Alex and Luca met in 1990 during a course in mental techniques (how to have more control of your own mind), and together they started the band Rhapsody (later named as Rhapsody of Fire) in 1993.
Вместе с Турилли и ударником Даниэле Карбонера, в 1993 стал основателем группы Thundercross, вскоре переименованной в Rhapsody, а потом и в Rhapsody of Fire.