London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Incendium Records) - Eternal Descent's Llexi Leon will collaborate with
David Chang (Stamping Ground, Earthtone9, Gorretted, Panic Cell) on co-production/mixing, and Jason Metcalf (DC Comics) on pencils and inks along with Javier Tartaglia on colors for the artwork, to release a Limited Edition of the single "Phantom of the Opera" on June 10, 2008 through Incendium Records.
The single will also feature previously unreleased instrumental bonus tracks. The "Phantom" single artwork depicts Eternal Descent characters Loki and Lyra taking on the roles of the Phantom and Christine. The release will contain bonus tracks which will be available with the artwork via digital download once physical stocks are depleted. The title track will also be distributed freely as a stand alone MP3 for a short period of time.
The "Phantom of the Opera" single is a taste of things to come from the new Eternal Descent album and comic slated for an August, 2008 release, and will be the first time characters other than Lyra are given vocal parts on an album.
Eternal Descent's 2007 release "Losing Faith" continues to see significant success with the media and has been hailed as one of the best concept albums on the market. WCH Radio named the track "Our Own Devils" from "Losing Faith" as one of the Top 30 songs of 2007.
Eternal Descent's sound weaves elements of metal, industrial, ambient and experimental music fused with romantic filmscore arrangements. Using cutting edge cinematic sound effects, narrative lyrics and fusions of styles from ethereal soundscapes to crushing metal, the aim of this project is to integrate comic book visuals and animation within an album style series of releases. "Losing Faith" is the first in this series. Going one step further than simply creating a soundtrack to the comic, the audio will include narrative style lyrics and quotes from the scripts, along with dynamic sound effects and orchestration to accurately portray events and atmospheres within the story. Each track represents a comic book, and the album is split into 3 chapters of 4 tracks. Each chapter will be released as a 4 issue miniseries in comic book format. The first comic to be released will be an issue No 0 preview, giving depth to the main characters and providing a backstory and timeline for the album. Music videos are also being created in animation format to bring pivotal events of the story to life in an anime style.
Character explanation:
Lyra: Main female character as depicted on the album cover. The lyrics of the CD narrate the story from her point of view. Lyra is an entirely fictional character. While vocalist Elysha West performs her parts 'in character', Lyra is not actually based on Elysha; however, there is a cameo character in the comic book that is.
Sirian: Main male character as depicted on the album back cover/on the disc itself. "Sirian is somewhat based on myself," remarks Llexi Leon, the creator of Eternal Descent. "He has a similar fashion sense, build, and wields an accurate rendition of the main guitar used for the Eternal Descent recordings. If I could be a hero, I would be Sirian. His guitar solos are all very different, and are performed with his actions and the storyline in mind."
Loki: Sirian's nemesis and the main villain character, also based on Llexi Leon, and in the original designs, looked very much like him. "As the saying goes, 'I am my own worst enemy'," adds Leon. "He is a manifestation of my negativity and my darker sense of humour." On the CD, Loki is represented by raw and dissonant guitar parts, which give a sense of eerie unease or aggression, depending on the situation.
Musicians:
Llexi Leon: Main instrument; Guitar, secondary; Piano/Violin. Writes & performs all instruments on record; also writes vocal melodies/lyrics .
Elysha West: Vocalist (performs improvised vocal solos as well as pre-written material)
Keefe West: programming drums/bass and coproducer
Artists:
Llexi Leon: Basic concept artwork, storyboards, character design/creation
Jason Metcalf: Pencils + Inks on Eternal Descent comics and Phantom single artwork. Talented and versatile artist has worked on Image comics titles such as The Darkness and Magdelena
Javier Tartaglia: Eternal Descent colourist, has provided stunning colouring work for many top Marvel comics titles.
Alp Altiner: Concept art collaboration. Award-winning visual effects artist, has worked on all the Fantastic 4, Spiderman and X-men movies, and has worked as a pencil artist for Marvel, DC and Image comics.
'Blond' : Concept art collaboration, has provided stunning colouring work for many top titles, such as Ghost Rider, X-Men, City of Heroes, and Witchblade
"Losing Faith" is available at Amazon.com, CD Baby, and iTunes.
Lyra, Sirian and Loki are available for interviews. To schedule an interview, request presskits, jpegs or other information, please contact Serge Entertainment PR, email: SergeEnt@aol.com.
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