Thursday 21st January - 2010 Coming to America, Live DVD & Album & Trinity update!
Howdy Soldiers of The Curse! News updates don't come much better, so strap yourselves in ....
We are thrilled to announce we will be recording our first Live DVD and Album in none other than the USA in May.
Eden's Curse heading to America! (Click above to view large poster)
Eden's Curse were approached by MelodicRock.com owner Andrew McNeice to appear at his Melodic Rock Fest 2 concert event which is scheduled to take place at The Roadhouse in Elgin, Illinois, within minutes of downtown Chicago on the weekend of April 30th to May 2nd, 2010.
"MelodicRock.Com wanted diversity with this line-up and he shall have it" says Michael Eden, the bands singer. He adds "When Andrew requested The Curse we just couldn't say no! The wheels will be greased and the band will be firing on all cylinders. This should make an interesting few days sharing the stage with Y&T, Winger, Danger Danger, Jimi Jamison (Survivor), Crown Of Thorns, Alias and of course one time Journey vocalist Jeff Scott Soto's new band W.E.T. among many others. The Curse has wanted to play in America for quite some time and now we will do that along with capturing it live in a city I've played many times in the last twenty plus years".
Tickets and further information is available directly from MelodicRock.Com.
Eden's Curse are also nearing completion of the writing phase for their third album, to be titled "Trinity", which will be recorded in Spring with the bands long term producer Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69/Angra/Krokus) once again at the helm. "Trinity" will mark the bands recording debut with new keyboard player Alessandro Del Vecchio (Glenn Hughes/Iain Paice/Moonstone Project/Edge Of Forever). A Fall 2010 release is planned with full promotion to follow.
More news to follow soon.
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Thursday 21st January - 2010 New Interviews online!
The first, a video, comes from AngelOfMetal.com where Paul and Mike talk to Vix, the Angel Of Metal about the current tour, the new E.P. and the future.
Check it out :-
The second interview, again conducted with Paul and Mike at Hard Rock Hell III, is with Greece's Rockpages.gr website. You can also check out a review of the bands performance at Hard Rock Hell III here :- Hard Rock Hell III Review
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
Tuesday 15th December - 2009 Return from Tour update!
Greetings Cursed Ones! Thankfully we have all returned safe and well from our recent UK Tour with Alestorm and The Rotted and all went swimmingly well. The vibe in the band now is absolutely sky high and we believe that the new lineup is the best yet and we can't wait to come back and play again for the excellent UK audiences.
Michael belts it out at Sheffield (Photo by Little Linda)
Our own personal highlights on the Tour were the shows in Grimsby, Sheffield, Glasgow and Nottingham, not to mention our appearence at Hard Rock Hell III which we will not forget.
We thank each and every person who came along to the shows, especially those who came up to talk to the band and also purchase merchandise, your support and business was greatly appreciated.
Special mentions go to Dave Green, Stephen Bate and Steven and James Gillespie who followed us to several shows. Your dedication knows no bounds guys!
We'd also like to thank our live guitarist Jay Parmar who joined us once again on the road. Jay gives up a lot to be part of The Curse Touring unit and we love his company greatly. We sincerely hope that he is around for many more shows to come.
Also, we must thank our sound engineer Ian Toft, our hard working and reliable as a Volkswagon tech Joel Peters and Manager Corey Barkley. We couldn't have done it without them.
TK and Jay rip it up at Sheffield (Photo by Little Linda)
We will be compiling our new Tour Diary for you all to read asap, so keep an eye out right here.
We also took some killer new band photos featuring the new lineup, which will also appear here in due course.
New Eden's Curse shirt availble in the Online Store!
We have also returned from Tour with stock of our new T-Shirts. Sizes are available fromSmall to XXXL right here :- Order New Curse T-Shirt
We also have a limited number of copies of the new Condemned To Burn - The UK Tour Collection CD for sale. Please note that these are single disc versions only and NOT the double CD which is available exclusively from MelodicRock.com.
Or if you prefer your music digitally, you can purchase the Digital Download version exclusively from Eden's Curse :- Order Condemned To Burn Download
Condemned To Burn - In stock at the online store!
Well, that's it for now folks ... we'll be back with an update to the Tour Diary, but for us all here at Curse Towers is rest and recouperation from the road wares, and once Christmas is by it's heads into writing the brand new third album Trinity.
Have a great holiday period and Stay Cursed!
