Fabio Lione's Dawn Of Victory Tour - Information and Review

Fabio Lione has been in a new tour throughout Brazil now in 2025, in which he sings the whole album Symphony Of Enchanted Lands (the second one of Rhapsody Of Fire and one of the best albums of the Melodic Power Metal style). One sure special touch of this tour is the fact that Fabio Lione is bringing a choir and a small orchestra to the stage.

Dates: 30th of April: Manaus, Amazonas 2nd of May: Recife, Pernambuco 3rd of May: Fortaleza, Ceará 6th of May: Rio de Janeiro 7th of May: Vitória, Espírito Santo 8th of May: Brasília 11th of May: Goiânia, Goiás 12th of May: Campinas, São Paulo 13th of May: Joinville, Santa Catarina 14th of May: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 16th of May: Curitiba, Paraná 17th of May: São Paulo 18th of May: São Paulo

The Line-Up Of Fabio Lione's Dawn of Victory Tour Victor Lopes (Delohim) - Guitar Fernando Poi (Delohim/Nesher) - Bass Adailton Domingues (Delohim/Nesher) - Drums Thiago Maranduba (Delohim/Nesher) - Guitar Flavio Sallin (The Heathen Scythe) - Keyboard Fabio Lione (Angra/Athena/Spirits of Fire) - Vocals Eliseu Barros - Maestro

Photo taken after the concert in Recife, Pernambuco on 02/05/2025

Review Of The Live Presentation in Campinas 12/05/2025: Yes, as promised, Symphony of Enchanted Lands is wholly played, even the last track which takes the name of the album with it 13 minutes and 16 seconds. The fact that there is an orchestra and a choir on stage makes the experience a lot more real and expanded, but I have to say that samples weren't refrained from using. Although these classical music people were taken away from their usual place, they show extreme pleasure in playing metal and I dare to say that some of them might be metal listeners themselves. After finishing play that whole album, the band played the fans' favourites of Rhapsody as Land Of Immortals, Dawn Of Victory, Holy Thunderforce. The ballad Lamento Eroico made a very good use of the choir and the orchestra and gave the fans an epic moment. Fabio Lione is still sharp with his voice and sang very well and his popular charisma and character makes the vibe very positive on the stage and with the public. The band was mostly formed by members of the two Brazilian Metal bands Delohim and Nesher, which is positive once they are familiar to play with each other. They showed a lot of dedication, playing the songs with will and feeling and they were friendly to the public by staying there to talk to them after the show, while Fabio Lione left for a possible paid meet and greet.
Teatro Oficina do Estudante Iguatemi, the venue in Campinas that received the concert, is a typical theatre with seats and people were actually sitting for the show, which is quite different for a metal concert, but it was very well appreciated by people, I didn't see any complaints and I enjoyed that myself. For the last two songs, Fabio Lione asked people to stand up, which was done promptly. The opening band was Dogma, the nuns who mix the energy and catchy choruses of the hard rock (glam) with Gothic theme and visuals, I was surprised by their impeccable performance and the art they bring to the stage with their clothes and attitude. All in All I can say I found my Emerald Sword in this concert and I saw the violin & harpsichord passage of The Dark Tower of Abyss, which I never thought I would see live.

Youtube video with some highlights of the presentation

Our photo with the members of the band

In this photo I asked Rusalka (Dogma) where they come from, to what she replied "from hell 🔥"

After the the concert in Campinas (photo by Geosh)