Biography

First came Apocalypse: a collection of four schoolfriends with varying degrees of musical ability. We recorded our first demo, Ruins, in our rhythm guitarist's front room by placing a microphone in the middle of the floor.

Then we changed our name to Lethal Exposure, lost a bassist and gained a bassist/singer, and recorded our second demo, also called Ruins. This was in a real live (evil, vile) studio.

A little while later we wrote another song, X. Actually, we wrote loads, but this is the only one I still have a recording of. This marks my last-ever use of guitars so synthetic they make my skin crawl.

Minus one guitarist later, and with a drummer who was busy with his new band at university and didn't have time to produce any drums for our next demo, the bassist and I changed our name to Schizotic and recorded our third demo, Revisited. This was another home recording, and marks my last ever use of microphones for guitars until very recently. Don't ask.

A couple of years passed, and then I decided to revisit Revisited with the wonder of DI. Another name change, this time to LethalX, and another demo. This was supposed to be our swansong, so it's called The End Times (Ruins).

But then we realised that music is fun, so we continued, changing our name again (because if we kept the same name between releases then, like, the universe would collapse) to The End Times. We're now working on a full-length album heavily inspired by Devin Townsend. It should be out sometime this century. (I don't want to say decade; that's a bit optimistic.)

I've also been working on solo projects for years. Various names (Litany, Liquidark, Draconia) and various influences (Paradise Lost, Anathema); but it wasn't until I reached iCompositions that I finally produced some output. My first album, Shadows, is now complete -- see the various songs tagged [Shadows] and the relevant blog post -- and I'm not done yet. Not by a long way...

That said, don't expect art.

Speaking of art, my nickname is nothing to do with Cristian Stan's "Eidolonia" works (http://www.cristianstan.com/works-eidolonia.html), but I wish it were.

I do, however, use the most excellent art of Carol Watson (http://www.lostcanuck.com/). Investigate her site immediately!

-Eido

Blog rss

Lies To Children is released! December 21, 2010
The new EndTimes album Lies To Children is now available!
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Christmas comes early for EndTimes fans! December 16, 2010
Read on for exciting news about the new EndTimes album, Lies To Children, including a release date!
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Lies To Children returns! November 24, 2010
After a four-month hiatus, EndTimes are back... One track per week until Christmas!
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Lies To Children is on hold July 20, 2010
The new EndTimes album, Lies To Children, is paused for the time being.
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Releasing an album on iComp July 1, 2010
There's no upload from the new EndTimes album Lies To Children this week. Instead, some thoughts about the process of releasing an album here.
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Music rss

Title Genre Released Plays
[LiesToChildren] Road Collab Metal Dec 16, 2010 813
[LiesToChildren] Void Collab Metal Dec 16, 2010 519
[LiesToChildren] Space Collab Metal Dec 9, 2010 523
[LiesToChildren] Sky Collab Metal Dec 2, 2010 461
[LiesToChildren] Ocean Collab Metal Nov 25, 2010 707
[LiesToChildren] River Collab Metal Jul 8, 2010 573
[LiesToChildren] Mountain Collab Metal Jun 24, 2010 684
[LiesToChildren] Earth Collab Metal Jun 17, 2010 677
[LiesToChildren] Fire Collab Metal Jun 10, 2010 839
[LiesToChildren] Horizon Collab Metal Jun 3, 2010 976
Emergence Classical Mar 26, 2010 559
Jingle Hell Collab Metal Dec 13, 2009 3140
We Wish You A Metal Christmas Holiday Dec 24, 2008 2780
Diminished Returns Collab Metal Sep 7, 2008 2400
12-String Jam Other Jun 29, 2008 660
[Cover] Shroud Of False Rock Jan 31, 2008 2067
[Shadows] Escape Metal Dec 13, 2007 2090
[Shadows] Struggle Without End Metal Nov 10, 2007 1037
[Shadows] The Vision Ambient Sep 24, 2007 963
Dorian Jam Other Sep 7, 2007 757
[Shadows] The Descent Other Aug 30, 2007 781
[Shadows] Eternal Metal Aug 17, 2007 878
[Shadows] Interlude Ambient Jul 25, 2007 731
Romance jam Collab Rock Jul 23, 2007 761
[Shadows] Ascendant Metal Jul 5, 2007 1145
[Shadows] Romance Classical Jun 24, 2007 826
[Shadows] Presence Metal Jun 18, 2007 877
[Shadows] The Child, redux Classical Apr 22, 2007 1010
Wistful again [needs collab] Collab Rock Apr 22, 2007 945
Wistful Ambient Feb 25, 2007 857
[Shadows] Hope Metal Jan 20, 2007 888
Doodle Metal Jan 16, 2007 875
[Shadows] Mechanical Metal Jan 6, 2007 833
My Life In Ruins (melodic vocal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 1047
My Life In Ruins (death metal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 939
[Shadows] The Child Classical Dec 10, 2006 836
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Black Light Metal Dec 9, 2006 855
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Classical Dec 5, 2006 751
[Shadows] Shadows Classical Nov 28, 2006 948
My Life In Ruins (Frankenmix) Metal Nov 25, 2006 1856
City Streets Electronica Sep 17, 2006 791
Lost (no vocals) Rock Sep 15, 2006 1147
Summer Days Folk Sep 14, 2006 845
Firefly (slower) Folk Sep 12, 2006 1001
Flux Electronica Sep 10, 2006 745
Firefly Folk Sep 10, 2006 894
Loopy Alternative Sep 9, 2006 824
[EndTimes] The End Times (Ruins) Metal Sep 8, 2006 1448
[EndTimes] Terrormech Metal Sep 8, 2006 720
[EndTimes] Opprobrium Metal Sep 8, 2006 740
[EndTimes] Guttersnipe Metal Sep 8, 2006 764
[EndTimes] Phoenix Rising Metal Sep 8, 2006 828

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