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

New music is coming... July 31, 2012
The time has come for my most beloved and heartfelt project yet...
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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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Music rss

Title Genre Released Plays
[LiesToChildren] Road Collab Metal Dec 16, 2010 1174
[LiesToChildren] Void Collab Metal Dec 16, 2010 690
[LiesToChildren] Space Collab Metal Dec 9, 2010 675
[LiesToChildren] Sky Collab Metal Dec 2, 2010 608
[LiesToChildren] Ocean Collab Metal Nov 25, 2010 844
[LiesToChildren] River Collab Metal Jul 8, 2010 658
[LiesToChildren] Mountain Collab Metal Jun 24, 2010 867
[LiesToChildren] Earth Collab Metal Jun 17, 2010 801
[LiesToChildren] Fire Collab Metal Jun 10, 2010 1000
[LiesToChildren] Horizon Collab Metal Jun 3, 2010 1123
Emergence Classical Mar 26, 2010 674
Jingle Hell Collab Metal Dec 13, 2009 3521
We Wish You A Metal Christmas Holiday Dec 24, 2008 4218
Diminished Returns Collab Metal Sep 7, 2008 2704
12-String Jam Other Jun 29, 2008 725
[Cover] Shroud Of False Rock Jan 31, 2008 2478
[Shadows] Escape Metal Dec 13, 2007 2325
[Shadows] Struggle Without End Metal Nov 10, 2007 1135
[Shadows] The Vision Ambient Sep 24, 2007 1086
Dorian Jam Other Sep 7, 2007 819
[Shadows] The Descent Other Aug 30, 2007 889
[Shadows] Eternal Metal Aug 17, 2007 938
[Shadows] Interlude Ambient Jul 25, 2007 784
Romance jam Collab Rock Jul 23, 2007 864
[Shadows] Ascendant Metal Jul 5, 2007 1255
[Shadows] Romance Classical Jun 24, 2007 905
[Shadows] Presence Metal Jun 18, 2007 976
[Shadows] The Child, redux Classical Apr 22, 2007 1130
Wistful again [needs collab] Collab Rock Apr 22, 2007 993
Wistful Ambient Feb 25, 2007 908
[Shadows] Hope Metal Jan 20, 2007 982
Doodle Metal Jan 16, 2007 952
[Shadows] Mechanical Metal Jan 6, 2007 920
My Life In Ruins (melodic vocal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 1126
My Life In Ruins (death metal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 1005
[Shadows] The Child Classical Dec 10, 2006 917
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Black Light Metal Dec 9, 2006 969
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Classical Dec 5, 2006 862
[Shadows] Shadows Classical Nov 28, 2006 1091
My Life In Ruins (Frankenmix) Metal Nov 25, 2006 1996
City Streets Electronica Sep 17, 2006 843
Lost (no vocals) Rock Sep 15, 2006 1261
Summer Days Folk Sep 14, 2006 915
Firefly (slower) Folk Sep 12, 2006 1068
Flux Electronica Sep 10, 2006 816
Firefly Folk Sep 10, 2006 951
Loopy Alternative Sep 9, 2006 890
[EndTimes] The End Times (Ruins) Metal Sep 8, 2006 1661
[EndTimes] Terrormech Metal Sep 8, 2006 778
[EndTimes] Opprobrium Metal Sep 8, 2006 826
[EndTimes] Guttersnipe Metal Sep 8, 2006 806
[EndTimes] Phoenix Rising Metal Sep 8, 2006 890

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