Eternal Glory

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

Early recordings

1994 demotape cover.

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.^[1]

Land of Immortals track listing

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.

Eternal Glory track listing

Songs

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

• "Invernal Fury" was included in Legendary Tales under the name "Rage of the Winter".
• "Warrior of Ice" was also included in Legendary Tales.
• "Land of Immortals" was also included in Legendary Tales, but its intro got separated and it became another track, Virgin Skies.
• "Holy Wind" was reproposed in the 1998 album Symphony of Enchanted Lands as "Riding the Winds of Eternity".
• "Tears at Nightfall" is an instrumental only track that was never re-recorded.
• "Alive and Proud" became "Lord of the Thunder" in Legendary Tales.
• "Eternal Glory" was also reintroduced in Symphony of Enchanted Lands, but the one-and-a-half minute intro that had nothing but sounds of winds and rain got removed.

Personnel

• Cristiano Adacher – vocals
• Luca Turilli – lead and rhythm guitars
• Alex Staropoli – keyboards
• Daniele Carbonera – drums
• Andrea Furlan – bass guitar
• Manuel Staropoli – recorder ("Land of Immortals" and "Holy Wind" only)

References