Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States, Germany, Scotland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 170 mb
Bio:
In late August 2007 the Rock and Metal world witnessed the birth of Eden's Curse, a multi-national Melodic Metal group with its members spanning four countries and two continents. Formed in January 2006 by chief songwriter and Bassist, Scotsman Paul Logue (David Readman / Cry Havoc) and United States born and bred Vocalist Michael Eden (Seven Ten), these two musicians hatched a plan to form a group utilizing the wonders of modern technology and in particular the world wide web. Armed with nothing but passion, spirit and an uncompromising batch of hyper rock songs they found German guitar virtuoso Thorsten Koehne (Code Of Perfection / Demon Drive / Attack) and English Drummer Pete Newdeck (Steve Grimmett Band / Paul Dianno’s Killers / Lionsheart / The Shock), before experienced German keyboard player Ferdy Doernberg (Axel Rudi Pell / Rough Silk / Therion / Taraxacum / Uli Jon Roth) completed the line-up in June 2006.With heavy weights such as Pink Cream 69 and Unisonic bassist Dennis Ward (Angra / Krokus / House Of Lords / Michael Kiske / Russell Allen & Jorn Lande) secured at the production helm and band colleague David Readman (Pink Cream 69 / Voodoo Circle / Adagio), as well as Doogie White (Rainbow / Yngwie Malmsteen / Cornerstone / Empire / Tank) and Carsten Schulz (Evidence One / Roger Staffalbach’s Angel Of Eden / Midnite Club / Domain) on backing vocals, in their corner, the group signed to AFM Records (Europe), Metal Mayhem Music (USA), Spiritual Beast (Japan) and Dynamo Records (Brazil) and their debut album not only burst but more like exploded onto the scene in late August 2007 to critical acclaim.The group faired extremely well in the 2007 end of year votes throughout the global Rock & Metal press with the highlights being voted Best Newcomer of 2007 by the Readers of RockUnited.Com, Best Metal/Prog Album 2007 by MelodicRock.com and Thorsten Koehne being awarded Guitarist of the Year 2007.In June 2008 the band released a limited edition rare E.P. "Seven Deadly Sins – The Acoustic Sessions" via their US label Metal Mayhem Music. Featuring seven renditions of tracks from the acclaimed debut in a laid back MTV-Unplugged type setting.In August 2008 Eden's Curse made a triumphant, yet unexpected, return with their sophomore release "The Second Coming".The groups sophomore effort "The Second Coming was once again mixed by Dennis Ward, the band truly "upped the ante" in terms of song writing, performances and production. With guest appearances from Tony Harnell (TNT) and Pamela Moore, best known for her performance as Sister Mary on the 1988 worldwide smash hit Operation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche, "The Second Coming" was seen by many to be a real stepping stone for the band that built upon the foundations laid by the debut. The sheer strength of the album had many in the industry claiming the arrival of Eden's Curse as force truly to be reckoned with!The power metal anthem "Angels & Demons", where Michael Eden duets with the sultry Pamela Moore, became an internet smash hit which reached over 230,000 unique plays on the bands MySpace page and received even more lavish praise and airplay from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on his BBC Radio Friday Rock Show.Following on from the success of "Angels & Demons" the group released a promotional video of the track which has received over 38,000 unique plays on YouTube and features scenes from the horror movie Jezebeth which included the song on it's soundtrack.In February 2009 the band were nominated by the UK’s largest Music publication Classic Rock Magazine as one of their coveted "Bands to Watch for in 2009". Classic Rock scribe Dave Ling enthused “If, like Classic Rock, you still hanker for the days when hard-rock bands wrote fantastic, soar away choruses and backed them with iron-clad melodies, then it's high time you met Eden's Curse”.In May 2009 Eden's Curse achieved their primary goal, which was to take the band from the studio to the stage. They headed off on a six date UK & Irish tour as opening band for Finnish Power Metal legends Stratovarius and Greek Melodic Metallers Firewind, the band led by current Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G. The tour was a roaring success for the group who received excellent audience reactions each and every night and made many new fans.In June 2009 the group parted company with original keyboard player Ferdy Doernberg and appointed experienced Italian musician Alessandro Del Vecchio (Glenn Hughes / Ian Paice / Moonstone Project / Edge Of Forever) as his replacement.Del Vecchio made his live debut with Eden's Curse when the band headlined the Sophie Lancaster stage on the final day of renowned UK Metal festival Bloodstock Open Air 2009.In December 2009 the band toured the UK with Scottish Pirate Metallers Alestorm and The Rotted and appeared at the Hard Rock Hell III festival to round off a busy year of touring.The group spent the majority of 2010 in the studio writing and recording their third album "Trinity", however they took some time out to make their live debut on US soil with an appearance at MelodicRockFest 2, near Chicago, alongside Y&T, Winger and Danger Danger to name but a few.In March 2011 they released their third studio album "Trinity" which was packed with all their traditional trademarks and marked the bands recorded debut new keyboard player Alessandro Del Vecchio.As had become accustomed with each Eden's Curse the band have once again recruited some outstanding guest vocalists to appear on Trinity. Duetting with Michael Eden on the epic Melodic Metal anthem "No Holy Man" was none other than Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie. Also