27 Facts About Fabio Lione

Fabio Lione was known for being the singer of Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire for 21 years.

Fabio Lione is the current lead vocalist of Angra, and was the original singer of Labyrinth and Vision Divine.

Fabio Lione's career started in 1990 at the age of 17 when he began to sing with a small rock and roll underground group who played classics of 1950s and 1960s similar to Elvis Presley's songs.

Fabio Lione had a passion for groups such as Queensryche, Fates Warning, and Crimson Glory, which inspired him to form his own heavy metal band.

Fabio Lione did twenty shows with the band, but after two years, he left the band in 1994.

Fabio Lione's first piece of musical equipment was a Shure SM 58 microphone.

Fabio Lione met the band Labyrinth, then going under the name of "Vision".

Fabio Lione created the album No Limits together with Olaf, a band member of Labyrinth.

Fabio Lione's lyrics were mainly based on his personal experiences and his emotions.

Fabio Lione wrote vocal lines and lyrics for this record, all the lyrics in the album were connected as Lione did this as an experiment.

Fabio Lione was the singer of Labyrinth for just more than three years.

Fabio Lione joined Athena in 1991 and in 1992 they recorded their first demotape.

Fabio Lione wrote the lyrics and the vocal lines for ten songs; the lyrics used religious and philosophical words and had the tendency to reflect deep meanings on their music.

In 1998, Fabio Lione met Olaf Thorsen and to seal their newfound friendship, they decided to create what was originally supposed to be only a side-project: Vision Divine.

Fabio Lione now found himself in the two groups: Rhapsody and Vision Divine, and this situation continued, with successes in both groups, until 2003.

In 2003, Fabio Lione sang at shows with Vision Divine at Gods of Metal 2003 and at Heineken Jammin' Festival in June.

Shortly after it was announced Fabio Lione had to leave the band, due to his other commitments making it too difficult front this band as well.

Fabio Lione nevertheless spent most of the year writing and left the band nine new vocal lines for the "Stream of Consciousness" album, executed with a different singer.

In 2008, Lione took part in some shows with Vision Divine to celebrate the ten years of the band, and on 28 May, they announced that Fabio had rejoined the band as the new singer.

Fabio Lione performed on stages with Rhapsody at Gods of Metal 2001 in June, during South American Tour and at Rock Machina Festival in July.

Fabio Lione set out on Rhapsody's first headlining tour and joined the summer festivals in Europe including the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany.

Fabio Lione appeared with Christopher Lee on a TV music program in Germany.

Rhapsody of Fire, with Lione at its helm, went back to the studio without long time guitarist and founding member Luca Turilli, to record a new album, Dark Wings of Steel, Fabio Lione wrote all the lyrics for this record.

On 16 December 2010, American power metal band Kamelot announced that Fabio Lione would take over lead vocal duties for Roy Khan for the Kamelot's tour supporting their "Poetry for the Poisoned" release due to Khan's eventual departure from Kamelot.

In January 2013, Fabio Lione was again on the stage at 70000 Tons of Metal, but this time with Brazilian progressive metal band Angra.

Angra announced that the band's new release, and the first album to feature vocalist Fabio Lione, entitled Secret Garden.

Fabio Lione published thirteen Eurobeat songs under this name between 2000 and 2005 and has declared that he wouldn't be making any more Eurobeat in the future.