# I just got "Count Dooku"'s new heavy metal album! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534 "2013-07-03T13:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/1 "2013-07-03T13:05:38Z")
Christopher Lee has jest released a new album with his band Charlemagne, [Omens of Death](http://www.amazon.com/Charlemagne-Omens-Death-Christopher-Lee/dp/B00CIVOVB8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372855821&sr=8-1&keywords=christopher+lee). Not bad for a 91 year old! I have been a big fan of Italian Symphonic metal band **Rhapsody of Fire** , and Christopher Lee did the narration on some of their songs. Then he did a duet with their singer, [The Magic of the Wizards Dream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93SdirnzTw) (youtube link). I really liked it. So when I heard he was coming out with a new album in the same symphonic metal style I was intrigued. Got it a few days ago, haven’t listened to it more than a few times so far but I am impressed. The guy has quite a set of pipes for his age. Also, he can trace his family history back quite a ways, and the album is supposedly at least somewhat historical. Here’s another [Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKRbi2ovDY), this one to a previous Charlemagne song about shedding the blood of Saxons. Anyone else listening? What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/2 "2013-07-03T13:06:30Z")
I had no idea about this. It must be mine! Thanx for the info. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/3 "2013-07-03T13:47:05Z")
Rhapsody (they’re now ‘of Fire’?) has always been a bit too… um… _dramatic_ for me. (As in, I’m enjoying the song, and then the singer drops into a dead serious soliloquy about his dragon, which causes me to bust out laughing. I don’t **think** that was the intended reaction…) But hey–mad props to Christopher Lee for having his own metal band! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/4 "2013-07-03T14:01:29Z")
Sir Christopher would soooo be into LARPing if he was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/5 "2013-07-03T14:43:12Z")
Is it me or does he have a stronger voice than the band’s lead singer, who is about a third his age? ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/6 "2013-07-04T01:59:45Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Rhapsody (they’re now ‘of Fire’?) has always been a bit too… um… _dramatic_ for me. (As in, I’m enjoying the song, and then the singer drops into a dead serious soliloquy about his dragon, which causes me to bust out laughing. I don’t **think** that was the intended reaction…) But hey–mad props to Christopher Lee for having his own metal band! 😃 The story was, after the “Power of the Dragonflame” album release, it came out that there was an old band with the same name. I’m unclear on whether the name change was the result of (threat of) legal action or voluntary. There’s also an internet music service called Rhapsody, which probably added to the confusion. And yeah, Rhapsody of Fire has enough cheese that you could melt it and put it on a sandwich, but I love it anyway! Luca Turilli has some absolutely amazing skill with that guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/7 "2013-07-04T02:20:11Z")
I’m wondering if the OP is going to face some kind of hellish retribution for calling him Count Dooku instead of, y’know, Dracula. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/8 "2013-07-04T03:30:34Z")
I first heard about this via a [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) article a few weeks ago: > **[How a 90-Year-Old Man Made the Most Metal Album Ever](https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/how-90-year-old-man-made-most-metal-album-ever)** > > While most people commemorating their 10th decade of life would limit the celebration to a 3:00 p.m. dinner reservation at Red Lobster, one man decided to mark the occasion by releasing a heavy metal album. Thanks to the OP for the link to that video - I went searching for it after reading the article, and all I could find were short clips. That said, I think Sir Christopher would do better collaborating with a better band. I’d love to hear his (fantastic) voice combined with that of [Epica’s Simone Simons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJTiTMEpOKI). ETA: Also, I would think that someone of Sir Christopher’s standing could afford/demand better production values for the video. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/9 "2013-07-04T03:36:46Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Is it me or does he have a stronger voice than the band’s lead singer, who is about a third his age? _I’ve_ got a better, more powerful voice than that band’s lead singer. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/10 "2013-07-04T05:50:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m wondering if the OP is going to face some kind of hellish retribution for calling him Count Dooku instead of, y’know, Dracula. I thought about it, but, y’know, Lord Summerisle. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/11 "2013-07-04T13:14:47Z")
Is there ANY limit to the coolness of Sir Christopher Lee?! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/12 "2013-07-04T14:16:53Z")
I can’t help but think of the scene (which I just saw again about two weeks ago) in LotR where Saruman is stabbed from behind by Grima Wormtongue. Peter Jackson wanted him to scream. Sir Christopher, having been in the special forces in WWII, said no, men didn’t scream when stabbed from behind. (He knew what sound men made. From personal experience. :eek:) Chuck Norris only wishes he was as badass as Christopher Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/13 "2013-07-05T03:27:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m wondering if the OP is going to face some kind of hellish retribution for calling him Count Dooku instead of, y’know, Dracula. I have (to the best of my knowledge) no Saxon blood, so I think I’m safe 😛 ETA: Or Numenorian blood. Or force powers. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/14 "2013-07-05T04:15:52Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > I have (to the best of my knowledge) no Saxon blood, so I think I’m safe 😛 > ETA: Or Numenorian blood. Or force powers. Are you a virgin? Possibly a beautiful young woman or a priggish detective? If so, I’d watch out. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/15 "2013-07-05T12:51:53Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I first heard about this via a [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) article a few weeks ago: > > [How a 90-Year-Old Man Made the Most Metal Album Ever | Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/how-90-year-old-man-made-most-metal-album-ever/) “This is because Christopher Lee is secretly the metalest dude to have ever walked the planet Earth. He’s more metal than Glenn Danzig slaying a griffin with a broadsword forged from the bones of Dimebag Darrell.” Quoted, as they say, for truth. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/16 "2013-07-06T04:26:37Z")
Except for the word “secretly.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/17 "2013-07-07T23:27:16Z")
I guess we could split the difference and call him Dookula. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/18 "2013-07-08T00:14:54Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I guess we could split the difference and call him Dookula. Dookula the White? We have to reference Saruman. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-count-dooku-s-new-heavy-metal-album/662534/19 "2013-07-08T11:02:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Dookula the White? We have to reference Saruman. Sarudookula? 😛 ---
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