Chronicles of Eden [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Edenbridge

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: May 28, 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Locomotive Spain
• ASIN: B000VKL0GW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #342,646 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Two CD compilation from the Austrian Symphonic Metal band. Disc One features 13 cuts including three new tracks, rarities and more. Disc Two is an 11 track 'Best Of' as voted by Edenbridge's worldwide fanbase. Massacre. 2007. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, August 6, 2007

By	Kieran "Cealtaire" (Clovis, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chronicles of Eden (Audio CD)

I am the proud owner of almost every Edenbridge album ever made and when I heard that Edenbridge was producing a two-disc album I knew I had to get the album. The first album consists of rare songs and a few new tracks. This was a real treat for me since I had not heard any of those songs before. Then the second album was a best of Edenbridge, consisting of songs that the fans of this wonderful band actually voted on. I first heard of Edenbridge in comparison to bands like Evanescence, Within Temptation and Nightwish. So I looked them up online and bought their first album. It was fantastic! Edenbridge deserves to be compared with great symphonic metal bands, and yet everyone should remember that no two bands are exactly alike. Edenbridge certainly has it's own distinctive flavor. If you have never heard Edenbridge before, I would recommend you buy this album or their very first album Sunrise in Eden.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All the best...and more!, October 29, 2007

By	Justin Gaines "Corporate Rocker" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Hailing from Austria, Edenbridge is a fairly unique band in the "metal band with female vocalist" genre. Their particular sound, self-described as "angelic, bombastic metal" is somewhere between Nightwish and melodic rock diva Lana Lane. The music is lush and melodic, with a heavy emphasis on keyboards, and falls squarely in the Helloween/Angra power metal category. The only thing remotely goth-like about this band is their wardrobe. The vocals, which are provided by the lovely and talented Sabine Edelsbacher, are a breath of fresh air in a genre where every female singer seems determined to be a glass-shattering opera star.

The 2-disc release Chronicles of Eden serves as a nice retrospective of the band's work up to now. Disc 1, which will no doubt be of great interest to die-hard fans, features a whole host of b-sides, import exclusive tracks, and previously unreleased material. I understand why bands need to provide exclusive tracks to certain markets, specifically Japan, but every few years they should issue a collection like this one so that their fans don't completely miss out on those rare songs.

Disc 2 is intended for the casual fans who might be interested in checking out what Edenbridge has to offer but don't know where to start. This fan-chosen "best of" disc is also good for those who might find the bands studio albums a bit too repetitive and want a more compact collection of some of Edenbridge's best songs. I've been following this band for a while now, and this disc definitely hits all of the highlights from Sunrise in Eden all the way through the Grand Design, my favorite of course being the song Red Ball in a Blue Sky, which features D.C. Cooper on vocals alongside Sabine.

Whether you're new to Edenbridge or a long time fan, Chronicles in Eden definitely has something to offer you.