{"id":89725,"date":"2014-06-01T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=89725"},"modified":"2014-06-01T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T11:00:23","slug":"christopher-lee-marks-his-92nd-birthday-with-a-new-metal-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/01\/89725-christopher-lee-marks-his-92nd-birthday-with-a-new-metal-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee marks his 92nd birthday with a new metal album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-89727 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1SFpYVJBxtSsNJgBSjIqZJjOCBPSjKPJ1_o.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/> Christopher Lee turned 92 just last week. Naturally, he marked the big day with the release of a new mini-album &#8212; <i>Metal Knight<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is well-known for his devotion to fantasy and heavy metal themes, and already boasts a number of album releases and collaborations in the genre &#8212; the first with Italian Symphonic Metal band <i>Rhapsody of Fire<\/i> a decade ago. In June 2010, he received the Spirit of Metal gong at the Golden Gods Awards from Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) for his work on <i>Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross<\/i> and his contribution to metal themes on the silver screen.<\/p>\n<p>And last Christmas, his rendition\/affectionate parody of Jingle Bells (retitled <i>Jingle Hell<\/i>) peaked at number 18 in the Billboard Charts. That feat made Lee &#8212; at the age of 91 &#8212; the oldest performer to ever chart on Billboard.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cI associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers\u201d.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L-DTNRoL95o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><i>Metal Knight<\/i> features seven new tracks, two of which are covers from the <i>Man of La Mancha<\/i> musical, based on Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra&#8217;s famous character Don Quixote.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cAs far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single-handed, he is trying to change the world, regardless of any personal consequences. It is a wonderful character to sing.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KHDCGUW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00KHDCGUW&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=theoneringnet&#038;linkId=LS6STARWDEMNUYNC\">Metal Knight<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=theoneringnet&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00KHDCGUW\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/> is available now from Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Track List:<\/p>\n<p>01. I, Don Quixote 03\u2019 07\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n02. The Impossible Dream 03\u2019 51\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n03. The Toreador March 03\u2019 23\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n04. My Way (Radio Edit) 03\u2019 32\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n05. I, Don Quixote (Extended Version) 04\u2019 25\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n06. The Impossible Dream (Extended Version) 04\u2019 35\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n07. The Toreador March (Extended Version) 04\u2019 32\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89726 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/S1STXRKu8MOScYua5ad2PHAKBKtQzTuDZP_o.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Lee turned 92 just last week. 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