Eden Fire is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

 band Sonic Syndicate

Sonic Syndicate

Sonic Syndicate is a melodic death metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden. They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.....

. It is their first and only album to be released through the American record label, Pivotal Rockordings

Pivotal Rockordings

Pivotal Rockordings LLC is a record label that was founded in December 2004 by start-up businessman Leevan Macomeau who a year prior had founded the Pivotal Rage Webzine and one of its staff members, Alexi Front....

. The album was recorded and mixed at Studiomega from February 2005 to June 2005 by Christian Silver and Manne Engström. The album was re-released on December 9, 2008, via Pivotal Rockordings/Koch in North America and Canada. Because of this, the album would sell over 10,000 copies by the end of 2010. It was also the last record by the band before parting ways with drummer Kristoffer Bäcklund and pianist Andreas Mårtensson.

Album background

The album is made up of three different segments and each segment has a continuous theme/concept throughout its tracks. Two of those segments consist of the previous demos Black Lotus and Extinction. The songs from those demos were re-worked and re-recorded for this album. The other segment, "Helix Reign" consists of three new tracks.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Richard Sjunnesson, all music written by Roger Sjunnesson, all music arranged by Sonic Syndicate.

"Helix Reign – Chronicles of a Broken Covenant"

1. "Jailbreak"– 4:12
   
2. "Enhance My Nightmare" – 5:10
   
3. "History Repeats Itself" – 3:52
   

"Extinction – A Sinwar Quadrilogy"

4. "Zion Must Fall" – 4:31
   
5. "Misanthropic Coil" – 3:53
   
6. "Lament of Innocence" – 3:43
   
7. "Prelude to Extinction" – 4:00
   

"Black Lotus – The Shadow Flora"

8. "Soulstone Splinter" – 4:18
   
9. "Crowned in Despair" – 4:33
   
10. "Where the Black Lotus Grows" – 4:47

Personnel

Sonic Syndicate

• Richard Sjunnesson - vocals
• Roger Sjunnesson - lead guitar
• Robin Sjunnesson - rhythm guitar
• Kristoffer Bäcklund - drums
• Karin Axelsson – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 2 and 9)
• Andreas Mårtensson - keyboards

Additional musicians

• Roland Johansson - vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7)
• Robert Sjunnesson - guitar solo (track 8)
• Manne Engström - guitars
• Christian Silver - guitars
• Linus Vikström - guitars
• Ulf Larsson - guitars
• Kaj Michelsson - guitars

Production

• Dragan Tanaskovic - producer/mixer
• Christian Silver - producer/mixer
• Johan Örnborg - assistant producer/mixer
• Jose A. Aranguren - artwork