# Ascending to Infinity
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ascending to Infinity
| type = studio
| artist = [Luca Turilli's Rhapsody](/source/Luca_Turilli's_Rhapsody)
| cover = LT Rhapsody-Ascending-to-Infinity.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 22, 2012
| recorded = Backyard Studios, [Kempten](/source/Kempten), Germany,
Luca Turilli's private studio, [Trieste](/source/Trieste), Italy,
Hiroshima Studio, [Challonges](/source/Challonges), France,
December 2011-March 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Symphonic power metal](/source/Symphonic_power_metal)[{{cite web|url=http://www.ltrhapsody.com/biography.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507024344/http://www.ltrhapsody.com/biography.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-07 |title=Biography |publisher=Luca Turilli's Rhapsody official website |accessdate=2012-02-06 }}]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus](/source/Prometheus%2C_Symphonia_Ignis_Divinus)
| next_year = 2015
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [Metalunderground](/source/Metalunderground)
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=6643|title= Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity|author=CROMCarl|publisher=Metalunderground.com}}]
}}
'''''Ascending to Infinity''''' is the debut studio album by the [Italian](/source/Italy) [symphonic power metal](/source/symphonic_power_metal) band [Luca Turilli's Rhapsody](/source/Luca_Turilli's_Rhapsody), created by [Luca Turilli](/source/Luca_Turilli) after his departure from [Rhapsody of Fire](/source/Rhapsody_of_Fire). It was released on June 22, 2012 via [Nuclear Blast](/source/Nuclear_Blast).[{{cite web|url=http://www.ltrhapsody.com/index.php |title=News |publisher=Luca Turilli's Rhapsody official website |accessdate=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216082108/http://www.ltrhapsody.com/index.php |archivedate=2012-02-16 }}]
Considered by the band member as their own "Rhapsody's 11th album", it is the only album to feature Alex Holzwarth on drums, as he subsequently decided to focus on his duties in Rhapsody of Fire.
{{small|I. "In Profundis"
II. "Fatum Mortalis"
III. "Ignis Divinus}}
| note9 =
| length9 = 16:02
{{small|2:28
12:26
1:08}}}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition bonus track
| extra_column = Writer(s)
| total_length =
| title10 = March of Time
| note10 = [Helloween](/source/Helloween) cover
| extra10 = [Kai Hansen](/source/Kai_Hansen)
| length10 = 5:50}}{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese & Mexican limited editions bonus tracks
| extra_column = Writer(s)
| total_length =
| title10 = March of Time
| note10 = [Helloween](/source/Helloween) cover
| extra10 = Kai Hansen
| length10 = 5:50
| title11 = In the Mirror
| note11 = [Loudness](/source/Loudness_(band)) cover
| extra11 = [Akira Takasaki](/source/Akira_Takasaki)
| length11 = 3:37
}}
== Personnel ==
'''Band members'''
*Alessandro Conti - [lead vocals](/source/Lead_vocalist)
*[Luca Turilli](/source/Luca_Turilli) - [guitar](/source/guitar), [keyboards](/source/Keyboard_instrument), [orchestral arrangements](/source/Orchestra), producer, engineer, cover concept
*Dominique Leurquin - guitar
*[Patrice Guers](/source/Patrice_Guers) - [bass](/source/Bass_guitar)
*Alex Holzwarth - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
'''Additional musicians'''
*Bridget Fogle, Previn Moore, Matthias Stockinger, Dan Lucas, Johnny Krüger - [choir](/source/choir)
*Sassy Bernert - female voice on tracks 5, 7 and 9
*Jasen Anthony, Previn Moore, Bridget Fogle - [narrator](/source/narrator)s
'''Production'''
*Sebastian 'Basi' Roeder - engineer, mixing
*Arnaud Ménard - engineer
*Christoph Stickel - mastering
==Chart performance==
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|-
!Chart (2012)
!Peak
position
|-
!scope="row"|[Hungarian Albums Chart](/source/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies)[{{cite web |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista/2012/26|title=Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2012. 26. hét|language=Hungarian|publisher=[MAHASZ](/source/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies)|access-date=July 4, 2012}}]
|align=center|14
|-
|align=left|German Albums Chart[{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung|url=http://acharts.us/album/71660 |title=Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending to Infinity|website=lescharts.com|date=2010-10-23 |accessdate=2012-02-10}}]
|style="text-align:center;"|84
|-
|align=left|[Japanese Albums Chart](/source/Oricon)[{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/565066/products/music/969953/1/ |title=アセンディング・トゥ・インフィニティ ルカ・トゥリッリズ・ラプソディーのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |language=Japanese |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |accessdate=2013-02-28}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|103
|-
|align=left|Belgian Albums Chart[[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/30bbe/Luca-Turilli's-Rhapsody-Ascending-To-Infinity Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending to Infinity] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130407135137/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Luca+Turilli's+Rhapsody&titel=Ascending+To+Infinity&cat=a |date=2013-04-07}} ''ultratop'' February 2013]
|style="text-align:center;"|108
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Luca Turilli albums
Category:2012 albums
Category:Nuclear Blast albums
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