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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia mid-2003 The Eternal.
Signing a two-album deal with Firebox Records, a self-titled promotional EP., Their debut album "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was released worldwide June 2004, and received glowing reviews in both mainstream and underground media world wide.
Darren White (ex-Anathema/The Blood Divine) also contributed guest vocals on the track "Remembrance Scars".
"The Sombre Light of Isolation" voted 5th in best Australian release of 2005 by listeners to Australian national radio Triple J's Full Metal Racket, and nominated as 2nd best Australian album of 2005. The Eternal; named in Kerrang! magazine's '50 Bands You Need To Know Right Now' completed two videos for the album, the classic "Down" and beautiful "Crimson Sacrifice". They toured Australia, Hong Kong, continental Europe, UK and Finland in late 2004, and upon return immediately set about writing material for their second album "Sleep of Reason" (2005).
It extended The Eternal's sound from their debut work. Songs vary in feel from the emotive melodic rock of "Everlasting" and "A Dream's End" to the stifling drag of "Beneath the Soil" and "Weight of Empathy". "Sleep Of Reason" clearly demonstrated the whole band's ability to make strong musical statements filled with both emotion and atmosphere. It was produced and recorded by Endel Rivers at Palm Studios, Melbourne, and mastered by Mika Jussila (Amorphis, Nightwish, Therion) at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. The album's decidedly Stygian sleeve-art was created by Travis Smith (Opeth, Katatonia, Anathema) based on the etching 'El sueño de la razon produce monstruos' by Francisco de Goya. Videos for "Everlasting", "A Soul Undone" and "Hollow Inside" followed the release of the album.
2006 landing the Australian national support slot for Finnish rockers HIM, which coincided with the Australian release of "Sleep of Reason". These successful shows were shortly followed by six shows supporting Swedish death/prog masters Opeth on their ‘Ghost Reveries’ Australian tour. The Eternal delivered performances which won them many new fans and much recognition in their country. 2006 saw guitarist/vocalist Mark Kelson receiving endorsements from ESP guitars and Dean Markley strings.
After touring Australia extensively for the release of "Sleep of Reason" and playing to well over 15,000 people in their home country, the band set off for their second tour of Europe of May 2007. The band return to Portugal, Germany, Hungary, Belgium and the Netherlands to the warm welcome of fans old and new. On their return home, went about completing and compiling three years worth of demo material for what would soon become "Kartika".
Projects:InSomnius Dei / Ashkhara
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"Lost Our Way" from their upcoming album KARTIKA
New album “Kartika†a diverse and ambitious album with lush vocal harmonies and carefully detailed arrangements, "Kartika" takes the listener through varied soundscapes, from the emotive ‘Brighter Day’ and ‘Walk Beside You’ to the eastern influenced epic ‘Blood’.
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