Champion Eternal was the starting point of a new life for the band, after many years in the underground scene. The band had been in existence for some time when the debut album was released, by Italian label Dragonheart, having previously recorded four demo tapes (from 1986 to 1994) getting reviews and interviews in a lot of fanzines and magazines around the world. However, the line-up of the band changed just before the CD was released. The new line-up of the group was Enrico Paoli on guitars, Riccardo Paoli on bass (the only ones left of the original line-up), Mimmo Palmiotta on drums (previously with Masterstroke and Death SS) and Morby on vocals (ex-Sabotage, one of the very first metal bands in Italy).
The band has been compared by magazines and fanzines to Manowar, Queensrÿche, Warlord, Omen (band), Helstar, Candlemass, and Iron Maiden. The band established its personal style with songs like “Stormbringer (The Black Sword)” and “Army of The Dead”, and power metal assaults like “The Mass Of Chaos” and “The Midnight Meat Train”. Some of the songs have progressive structures like the title track, “The Eternal Champion”, a 12 minutes long suite divided in seven parts.
In 1998, keyboards player Riccardo Iacono entered the band and singer Morby sang in Labyrinth during their European tour with HammerFall.
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