Eternal Glory

Eternal Glory is a 1995 demotape released by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody and their very first release as Rhapsody.

Early recordings

In October 1994, the band, named Thundercross at that time, had finished recording their first demo Land of Immortals and started sending it to a selection of European labels. By the end of that year, an offer from LMP label came up.

As Rhapsody

In 1995 the band had changed their name to "Rhapsody" and Eternal Glory was released as an official demo containing all the tracks from Land of Immortals plus three newly recorded songs.

Songs

Almost all of the tracks were edited and re-recorded in the band's following albums.

Rhapsody of Fire

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Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody and, originally, as Thundercross) is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, and a live DVD. Rhapsody of Fire is known for its conceptual lyrics that constitute a fantasy story throughout all of their albums.

Rhapsody was created by Luca Turilli and Staropoli, and is now seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre. In July 2006 the band changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire due to trademark issues.

In 2011, following the release of From Chaos to Eternity which concludes The Dark Secret Saga and after 18 years as co-leader of the band, Turilli left Rhapsody of Fire (on good terms) to form a new Rhapsody band, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, along with two other members who left with him, Patrice Guers and Dominique Leurquin. They describe their discography as a parallel continuation of Rhapsody of Fire's discography, with their first album being their own "Rhapsody's 11th album" and consider that they didn't leave the band, rather that it amicably split in two.