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 1194
[LiesToChildren] Void Collab Metal Dec 16, 2010 697
[LiesToChildren] Space Collab Metal Dec 9, 2010 679
[LiesToChildren] Sky Collab Metal Dec 2, 2010 615
[LiesToChildren] Ocean Collab Metal Nov 25, 2010 849
[LiesToChildren] River Collab Metal Jul 8, 2010 661
[LiesToChildren] Mountain Collab Metal Jun 24, 2010 878
[LiesToChildren] Earth Collab Metal Jun 17, 2010 808
[LiesToChildren] Fire Collab Metal Jun 10, 2010 1006
[LiesToChildren] Horizon Collab Metal Jun 3, 2010 1125
Emergence Classical Mar 26, 2010 680
Jingle Hell Collab Metal Dec 13, 2009 3538
We Wish You A Metal Christmas Holiday Dec 24, 2008 4253
Diminished Returns Collab Metal Sep 7, 2008 2721
12-String Jam Other Jun 29, 2008 727
[Cover] Shroud Of False Rock Jan 31, 2008 2489
[Shadows] Escape Metal Dec 13, 2007 2348
[Shadows] Struggle Without End Metal Nov 10, 2007 1141
[Shadows] The Vision Ambient Sep 24, 2007 1093
Dorian Jam Other Sep 7, 2007 822
[Shadows] The Descent Other Aug 30, 2007 894
[Shadows] Eternal Metal Aug 17, 2007 939
[Shadows] Interlude Ambient Jul 25, 2007 786
Romance jam Collab Rock Jul 23, 2007 867
[Shadows] Ascendant Metal Jul 5, 2007 1261
[Shadows] Romance Classical Jun 24, 2007 907
[Shadows] Presence Metal Jun 18, 2007 982
[Shadows] The Child, redux Classical Apr 22, 2007 1134
Wistful again [needs collab] Collab Rock Apr 22, 2007 995
Wistful Ambient Feb 25, 2007 912
[Shadows] Hope Metal Jan 20, 2007 984
Doodle Metal Jan 16, 2007 957
[Shadows] Mechanical Metal Jan 6, 2007 925
My Life In Ruins (melodic vocal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 1128
My Life In Ruins (death metal mix) Metal Jan 6, 2007 1009
[Shadows] The Child Classical Dec 10, 2006 917
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Black Light Metal Dec 9, 2006 970
[Shadows] Winter's Night... Classical Dec 5, 2006 863
[Shadows] Shadows Classical Nov 28, 2006 1095
My Life In Ruins (Frankenmix) Metal Nov 25, 2006 1999
City Streets Electronica Sep 17, 2006 844
Lost (no vocals) Rock Sep 15, 2006 1266
Summer Days Folk Sep 14, 2006 919
Firefly (slower) Folk Sep 12, 2006 1071
Flux Electronica Sep 10, 2006 820
Firefly Folk Sep 10, 2006 953
Loopy Alternative Sep 9, 2006 893
[EndTimes] The End Times (Ruins) Metal Sep 8, 2006 1665
[EndTimes] Terrormech Metal Sep 8, 2006 780
[EndTimes] Opprobrium Metal Sep 8, 2006 835
[EndTimes] Guttersnipe Metal Sep 8, 2006 808
[EndTimes] Phoenix Rising Metal Sep 8, 2006 893

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