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Friday 27th November - 2009 New Condemned To Burn E.P. released and setting off for Tour!
Metal Mayhem Music will release the Condemned To Burn - The UK Tour Collection E.P. from Eden's Curse on November 30 and in conjunction exclusively with MelodicRock.com, readers who pre-order from that particular website will receive an additional 4 Track Bonus CD that is unavailable anywhere else in the world!
As a thank you to the support shown by Ryan & Sarah Northrop at Metal Mayhem Music the band have pulled out some true hidden gems from their personal archives to create a true collectors item for all fans of Eden's Curse, coupling as a great introduction to the bands music with songs from both the self-titled debut and sophomore record The Second Coming being featured.
The collection includes the US exclusive bonus track from The Second Coming release, Prisoner Of The Past, plus some rare demo tracks from both studio albums, one highlight being the Angels & Demons demo which features Joanna Ruiz (Steve Grimmett Band) on Female Lead Vocals. A stunning acoustic version of Sail On which the band recorded exclusively for the MelodicRock.comMRCD5 - Writing On The Wall CD and some rare soundboard recordings from the recent May 2009 UK Tour with Stratovarius and Firewind, recorded live at The Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland on the last night of the Tour. Michael Eden : " When the going gets tough, the tough gets going and no-one steps up to the plate quite like our US label partners Metal Mayhem putting others to shame and then some! Metal Mayhem believes in Eden's Curse and they knew that this band needed to take to the stage for longevity. Metal Mayhem and Metal Mayhem alone absolutely 100% made sure that this happened all in a territory that they had no vested interest in. This E.P. is our way of saying THANK YOU to Ryan and Sarah and letting them reap the rewards of the harvest that they sowed back in May. As a music collector and a fan of Eden's Curse I believe that this is a very cool little package for our fans that allows the listener an insight into the workings of our world and how our songs develop from the ideas that Paul Logue presents to us, to the midas touch of Dennis Ward, where everything that glitters is gold!"
The Condemned To Burn - UK Tour Collection E.P. features the following tracks: CD - Prisoner Of The Past (US Bonus Track), Angels & Demons (Demo), Sail On (Acoustic Version), Man Against The World (Demo), Judgement Day (Demo), Eyes Of The World (Demo), Stronger Than The Flame (Demo - Featuring Carsten Lizard Schulz), Masquerade Ball (Live), Just Like Judas (Live).
MR.Com Bonus Disc - Fly Away (Live), Sail On (Live), The Voice Inside (Demo), After The Love Is Gone (Demo).
Buy Condemned To Burn for the price of US$15 + $5 shipping:
Condemned To Burn - The UK Tour Collection To view the Melodicrock full CD Showcase and read track by track comments by Paul Logue including MP3 audio samples from the EP and bonus tracks click here :-MelodicRock Eden's Curse Showcase.
The new Condemned To Burn CD will be on sale at all of the forthcoming Eden's Curse UK shows except Hard Rock Hell III. However it will only be the single CD version.
Unless you have been on the moon or hiding under a rock for the past few months then you will know that Eden's Curse are due to embark on a UK Tour. We hope to see many of you in attendance at the shows, especially our headline shows at The Yardbirds Rock Clubin Grimsby and The Nightowl in Cheltenham. 03/12/09 - The Yardbirds, Grimsby - England - Buy Here
04/12/09 - Hard Rock Hell 3, Prestatyn - Wales - Buy Here
05/12/09 - The Nightowl, Cheltenham - England - £5 entry on door
06/12/09 - Moho Live, Manchester - England - Buy Here
07/12/09 - The Corporation, Sheffield - England - Buy Here
08/12/09 - JB's, Dudley - England - Buy Here
09/12/09 - The Cathouse, Glasgow - Scotland - Buy Here
10/12/09 - Rock City, Nottingham - England - Buy Here
11/12/09 - Central Station, Wrexham - Wales - Buy Here
For the bands appearance at Hard Rock Hell III on Friday 4th December the band will be onstage from 10.30pm - 11.30pm on the Total Rock stage. It is possible that they will be doing a signing session earlier in the day also. See the venue for details.
Looking forward to seeing you all down the front row!
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Wednesday 11th November - 2009 Replacement show confirmed for The Nightowl in Cheltenham! Sadly we were unable to find a replacement show in the London area in such a short space of time. However we will now be appearing at The Nightowl in Cheltenham on Saturday 5th December.
