond the Wall'' (1992)
58	* ''Refuge'' (1993)
59	* ''Higher Than the Sky'' (1996)
60	* ''Live from the Vault'' (1997)
61	* ''In Vain - Rage in Acoustic'' (1998)
62	* ''Gib Dich Nie Auf'' (2009)
63	* ''My Way'' (2016)
64	* ''Spreading the Plague'' (2022)
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67	!!Associated Tropes:
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69	* AgeOfTitles: "The Age of Reason" from ''Resurrection Day''.
70	* AndIMustScream: "Frozen Fire" from ''End of All Days'' is a song from point of view of [[HumanPopsicle cryogenically frozen man]] who is still conscious.
71	* AnyoneCanDie: "Death in the Afternoon" from ''Perfect Man''.
72	* AtomicHate: "Symbols of Our Fear" from ''Perfect Man''.
73	* AudienceParticipationSong: "Higher Than the Sky" from ''End of All Days''.
74	* BurnTheWitch: The main theme around the ''LMO'' album, which follows the concept of the burning of witches in Gelnhausen in 1599.
75	* {{Callback}}: "Overture" on ''XIII'' uses same theme ("Opus 32 Nr. 3" by Sergej Prokofiew) as the intro of ''Secrets in a Weird World''.
76	* ChainedByFashion: Band's [[http://91.103.160.40/admin2/public/hudba/hardandheavy/Rage-Reign-Of-Fear-125504.jpg old logo.]]
77	* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: If you count the Avenger album ''Prayers of Steel'' as their debut:
78	** ''XIII'' is their 13th album.
79	** ''21'' is their 21st album.
80	* ConceptAlbum: ''Ghosts'', based on death the afterlife, and ''Soundchaser'', based on their mascot.
81	* ConceptVideo: The music videos for "Refuge", "Alive but Dead", "Down", "Lord of the Flies" and "Twenty One".
82	* CorruptChurch: "Echoes of Evil" from ''Reign of Fear'' and "Sinister Thinking" from ''Perfect Man''.
83	* CoverVersion: They have covered [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast as a Shark"]], [[Music/IronMaiden "The Trooper"]], [[Music/JudasPriest "Jawbreaker"]], [[Music/BlackSabbath "Paranoid"]], [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Paint it Black"]], [[Music/{{Rush\|Band}} "Tom Sawyer"]], [[Music/TheBeatles "Yesterday"]], "Truth Hits Everybody" by The Police, "I Can't Control Myself" by The Troggs and "Beyond the Pale" by The Mission.
84	* DarkerAndEdgier: Their sound got heavier and thrashier during the mid-90's, specially noted in ''Black in Mind''.
85	* DeadPersonConversation: "Talk to Grandpa" from ''Secrets in a Weird World'' and "Talking to the Dead" from ''End of All Days''.
86	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When they changed their name from Avenger, their first choice for a new name was Furious Rage.
87	* DrinkingContest: "Bottlefield" from ''Extended Power'', a remake of "Battlefield" from the first Avenger release.
88	* DrivenToSuicide: "Suicide" from ''Reign of Fear''.
89	* EpicInstrumentalOpener:
90	** "Overture" from ''XIII''.
91	** "Morituri te Salutant" and "Prelude of Souls" from ''Speak of the Dead''.
92	* EpicRocking: "The Scaffold", "Execution Guaranteed", "Without a Trace", "Flowers That Fade in My Hand", "Enough is Enough", "Lost in the Ice", "No Sign of Life", "The Blow in a Row", "In a Nameless Time", "Tomorrow's Yesterday", "Unity", "Death is on It's Way (Falling from Grace Pt. 2)", "Suite Lingua Mortis", "Lord of the Flies", "Empty Hollow", "Cleansed by Fire" and "The Dark Side of the Sun".
93	* EpiphanicPrison: "Not Forever" from ''Trapped''.
94	* EvilHand: "Hand of Glory" from ''Reign of Fear''.
95	* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
96	** Most songs from ''XIII'' and ''Ghosts'' fade into each other.
97	** The "Tribute to Dishonour" songs from ''Welcome to the Other Side''.
98	** The two-part epic "Falling from Grace" from ''Soundchaser''.
99	** The "Suite Lingua Mortis" songs from ''Speak of the Dead''
100	** The "Empty Hollow" songs from ''Strings to a Web''.
101	** The four-part epic "The Tragedy of Man" from ''Seasons of the Black''.
102	* FilkSong:
103	** "She" from ''Secrets in a Weird World'' is based on Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Christine}}''.
104	** "The Pit and the Pendulum" from ''The Missing Link'' is based on "Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum" by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
105	** "The Crawling Chaos", "Shadow Out of Time" and "In a Nameless Time" from ''Black in Mind'' are based on short story by Creator/HPLovecraft.
