Eltharia

Eltharia is a french power metal band founded in 2001 by Jean-Yves Girard, Benjamin Nicolino & Laure Girard.
Jean-Yves & Benjamin met each other at a recording session for a local trash metal one-man band.
Sharing the same musical tastes, Benjamin, Jean-Yves & Laure decided to start something together. A few days later was born a new band project: ELTHARIA.
After having recorded a first demo, Pierre Carabalona joined the band as a vocalist.
In 2002, the band finally came to a complete line-up thanks to Pascal Mesquida on bass and Jean-Pierre Racamier on drums.
The band recorded in 2004 a self-produced album called Legend of a Forgotten World, distributed by Hellion Records and Brennus Music.
In 2005 thanks to the song Behind the Mask, Eltharia joins the final of a contest organized by Rock Hard Magazine and the dutch label Mascot Records.
After that, Pascal left the band, replaced by Vincent Trauttmann, a long time friend.
Then the band played a few shows and contests, opening for bands like Volbeat, Nightmare, RIP, Dyslesia, before starting to record their new album, Innocent.
Jean-Pierre left the band in 2008 and that’s how Benjamin switched from guitar to drums. The band started writing new songs and rehearsing.
With Innocent, the band plays a more agressive music that highlights the evolution of each member’s technical know-how. After more than 40 international reviews and shows with bands like Vanden Plas or Shakra, Eltharia is currently working hard on its 3rd album.