This will be a special show for our drummer Pete as it's his local area. Glasgow has already set the benchmark for homecoming gigs, can Cheltenham reach those highs ???
Support on the night will be provided by two excellent local bands - Carmen and Andonova.
Alestorm, The Rotted & Eden's Curse December UK Tour!
The Cheltenham date now completes the full touring schedule for Eden's Curse for December which is as follows :
03/12/09 - The Yardbirds, Grimsby - England - Buy Here
04/12/09 - Hard Rock Hell 3, Prestatyn - Wales - Buy Here
05/12/09 - The Nightowl, Cheltenham - England - £5 entry on door
06/12/09 - Moho Live, Manchester - England - Buy Here
07/12/09 - The Corporation, Sheffield - England - Buy Here
08/12/09 - JB's, Dudley - England - Buy Here
09/12/09 - The Cathouse, Glasgow - Scotland - Buy Here
10/12/09 - Rock City, Nottingham - England - Buy Here
11/12/09 - Central Station, Wrexham - Wales - Buy Here
New Eden's Curse shirt for the December Tour!
The band have also released the above image of their new T-Shirt design which will be on sale exclusively at all the forthcoming UK shows. The shirt was designed by Fernando Ruiz Garcia of Visual Decay Art & Design.
Stay tuned for more news and updates from Tour Rehearsals.
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Thursday 5th November - 2009 London show at The Gaff Cancelled! Due to unforseen circumstances, beyond our control, the Eden's Curse show at The Gaff on Saturday 5th December will not be going ahead as planned.
We apologise if anyone has purchased tickets in advance and request that you contact The Gaff immediately to arrange a refund.
We are working overtime with our Team and with some third party assitance to hastily find a replacement venue in the London region.
If that's not possible we'll try and play somewhere else that does not encroach on the Alestorm tour route.
Anyone with connections to venues/promoters or sensible ideas please email us at info@edenscurse.com
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Monday 19th October - 2009 London Headline Show Announced! Finally we've managed to wrap up our December tour plans with the addition of a date in London at The Gaff on Holloway Road on Saturday 5th December.
Sadly the Alestorm Tour is not going to the capital, as the band have just recently performed at The Underworld, but it was of paramount important to Eden's Curse to get back to the City and we're delighted to be doing our own headline show.
We're in the throws of tying up some excellent support bands also for the dates so watch this space.
Ticketing information can be obtained HERE (Please ignore incorrect show date and support act info).
See you in December! Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Monday 28th September - 2009 December Headline Show Announced!
There's a lot of activity in Camp Curse right now, and we've just confirmed the first of two headline shows for December prior to our Tour with Alestorm.
Ticketing information and purchasing can be obtained HERE at the Replay Records site.
One more date expected to follow soon! Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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Friday 25th September - 2009 New Website Launched!
Welcome to all new Eden's Curse website!
For the past few months we've been working hard with our fantastic designer Tadeu Grigolon from HellsGoneCrazy.com and he truly has delivered and then some! Watch out for this guy folks - he truly is going to become a force to be reckoned with in the Music business when the new company launches later this year.
There is so much for you to see, read, watch, listen to and enjoy.
So go right ahead and be sure to let us know your thoughts!
Stay Cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale.
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New UK Tour in December announced!
Greetings Cursed Ones!
Many many apologies for not updating this site sooner, but things have been rather HECTIC around here to say the least!
Straight after our appearance at Bloodstock Open Air 2009 we've been working hard at putting our own headline tour together for December 2009. We had many provisional dates set in place with venues up and down the Country and even a fantastic support band in Arthemis confirmed, but things just kept going against us!
Just when we thought all hope was lost, we were presented, thanks to our new Management Team, with the opportunity to open for Scottish Pirate Metallers Alestorm on their forthcoming December UK Tour, which we were delighted to accept!
Eden's Curse on Tour in December!
So without further ado people, The Curse will be rolling into the following Towns/Cities in December: 04/12/09 - Hard Rock Hell 3, Prestatyn - Wales - Buy Here
06/12/09 - Moho Live, Manchester - England - Buy Here 07/12/09 - The Corporation, Sheffield - England -Buy Here 08/12/09 - The Cathouse, Glasgow - Scotland -Buy Here 09/12/09 - JB's, Dudley - England -TBA 10/12/09 - Rock City, Nottingham - England -Buy Here 11/12/09 - Central Station, Wrexham - Wales -Buy Here
Joining us and Alestorm on the bill are London based Extreme Metallers The Rotted to complete a thoroughly exciting and diverse line up, all united under one cause - Heavy Fucking Metal!
