Christopher Lee—yes, Count Dooku, Saruman, and Dracula—wasn’t just a screen legend. In his later years, he fulfilled an unexpected passion: heavy metal. At 88, Lee released Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a symphonic metal concept album inspired by his ancestor, Emperor Charlemagne. Two years later came Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, produced by Richie Faulkner, making Lee the oldest metal performer in history. With a thunderous operatic voice and unmistakable theatrical flair, he pro