106	** "Talking to the Dead" from ''End of All Days'' is based on Brian Lumley's Literature/{{Necroscope}} series.
107	* FlyingSaucer: Handled in "Without a Trace" , along with {{Atlantis}} and TheBermudaTriangle.
108	* ForeignLanguageTheme: The song "Full Moon" from ''Speak of the Dead'' have four alternate versions, translated and adapted to different languages: La Luna Reine (Spanish), Vollmond (German), Полнолуние (Russian) and Michi-Shi Tsuki (Japanese).
109	* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''The Best of the Noise Years'' ([[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]]), ''Best of - All G.U.N. Years'' and ''The Sounchaser Archives''.
110	* HarshVocals: Prominently on albums such as ''10 Years in Rage'' and ''Black in Mind''. On later albums ''21'' and ''LMO'', Peavy even uses Death Metal syled vocals in some songs.
111	* IAmTheBand: Rage is basically Peavy plus 2 or 3 other guys.
112	* InTheStyleOf: ''Lingua Mortis'' features symphonic compositions from ''Black in Mind''.
113	* {{Infomercial}}: "Supersonic Hydromatic" is a critique of these and consumerism.
114	* {{Instrumentals}}: "Grapes of Wrath", "What's Up?" and "Unity".
115	* IntercourseWithYou: "Chaste Flesh" from ''Reign of Fear''.
116	* JerkAss: Mike Terrana. It's what got him thrown out.
117	* KidsAreCruel: One of the verses in "Neurotic", from ''Perfect Man''.
118	* LeadBassist: Peavy is a type B (lead singer) and C (he is the only member to appear on all releases and Rage is basically his band).
119	* LiveAlbum: Rage has released a few over the years, including ''The Video Link'', ''Metal Meets Classic Live'', ''From the Cradle to the Stage'' and ''Full Moon in St. Petersburg''.
120	* LongestSongGoesLast: "The Scaffold" from ''Reign of Fear'', "Without a Trace" from ''Secrets in a Weird World'', "Fading Hours" from ''End of All Days'', "Tomorrow's Yesterday" from ''Ghosts'', "Unity" from it's namesake album, "Death is on It's Way (Falling from Grace Pt. 2)" from ''Soundchaser'', "The Dark Side of the Sun" from ''The Devil Strikes Again'', "Farewell" from ''Seasons of the Black'' and "Extinction Overkill" from ''Resurrection Day''.
121	* MadeOfExplodium: "Ashes" from ''Extended Power'', which is about {{spontaneous combustion}}.
122	* {{Mascot}}: Soundchaser, a robotic creature.
123	* MeaningfulName: ''XIII'' and ''21'' are their 13th and 21st full-length albums respectively, if you include their first album as Avenger.
124	* {{Medley}}:
125	** "The Blow in a Row", from ''10 Years in Rage''. It starts with the intro of "Execution Guaranteed" and continues with parts of "Suicide", "Down by Law", "Don't Fear the Winter", "Invisible Horizons", "Waiting for the Moon", "Enough is Enough" and "Solitary Man", finishing with "Nevermore".
126	** The "Lingua Mortis Medley", from ''Lingua Mortis'', consisting of orchestral rearrangement of "Don't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil" and "Lost in the Ice".
127	* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: "Back in Time" from ''Ghosts''
128	* NightmareDreams: "Reign of Fear" from it's namesake album.
129	* NonAppearingTitle: ''Secrets in a Weird World''. Some time later it appeared on ''Soundchaser''.
130	* TheNothingAfterDeath: "Just Alone" from ''XIII''.
131	* NumberOfTheBeast: Mentioned in "Beginning of the End", from ''Ghosts''.
132	* TheOldGods: "Great Old Ones" from ''Soundchaser''.
133	* PerformanceVideo: The music videos for "Down by Law", "Don't Fear the Winter", "From the Cradle to the Grave" and "Straight to Hell".
134	* PowerBallad: "All This Time" from ''Black in Mind'', "Fading Hours" from ''End of All Days'', "Eternally" from ''21'', "Shinge a Light" from ''Wings of Rage'' and "Black Room" from ''Resurrection Day''.
135	* PowerTrio: Rage has been a power trio with three main lineups over the years, all of them with Peavy as the frontman: the "Refuge years" with Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis, the "millenium years" with Victor Smolski and Mike Terrana/André Hilgers, and their recent years lineup with Marcos Rodriguez and Vassilios Maniatopoulos.
136	* ProfessionalKiller: "Execution Guaranteed" from it's namesake album.
137	* PromotedFanboy: Before becoming band members of Rage in 2015, Marcos Rodriguez and Vassilios Maniatopoulos were already die-hard fans of the band.
138	* RevengeBallad: "Eye for an Eye" from ''LMO''.
139	* RevisitingTheRoots:
140	** ''The Devil Strikes Again'' is considered a return to their 90's sound, specially the ''Black in Mind'' and ''End of All Days'' era.
