History Music / RageBand

* 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}} "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.

* CoverVersion: They have covered [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast as a Shark"]], [[Music/IronMaiden "The Trooper"]], [[Music/JudasPriest "Jawbreaker"]], [[Music/BlackSabbath "Paranoid"]], [[Music/TheRollingStones "Paint it Black"]], [[Music/{{Rush}} "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.

* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''XIII'' and ''21'' are their 13th and 21st full-length albums respectively, if you include their first album as Avenger.

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Morituri te Salutant" and "Prelude of Souls", from ''Speak of the Dead''.

* AgeOfTitles: "The Age of Reason", from ''Resurrection Day''

** "The Blow in a Row", from ''10 Years in Rage''. It starts with the intro "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".
** The "Lingua Mortis Medley", from ''Lingua Mortis'', comprised of rearragenged parts of the songs: "Don't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil", and "Lost in the Ice".

* TheOldGods: "Great Old Ones", from ''Soundchaser''.

* RevengeBallad: "Eye for an Eye", from ''LMO''.

** ''The Devils Strikes Again'' is considered a return to their 90's sound, specially the ''Black in Mind'' and ''End of All Days'' era.
** 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 came from on "Refuge" from ''The Missing Link'', which was recorded by this same line-up.

* SerialKiller: "Serial Killer", from ''21''.

* SpeedMetal: Rage's primary music genre in the earlier albums. A PowerMetal approach was first introduced in ''Secrets in a Weird World'', and evolved over the years to a heavier sound.

** Marcos Rodriguez's backing vocals with Peavy's vocals, notably seen in ''The Devils Strikes Again''.

** Peavy and Henning Basse in the ''LMO'' album, specially on the songs "Scapegoat" and "Witches' Judge".

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Most songs from ''XIII'' and ''Ghosts'' fade into each other. The two-part "Falling from Grace" from ''Soundchaser'' as well. Also applies to the "Suite Lingua Mortis" songs from ''Speak of the Dead'', and "Empty Hollow" from ''Strings to a Web''.

* SopranoAndGravel: In the ''LMO'' album, this effect is achieved with Peavy and Henning Basse's vocals contrasting with vocalists Jeannette Marchewka and Dana Harnge.

* {{Medley}}: The "Lingua Mortis Medley", from ''Lingua Mortis'', comprised of rearragenged parts of the songs: "Don't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil", and "Lost in the Ice".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Despite being the guitarrist at the time, Marcos 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}}), between the interlude of "Higher Than the Sky".

** Marcos Rodriguez's backing vocals with Peavy's vocals, notably seen in ''The Devils Strikes Again''. Despite being the guitarrist at the time, Marcos was already a professional vocalist before joining Rage, and even sings Dio songs during the "Higher Than the Sky" interlude on live concerts.

* Medley: The "Lingua Mortis Medley", from ''Lingua Mortis'', comprised of rearragenged parts of the songs: "Dont't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil", and "Lost in the Ice".

* CelebrityCameo: Andi Deris of Music/{{Helloween}} performed vocals on "Wake the Nightmares (Falling from Grace Pt. 1)", from ''Soundchaser''.

* CelebrityCameo: Andi Deris from Music/Helloween performed vocals on "Wake the Nightmares (Falling from Grace Pt. 1)", from ''Soundchaser''

** Marcos Rodriguez's backing vocals with Peavy's vocals, notably seen in ''The Devils Strikes Again''. Despite bein the guitarrist, Marcos was already a professional vocalist, and even sings Dio songs during the "Higher Than the Sky" interlude on live concerts.

* Vassilios Maniatopoulos - Drums

* VillainSong: "Straight to Hell" from ''Welcome to the Other Side''. One of the most popular Rage songs, thanks to it's appearance in the 2001 German film ''Film/DerSchuhDesManitu'', as Santa Maria's entrance theme.

* ConceptVideo: The music videos for "Refuge", "Alive but Dead", "Down", "Lord of the Flies" and "Twenty One"

* EpicRocking: "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".

* LiveAlbum: ''The Video Link'', ''Metal Meets Classic Live'', ''From the Cradle to the Stage'', ''Full Moon in St. Petersburg''.

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Execution Guaranteed" from its 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''

* TheXOfY: ''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''.

* ''In Vain'' (1998)
* ''Full Moon'' (2006)

* MeaningfulName: ''XIII'' and ''21'' are their 13th and 21st full-length album respectively, if you include their first album as Avenger.

* TheXOfY

* DeadPersonConversation: "Talk to Grandpa" from ''Secrets in a Weird World" and "Talking to the Dead" from ''End of All Days''.

* EpicRocking: "Scaffold", "Execution Guaranteed", "Without a Trace", "Flowers That Fade in My Hand", "Enough is Enough", "Lost in the Ice", "No Sign of Life", "Blow in a Row", "In a Nameless Time", "Tomorrow's Yesterday", "Unity" and "Death is on It's Way (Falling from Grace Pt. 2)".

** "Shadow Out of Time" and "In a Nameless Time" from ''Black in Mind'' are based on short story by Creator/HPLovecraft.
** "Talking to the Dead" from ''End of All Days" is based on Brian Lumley's Literature/{{Necroscope}} series.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: They have two: ''The Best of the Noise Years'' ([[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]]) and ''Best of Rage: All G.U.N. Years''.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Grapes of Wrath", "What's Up?", "Unity"

* MeaningfulName: ''21'' is their 21st full-length album, if you include their first album as Avenger.

* PowerTrio: Currently.

* StartMyOwn: Current guitarist Victor Smolski has released a couple of solo albums. So has their ex-drummer Mike Terrana.

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Talk to Grandpa" from ''Secrets in Weird World''.

* Marcos Rodriguez - Guitars

'''Rage''' is a Heavy/Speed/Power Metal band from Germany. Initially started out as Avenger in 1983, 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.

* ''Prayers of Steel'' (1984, as Avenger)

* ''The Missing Link'' (1993)
* ''Higher Than the Sky'' (1997)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Tends to fluctuate between 7 and 8.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Chaste Flesh" from ''Reign of Fear''.

** "She" from ''Secrets in a Weird World'' is based on Creator/StephenKing's ''Christine''.
** "The Pit and the Pendulum" from ''The Missing Link'' is based on short story by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.