contributing backing vocals to the whole album LaBrie enthused: “In 2010 I was fortunate to discover Eden's Curse. I absolutely love this band. Great players and people and they deserve nothing but huge success! They belong with the best of today's music. Trust me, you're going to love this from beginning to end ".Prior to the album release the group presented a digital single and promo video for "No Holy Man" on YouTube. An exciting animated video wrapped around the concept of a TV Evangelist living two lives - one of the good book and one of debauchery. The video proved a roaring success with views exceeding the 73,000 mark. Vocalist Andi Deris of German Heavy Metal legends Helloween also duets on the bruising "Black Widow" one of the bands heaviest tracks to date.Trinity was a classy affair that saw Eden's Curse once again take steps forward and cement their place alongside many of their contemporaries in today's European Melodic Metal scene.In July 2011 the bands new found relationship with James LaBrie paid off handsomely when they were personally invited by the Dream Theater front man to open for the New York Prog Metal legends on their two UK warm up shows, prior to their headline appearance at High Voltage festival in London.Eden's Curse played a blistering 40 minute set at Leeds and Wolverhampton, respectively, in front of a combined 4500 fans, and won many new supporters, including several members of Dream Theater!”They were unbelievable! Their songs are so good. You know what, straight up, I was heading to catering to grab a bite to eat when they started playing and I just sat down saying nothing. I looked at the crew and said 'Are you guys hearing this'? and they said 'Yeah, they are REALLY good'! There is no bigger compliment I can pay those guys” quipped new Drummer Mike Mangini.With the new line up in place the group revealed that their new album "Symphony Of Sin" would be released in October 2013 by their long term label partners AFM Records and Spiritual Beast (Japan). Preceding the albums release is the groups most sumptuous promotional video to date for the lead single "Evil & Divine".Shot on location at the famous renovated Church St. Andrews in the Square in Glasgow, the video is a sophisticated moody-yet-dark love story between the protagonist, played by Mijic, and an angelic figure.With long term mixing engineer Dennis Ward and graphic designer Thomas Ewerhard (Edguy, Avantasia, Jorn Lande) on board the finished results were always guaranteed to sound and look spectacular, but it's the meat on the bones of "Symphony Of Sin" that really matters.Eden's Curse make a triumphant return with their most cohesive batch of songs to date on an album that the band members describe as "special". Add to that a visual transformation that produces results that declare with undeniable fact that Eden's Curse has never looked or sounded better.The new look line up is set to make its live debut at Firefest in October 2013 alongside acts such as the Jeff Scott Soto fronted W.E.T. and Harem Scarem amongst many more.
Album:
On the 24th August 2007, AFM Records released the debut album by a brand-new band, called Eden's Curse. Coming on like a cross between classic American bands Queensrÿche and Dokken, married with the European stylings of Pink Cream 69 or latter day Edguy, Eden's Curse were warmly received by the global rock/metal press and public alike.Fast forward to January 2016 and Eden's Curse celebrate a decade together and in October of that year they released their fifth studio album, "Cardinal", on AFM Records. To celebrate the tenth anniversary, AFM Records and Eden's Curse hatched a plan to rerecord the classic debut album in its entirety. "The first album really was the foundation for all that was to follow. Ever since Nikola joined the band we have been inundated with requests to rerecord some of the older material and whilst it would be great fun, it would also be the same amount of work as recording a brand new album", says bassist Paul Logue.Coupled with the rerecorded debut album is the "Live In Glasgow - Official Bootleg" DVD, which is the "Live With The Curse" live album recording show in its entirety. Filmed at The Classic Grand in Glasgow on the 28th of November 2014, the release marks the band’s first official live DVD release, albeit in a bootleg form. "The footage is absolutely excellent", states bassist Logue. "We did not intend to film a DVD, but the audio recording company brought two cameras along to capture the show and when we saw the results we were really surprised", he adds."Eden's Curse - Revisited" is the ultimate package for Eden's Curse fans old and new and a fantastic introduction to the band's music. It's a true celebration of the record that started it all, from the guys who carry the legacy forward. Over 60 minutes of music and 100 minutes of film make "Eden's Curse - Revisited" a must have for all Eden's Curse & melodic metal fans!
Line-Up:
Paul Logue Bass, Vocals (2006-present)
Thorsten Köhne Guitars, Vocals (2006-present) - See also: Attack, Code of Perfection, ex-Aterial, ex-Demon Drive, ex-Hardline
John Clelland Drums (2013-present) - See also: ex-Code of Silence
Steve Williams Keyboards (2013-present) - See also: Iron Mask (live), ex-Power Quest, ex-David Shankle Group, ex-Mercury Rain, ex-DragonHeart
Nikola Mijić Vocals (2013-present) - See also: Alogia, Dreyelands, Expedition Delta
Tracklist:
01. Book Of Life (Intro)
02. Judgement Day
03. Eyes Of The World
04. Stronger Than The Flame
05. The Voice Inside
06. After The Love Is Gone
07. Fly Away
08. What Are You Waiting For
09. Eden's Curse
10. Don't Bring Me Down
11. Heaven Touch Me
12. The Bruce (Intro)
13. Fallen King
14. We All Die Young
+ Video "Trinity" (Official Live Video)
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