After two demo cds (“Shades of Duality” in 1999 and, mainly, “Love Injuring Criteria” in 2001, recorded at the Outer Sound Studios in Rome with Giuseppe Orlando and Massimiliano Pagliuso of Novembre) EDENShADE were aimed by the press and the fans to be one of the most promising bands of the Italian underground metal scene.
When “Ceramic Placebo for a Faint
Heart” (also recorded in Rome with friends Giuseppe Orlando and
Massimiliano Pagliuso) was published in June 2003 by the independent label
Atrheia Records everyone was suddenly shocked by the incredible maturity
and emotionality expressed by the band's compositions.
Defined by the critics the missing link between the modern Swedish death
metal scene (In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) and the progressive metal technical
and melodic beauty of Pain of Salvation and Dream Theater music, “Ceramic
Placebo for a Faint Heart” mixed these influences with an all-Italian
sense of melody and taste for electronics to create the portrait of EDENShADE
unique music.
Being Dynamite album in Rock Hard Italy, Buy or Die in Psycho!, Top Album
in countless webzines over the net and receiving lots of mentions as Best
Album of 2003 even in Japan, where the album was only available as an
import, “Ceramic Placebo for a Faint Heart” projected his
creators EDENShADE into the restricted number of Italy most interesting
bands.
“The Lesson Betrayed” takes
the band a step further in its musical research for beauty, leading EDENShADE
to create an intriguing concept album revolving around the frailty of
human condition, the concepts of guilt and responsibility and the continuous
search for the meanings of love and the cruelties that this may lead us
to.
Imagine an eclectic vocal performance, mixing clean and aggressive and
weird interpretations of the songs, incredible rhythmic patterns, heavy
guitar riffing, electronics, touching piano melodies and guitar solos,
and you'll be only a little closer to understand what a look through “the
Lesson Betrayed” could be, an album which is meant to give the listeners
an insight look to what they “would never, never, never… want
to be.”
The album sees the light on April 28th, 2006 thanks to MY KINGDOM MUSIC
who has succeeded to discover and appreciate the talent and the originality
of such opera.
