''Prophet of the Last Eclipse'' is the second studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

in a

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Luca Turilli Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the original guitarist and a founder of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, later called Rhapsody of Fire, for which he composed ...

's eponymous band. It was released on November 26, 2002, by Limb Music Productions. The ten tracks tell a story about the world Zaephyr and its destruction. Turilli was inspired to make this album by his love of science fiction films, in particular, ''

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''. At the end, Turilli mentions that the story is "to be continued", but it is not continued on '' The Infinite Wonders of Creation''.

Release

The song "Demonheart" was released as a single shortly after the album's release. The single features the full song, as well as an edit of one of the songs from ''Prophet of the Last Eclipse'' and an edit of one of the songs from ''

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'', two original songs, and a cover of the

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track "I'm Alive".

Track listing

Personnel

— lead guitars *

Olaf Hayer Olaf Hayer (born 1968) is a German singer known for his work with the power metal bands Dionysus, Luca Turilli, Magic Kingdom and Symphonity. Career Hayer began his career with Lord Byron in 1993, recording a demo in 1995 and the album ''"Fl ...

— lead vocals *

Sascha Paeth Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970) is a German guitarist, bassist, record producer and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever and Epica. He owns the ...

— bass guitar * Miro — keyboards *

Robert Hunecke-Rizzo Robert Hunecke-Rizzo (17 June 1971, Wolfsburg) is a German bassist, guitarist and drummer, known for his work with Heavens Gate, Luca Turilli, and Kamelot. He was one of the founding members of the supergroup Aina, which released the metal ...

— drums, rhythm guitars

Collaborations

Andre Matos Andre Coelho Matos (; 14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. I ...

(vocals in the other version of ''Demonheart'') *

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(vocalizations in ''Zaephyr Skies' Theme'') *'Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir (vocals in ''Autumn's Last Whisper'')

Charts

Singles

References

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