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| Name | Fabio Lione |
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| Birth name | Fabio Tordiglione |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | October 09, 1973Pisa, Italy |
| Instrument | Singer, Keyboard |
| Voice type | Tenor |
| Occupation | Musician, Songwriter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Rhapsody of Fire, Vision Divine |
Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973) is an Italian singer who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody of Fire, Labyrinth, Ayreon, Vision Divine and Athena. Lione started making eurobeat songs in 2000, but has decided to continue his solo career with and work with Rhapsody of Fire.
His musical activities continued with a young group from Pisa, named Athena. They were a progressive metal band with their own unique style and challenged various expressions. Lione recorded a demotape with Athena and it was his first experience in a metal band. Lione did twenty shows with the band, but after two years, he left the band in 1994. Athena made their first album in 1995 (Inside the moon).
At first his stage name was Joe Terry which was the combination of his favourite heroes' names in Japanese games (Joe Higashi and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury). His first piece of musical equipment was a Shure SM 58 microphone.
Lione created the album No Limits together with Olaf, a band member of Labyrinth. His lyrics were mainly based on his personal experiences and his emotions. All the lyrics in the album were connected; Lione did this as an experiment. Labyrinth's style was different from other bands because it was mixed with different music genres including thrash metal and progressive rock. Lione was the singer of Labyrinth for just more than three years. He had to leave the band since the other members did not want to become too popular.
In 2003 Lione attended shows with Vision Divine at Gods of Metal 2003 (Milan) and at Heineken Jammin' Festival (Imola) in June. He then recorded four demo songs with Vision Divine in November and performed on Italian Tour in December. Shortly after it was announced Lione had to leave the band, he gave the band six new vocal lines and they started a new album with a different singer (Michele Luppi)
In 2008 Lione took part at some shows with Vision Divine to celebrate the ten years of the band. On the 28th of May, Vision Divine announced that Fabio Lione has rejoined the band as new singer.
Lione recorded "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" with them from May to August, and it was released in November. Another EP album "Emerald Sword" was published a little ahead of it in October.
In 2000 Rhapsody released their third album "Dawn of Victory" and held concerts in which Lione participated.
In 2001 Lione held many concerts. He also recorded a new EP album Rain of a Thousand Flames with Rhapsody in Germany between April and August, the album was released in December. Lione performed on stages with Rhapsody at Gods of Metal 2001 (Milan) in June, during South American Tour (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile) and at Rock Machina Festival (Spain) in July. At the same time he sang with Vision Divine at 2 concerts in Italy in May and at Festa dell'unit Suzzara (Mantova) in August. After that Lione recorded the 4th album "Power of the Dragonflame" with Rhapsody at the studio in Germany during November and December.
Rhapsody travelled with Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica on a successful European Tour in April and May when they also had a chance to join the Wacken Festival 2000 in Germany. Lione attended Rock Machina Festival in Spain in July and traveled with Vision Divine on South American Tour (Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile and Argentina) in November and December. In the same year many bands including Rhapsody published a tribute album to Helloween "The Keepers of Jericho". Lione sing, "Guardians" in this album.
Rhapsody released "Power of the Dragonflame" in March. Lione set out on the first headliner tour of Rhapsody(Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan and Korea) and joined the summer festivals in Europe - Bang your head Festival (Germany) with Rhapsody, Wacken Festival 2002 (Germany) and "Z7" (Pratteln, Switzerland) with Vision Divine.
In February, 2004 he finished vocals for Rhapsody's new album Symphony of Enchanted Lands part 2. He went to be on Rhapsody promo tour for their new album from July to September (Canada, US, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, UK). On the release day 27 September they had a signing session with Christopher Lee in London. Lione appeared with Rhapsody on a TV music program in Germany in October in which he showed his passionate performance for the Unholy Warcry live song. In August, he started recording the 5th album with Rhapsody in Germany. Adding more new arrangements to their music, the process of their main production took place from October to November. In 2005 because of copyright issues the band changed its name to Rhapsody of Fire.
Not to be confused with Lione, fellow Labyrinth band member Roberto Tiranti also published several eurobeat songs, under the name "Powerful T.".
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Category:1973 births Category:1990s singers Category:2000s singers Category:2010s singers Category:Heavy metal singers Category:Eurobeat musicians Category:Italian male singers Category:Italian singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:People from Pisa
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