MAY 2012 - ALBUM UPDATE

We thought you might be all due for an update on the status of our upcoming album 'When The Circle of Light Begins To Fade'. Drums & Bass tracking have been completed at ColourSound Studios in Melbourne, Australia. Marty & Dave have done a fantastic job of laying down the rhythm section for the new album and we could not be happier.

Mark & Brad spent the following few months demoing guitar ideas and working out where we might be heading with this album. We have approached this album much differently to our previous efforts in that we have not taken complete demos and hit the studio. We have infect been building our ideas as we go, this has proven to be quite a spontaneous way for us to work and has given the album quite a good feel so far.

With the job of lyrics being on Mark shoulders we felt it would be important to complete these and demo them before we commit to our guitar ideas. The last few months have been focused on this and Mark is a few songs away from completing some very dark & personal lyrics. As with all our lyrics they are very personal and emotive and we hope you all get something out of them.

Mark will be demoing the vocals at his No. 13 Studios this month and we will finally be moving onto the next stage of the album. We aim to track guitars & keyboards in June, with some of the Keyboard parts being contributed by Martin Powell. With any luck we will be onto tracking guitars in June and tracking vocals and mixing in July at ColourSound Studios. We will update you with more as we make further progress.

NOVERMBER 2011 - THE ETERNAL COMMENCE WORK ON NEW ALBUM

The Eternal have entered Colour Sound Studios, Melbourne, Australia to commence work on their 5th studio album tentatively titled 'When The Circle of Light Begins To Fade'. The band will track 13 songs and will be working on the recording process for the next 6 months. Singer/Guitarist Mark Kelson has this to say about the project:

'We are approaching this recording quite differently than our previous albums, usually we have very comprehensive and complete demos, but we have decided to start tracking at the basic idea stage and see where it takes us. As for the material, I have spent a lot of time reflecting over our back catalogue and everything we have achieved since we formed at the start of 2003 and I really wanted to write an album that reflects all the elements of our sound. I feel the new material takes elements of 'Sleep Of Reason', 'Kartika', 'Under A New Sun' & even 'The Sombre Light of Isolation' and blends them all together. We will still approach the new material very melodically as we always have done, but I have a feeling this will be a little heavier and darker than 'Under A New Sun' as the last year has been hard for me on a personal level and I feel that comes across in many of the songs composed thus far. I have always seen this band as a form a therapy for all of us, so its great to be getting back in the studio and be getting all our demons out again. This will also be my first album as sole producer, over the years working with so many people and not always getting 100 percent of what I believe the band needed, I have decided it's my turn to step up and shape the final vision.'

THE ETERNAL WELCOMES BRAD COOK

We are happy to announce the addition of second guitarist Brad Cook. Brad is an amazing player and has done his time in the local Melbourne scene over the years. With Mark and Brad sharing a mutual love for so many of their influences it seems this may shape up to be the best guitar duo the band has had since the departure of Lincoln Bowen in 2006. Brad's first performance with The Eternal was at the Esplanade Hotel in Melbourne and he was very well received. The band is excited to be returning to the big double guitar sound so expect to hear Brad on the upcoming tentatively tilted album 'When The Circle Of Light Begins To Fade' in 2012.