History YMMV / RhapsodyOfFire

*** [[EvilOverlord Akron]] is a [[TheWarlord ruthless warlord]] and champion of the Hell God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures [[TheHero the Warrior of Ice]] into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has [[ILied already killed them all]]. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can. After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps.

*** [[BigBad Akron]] is a [[EvilOverlord ruthless warlord]] and champion of the Hell God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures [[TheHero the Warrior of Ice]] into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has [[ILied already killed them all]]. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can. After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps.

* NarmCharm: Fabio Lione is the king of this trope.

* SpecialEffectFailure: And this is the main reason why.
** The video for "Unholy Warcry", by contrast, is rather well-put together. Obviously they had a bigger budget for that one.

** ''The Emerald Sword Saga'':

-->For the magic of the wizard's dream...

* SoBadItsGood: The official music videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOHgvnXw0g "Power of the Dragonflame"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQ6thP8D0w "Rain of a Thousand Flames"]]...

** ''The Dark Secret Saga'': [[BigBad Nekron]], the [[OverlordJr son of Kron]], led horrific wars that depopulated entire regions. Knowing his demise was imminent after the betrayal of the dragon Thanor, Nekron tortured Thanor hideously and turned him into stone before leaving ways to restore himself. Upon being returned, Nekron plans to lead demons to enact torture, pain and blood upon all living things until he is the master of everything.

-->'''YouTube comment:''' It's like someone airbrushed a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' manual on the side of a van and then the van had sex with Film/{{Highlander}} and the whole thing was rendered in Microsoft Movie Maker. aka FUCKING AWESOME

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Akron]] from the ConceptAlbum series ''The Emerald Sword Saga'' is a ruthless warlord and champion of the Dark God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures The Warrior of Ice into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has already killed them all. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can.After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps. Akron is so horrible, even his noble Dragon Dargor finally turns on him to help destroy him after witnessing his horrible excesses.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Akron]] from the ConceptAlbum series ''The Emerald Sword Saga'' is a ruthless warlord and champion of the Dark God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures The Warrior of Ice into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has already killed them all. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can.After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps. Akron is so horrible, even his noble Dragon Dargor finally turns on him to help destroy him after witnesses his horrible excesses.

** The video for "Unholy Warcry", by contrast, is rather well-put together. Obviously they had a bigger budget for that one.

-->'''YouTube comment:''' It's like someone airbrushed a [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] manual on the side of a van and then the van had sex with Film/{{Highlander}} and the whole thing was rendered in Microsoft Movie Maker. aka FUCKING AWESOME

* CompleteMonster: Akron is a ruthless warlord and champion of the Dark God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures The Warrior of Ice into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has already killed them all. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can.After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps. Akron is so horrible, even his noble Dragon Dargor finally turns on him to help destroy him after witnesses his horrible excesses.

* CompleteMonster: Akronis a ruthless warlord and champion of the Dark God Kron. Akron begins by destroying the city of Ancelot and capturing its princess Airin. He lures The Warrior of Ice into giving him the famed Emerald Sword by threatening to execute all his prisoners, but has already killed them all. Akron has princess Airin raped to death by his demons in front of the men who love her, before having her beloved Arwald tortured and executed by being thrown into an acid pool. Akron's armies run rampant, destroying everything they encounter and slaughtering all they can.After a long campaign, when the Warrior of Ice is captured, Akron has him tortured and then decides to execute him by having him fed to the ravenous water snakes in the swamps. Akron is so horrible, even his noble Dragon Dargor finally turns on him to help destroy him after witnesses his horrible excesses.

* FridgeBrilliance: In "Gargoyles Angels of Darkness", the rather pathetic-sounding line mentioned under {{Narm}} could make sense if you think it's Akron's line, considering that they've been portraing him like a sore, disgusting slime of a character through the whole saga. Having him fall into [[VillainousBreakdown a pathetic panic]] would fit.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Fabio's strong accent and rather unique inflection lends itself to a few of these. At other times it's {{averted}} for the same reason, because it's impossible to imagine him to be saying ''anything'' in English, at least without reading the lyrics.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: And this is the main reason why.

* CompleteMonster: Akron and the Queen of the Dark Horizons have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
** Same goes for Nekron, but considering he's the son of the god of hell, it's pretty well justified.

* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] literally defined by the [[BlindGuardian finest]] [[{{Edguy}} hams]] [[{{Avantasia}} in]] [[GammaRay metal]], Fabio Lione is almost inarguably the largest and hammiest vocalist in the entire genre. Hell, one could make the case that it extends to the ''entire group'' when compared to their fellow bands.

* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] literally defined by the [[BlindGuardian finest]] [[{{Edguy}} hams]] [[{{Avantasia}} in]] [[GammaRay metal]], Fabio Lione is almost inarguably [[BeyondTheImpossible the largest and hammiest vocalist in the entire genre]]. Hell, one could make the case that it extends to the ''entire group'' when compared to their fellow bands.

* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] literally defined by the [[BlindGuardian finest]] [[{{Edguy}} hams]] [[{{Avantasia}} in]] [[GammaRay metal]], Fabio Lione is almost inarguably [[BeyondTheImpossible the largest and hammiest vocalist in the entire genre]]. Hell, one could make the case that it extends to the ''entire band''.

* CompleteMonster: Akron and the Queen of the Dark Horizons have no redeeming qualities whatsoever