141	** The side project Refuge, which is composed of Peavy, Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis, the same Rage line-up from 1988 to 1993. The name Refuge comes from the song "Refuge" from ''The Missing Link'', which was recorded by this same line-up.
142	* SequelSong: "The Devil Strikes Again", from it's namesake album, is a sequel to "Sent by the Devil", from ''Black in Mind''.
143	* SerialKiller: "Serial Killer" from ''21''.
144	* SopranoAndGravel: In the ''LMO'' album, this effect is achieved with Peavy and Henning Basse's vocals contrasting with female vocalists Jeannette Marchewka and Dana Harnge.
145	* SpecialGuest:
146	** ''10 Years in Rage'' features guest appearances from all the musicians that had played in Rage at the time.
147	** Andi Deris of Music/{{Helloween}} performed vocals on "Wake the Nightmares (Falling from Grace Pt. 1)", from ''Soundchaser''.
148	** Thomas Hackmann and Jen Majura performed additional vocals on "Lord of the Flies", from ''Carved in Stone''.
149	* SpeedMetal: Rage's primary music genre on earlier albums. A PowerMetal approach was first introduced in ''Secrets in a Weird World'', and evolved over the years to a heavier sound.
150	* StartMyOwn: Former guitarist Victor Smolski has released a couple of solo albums and started his own band Almanac after leaving Rage. So has their ex-drummer Mike Terrana.
151	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Despite being the guitarrist at the time, Marcos Rodriguez was already a professional vocalist before joining Rage. In live concerts, Marcos takes the microphones to sing either "Heaven and Hell" or "Holy Diver" (both compositions of [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Ronnie James Dio]]), between the interlude of "Higher Than the Sky".
152	* SternChase: ''Execution Guaranteed'''s opening number "Down by Law" is about a man running away from law.
153	* SymphonicMetal: Rage is actually one of the pioneers of Symphonic Metal music with their 1996 release, ''Lingua Mortis'' (although being mostly renditions of ''Black in Mind'' songs). At the time, Rage toured with the Lingua Mortis Orchestra and released some their finest symphonic metal albums, ''XIII'' and ''Ghosts''. With Victor Smolski, Rage would release the ''Speak of the Dead'' album, featuring the epic "Suite Lingua Mortis", ten years after the first ''Lingua Mortis'' album. In 2013, Lingua Mortis Orchestra releases their own album ''LMO'' with Rage and toured together again. In 2019, Rage toured once more with Lingua Mortis Orchestra, performing the ''XIII'' album in its entirety.
154	* TakeThat: "Make My Day" from ''Secrets In A Weird World'' is hinted at being this towards Jochen Schröder, Rudy Graf, and [[Music/{{Stratovarius}} Jörg Michael]], who all left the band following the release of ''Execution Guaranteed''. Similarly, "No Lies" from ''Welcome To The Other Side'' is also hinted to be a TakeThat towards Chris and Spiros Efthimiadis and Sven Fischer, who did the same thing just before the release of ''Ghosts''
155	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Extinction Overkill" from ''Resurrection Day''.
156	* TitleOfTheDead: ''Speak of the Dead''.
157	* TitleOnlyChorus: "Execution Guaranteed" from it's namesake album, "Death in the Afternoon" and "A Pilgrim's Path" from ''Perfect Man'', "Talk to Grandpa" from ''Secrets in Weird World'' and "Higher Than the Sky" from ''End of All Days''
158	* TitleTrack: All Rage albums have one, except for ''Secrets in a Weird World'', ''Trapped'', ''10 Years in Rage'', ''Lingua Mortis'', ''XIII'' and ''LMO''.
159	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: "Perfect Man" from it's namesake album. A plot point in ''Soundchaser''.
160	* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The video for "No Fear" uses clips from an underground movie ''Speak of the Dead''.
161	* VillainSong: "Straight to Hell" from ''Welcome to the Other Side''. One of the most popular Rage songs, thanks to it's inclusion in the 2001 German film ''Film/DerSchuhDesManitu'', as Santa Maria's entrance theme.
162	* VocalEvolution: Peavy's vocals certainly evolved over the years, specially in the 90's.
163	* VocalTagTeam:
164	** Peavy and Henning Basse in the ''LMO'' album, on "Scapegoat" and "Witches' Judge".
165	** Marcos Rodriguez's backing vocals with Peavy's vocals, notably seen in ''The Devil Strikes Again''.
166	* WalkingTheEarth: "A Pilgrim's Path" from ''Perfect Man''.
167	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: "Animal Instinct" from ''Perfect Man''.
168	* TheXOfY: Used in various songs and in album titles such as ''Prayers of Steel'', ''Reign of Fear'', ''Reflections of a Shadow'', ''End of All Days'', ''Speak of the Dead'', ''Seasons of the Black'' and ''Wings of Rage''.

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