Eden's Curse will open ALL shows and will be playing a minimum of 45 minutes at all shows. We hope to see you down the front row!
Talking of our appearance at Bloodstock, GetReadyToRock.com have a review of the show plus an audio interview with the whole band at BOA, whilst Thrash Hits TV recorded an Interview with Michael and Paul which can be seen below:
In other news we're slowly but surely working on new ideas for the third album. So far, so good, as far as the writing goes. No firm dates are planned yet for recording, but we aim to see how songs have progressed in January 2010 and if all is well start recording in Spring with a release in Fall 2010 being planned. We'll keep you posted on that front!
Finally, we have a special offer over at our Online Store which should not be missed! We are giving away completely FREE any Digital Download of your choosing if you purchase a T-Shirt from the store.
To qualify, simply add the Digital Download of your choosing to your T-Shirt order and we'll immediately refund you the money when you purchase through Paypal.
Well, without sounding like Looney Tunes ... that's all for now folks!
See you all down the front row! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday 30th, July - 2009
Hard Rock Hell!
Hot on the heels of the recent Bloodstock Open Air 2009 announcement, Eden's Curse are also delighted to announce that they will be appearing on the Total Rock Stage at Hard Rock Hell III on Friday 4th December at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales.
Having recently toured with Stratovarius and Firewind in May, of this year, 2009 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for the band with MORE dates still to come!
Please note that the bands Bloodstock Open Air 2009 stage time has been confirmed as 9.30pm - 10.10pm (after Satyricon and before Europe) on the Sophie Lancaster stage.
See you all down the front row! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale!
Monday 27th, July - 2009
Bloodstock Festival and more!
Greetings one and all!
Just when you thought that we were resting on our laurels for the rest of 2009 we've actually slipped into a higher gear!
We are delighted to announce that we will be appearing live at the Bloodstock Open Air 2009 festival in Derbyshire, England on Sunday 16th August on the Sophie Lancaster Stage. Our estimated stage appearance time at this moment in is 9pm. If that changes we will keep everyone posted.
The band will be once again joined onstage by Guitarist Jay Parmarwhilst it will also be a live Curse debut for the bands newest member, Keyboard player, Alessandro Del Vecchio.
Notable other appearancesthat day are headliners Europe, plus extreme Metallers Arch Enemy and Satyricon.
We are also putting together MORE live dates for 2009 and not one but TWO very special new releases for our US record label Metal Mayhem Music as a thank you for their backing on our recent debut tour with Stratovarius and Firewind.
Jay Parmar.
You'll find out HERE first of all as always, but Bloodstock will be the first opportunity to pick up release one of this special combo. More news to follow on that front.
We are almost nearing completion on a redeveloped website. We hope to bring that to you soon than later.
The band are also working on new material for the third album. Writing will really kick into a higher gear towards the end of 2009 / beginning of 2010, with the aim of having it completed by Fall 2010.
The rocking never stops!
Keep a close eye out here and in the press for Live Dates and release dates ... coming soon!
Until next time ... stay cursed! Michael, Paul, Thorsten, Pete and Ale!
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Alessandro Del Vecchio is the new Keys player!
Eden's Curse are thrilled to announce that they have appointed Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of Forever / Moonstone Project) as their new permanent keyboard player. The experienced Italian musician has toured and recorded with Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes, Andre Matos and a host of other large names in the Rock and Metal world despite his tender age.
Ale lays down some hammond!
Frontman Michael Eden states "When one door closes another opens. With that said The Curse opens the door for our newest member Alessandro Del Vecchio. Ale is the kind of guy that will be a team player and do things with a positive force so we can charge ahead and get more shows lined up and the next studio album underway! The Curse never sold the hot-rod! We just changed the grease under the hood and added a bit of chrome!! See ya on the road and beyond!!".
Bassist and songwriter Paul Logue adds "Ale's not only blew us away with his enthusiasm and keyboard skills, but he's also a fabulous singer and songwriter. Anyone that can bring that much talent, not to mention hair, to the table is welcome in the team. Mark II is alive baby!".
Condemned To Burn - In stock at the online store!
