(metalcore/avant garde metal/chaotic hardcore) Eden Maine - To You the First Star - 2005, MP3, 192-320 kbps

#777Eden Maine was formed in 1999 by vocalist Adam Symonds and bassist Nick Brown. After going through several lineup changes, drummer Kieran Iles was recruited, and the band started to develop their own sound, drawing elements from metal, and hardcore. At this time, the guitarists in the band were Faeryn Lee and Neil Green. Faeryn soon left the band to move back to the US, and was replaced by Simon Davis.
With Simon in the line up, they completed the writing for their deubt EP; The Treachery Pact, and prepared to enter the studio. However, it was around this time, after months of growing tension, that Neil Green decided to move on from the band. The remaining members chose to enter the studio as a four piece. They enlisted the services of Kurt Ballou to handle production duties and entered Southern Studios in January 2002, while advertising for a new guitarist. It was not long before they found interest from Phil Buch, who completed the band's lineup, joining them in the studio to finish the recording.

In Summer 2004 the band entered Foel Studio in Wales as an unsigned band, with producer Andrew Schneider to record their debut full length album To You the First Star. The bands sound had evolved, moving away from metalcore towards a more epic sound incorporating elements noisecore, post-metal and post rock.
Following the recording, UK label Undergroove Records showed an interest in working with the band on the release. An agreement was reached and the album was released in early 2005.
The new album split opinions amongst Eden Maine's existing fanbase. Many found the direction shift challenging and exciting, and original, while others missed the full-throttled attack of the earlier release.
The press, however, were mostly unified in their praise of the album, tipping the band to go on to bigger and better things.

Adam Symonds - Screaming
Nick Brown - Bass
Kieran Iles - Drums
Simon Davis - Guitar
Phil Buch - Guitar