Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will issue a rarities/"best of" compilation, entitled "The Chronicles of Eden", as a double-CD and limited double-digipack on May 25. Disc One will contain three new, previously unreleased songs, all Japanese and European bonus tracks and songs that were included on all out-of-print singles. Disc Two will include a "best of" selection out of the five released studio albums. The track listing is as follows:
CD 1 (New Songs, Bonus Tracks, Rarities): 01. Thin Red Line 02. The Silent Wake 03. Images In The Sand 04. For Your Eyes Only 05. Evermore 06. Empire Of The Sun 07. Shine (Single Version) 08. On Sacred Ground 09. Anthem 10. On The Verge Of Infinity 11. The Whispering Gallery 12. The Whisper Of The Ages 13. Velvet Eyes Of Dawn
CD 2 ("Best Of" as voted by the fans): 01. Sunrise In Eden 02. Cheyenne Spirit 03. Arcana 04. The Palace 05. The Undiscovered Land 06. Red Ball In Blue Sky 07. Wild Chase 08. The Canterville Prophecy 09. The Canterville Ghost 10. The Grand Design 11. Terra Nova
EDENBRIDGE last month parted ways with drummer Roland Navratil due to "personal, musical and financial differences." A replacement drummer has yet to be announced.
EDENBRIDGE recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. The band's first effort for Napalm will be released in the spring of 2008. Production on the CD is tentatively scheduled to begin next fall. Four songs have already been written and EDENBRIDGE will work with a renowned Czech orchestra for the first time in its career.
EDENBRIDGE's fifth album, "The Grand Design", was released in the U.S. on January 30 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Shine" was recorded at The Farpoint Station studio in Austria and the Thin Ice facility in England with THRESHOLD mastermind Karl Groom.