Origin:	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Genres:	Power Metal

New Eden

New Eden's debut, Through The Make Believe, received critical acclaim, with its distinctively 80's American power metal style. With the acquisition of former Helstar vocalist James Rivera, the future looked bright indeed. But personality clashes within the band arose, with the eventual result being four of the five members (all except guitarist Horatio Colmenares) leaving, eventually forming Destiny's End, while Colmenares eventually recruited a second New Eden lineup. The result was two quality bands, as subsequent albums by both of the bands were better than Through The Make Believe. On Obscure Master Plan, New Eden still played 80's metal with a progressive edge, but the focus was more riff-oriented, with a more aggressive stance than that of the debut. After the Obscure release there were numerous lineup changes, most noteably the addition of ex-Steel Prophet vocalist Rick Mythiasin. A new album, Stagnant Progression, which was in the works for a couple of years, was finally self-released by the band at the end of the year in 2003.