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Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross is a symphonic metal concept album by actor and singer Christopher Lee. It was released on 15 March 2010. This was Lee's first full-length album in the genre, having previously worked with such bands as Rhapsody of Fire and Manowar.
Jun 8, 2012 · Music video of the song "The Bloody Verdict of Verden", aka "The Blood of the Saxon Men" belonging to the album "Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross" (2010) Symphonic metal version.. By Sir ...
Jun 11, 2015 · Learn how the film icon became a metal singer in his nineties and collaborated with bands like Manowar and Rhapsody of Fire. Read about his metal albums, influences and legacy in the genre.
Actor, voice actor, musician, and author Christopher Lee's artistic career started in 1945. His first steps into music were classical/opera/musicals and vocal covers as well as singing appearances on some of his movies' soundtracks, but in the 2000s his tastes widened into metal.
Lee is featured in the symphonic metal album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross in 2010, after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up Charlemagne: The Omens of Death was released in 2013 on Lee's 91st birthday.
May 30, 2020 · Christopher Lee “becomes” a Heavy Metal singer. Even at an advanced age, Lee continued to dedicate himself in parallel to cinema to one of his greatest passions, heavy rock. One of his first official contacts with the genre was in a partnership with Fabio Lione.
Jun 7, 2015 · In 2004, being introduced to metal by Rhapsody of Fire, he began to listen to metal, collaborating with various artists, and even releasing metal/rock concept albums of his own. Lee was fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and German.
