UNDER EDEN had its origin in Minnesota's flourishing metal underground, bringing together elements of American thrash and Scandinavian blackened death.
In the fall of 2000, the band took shape as a three-piece: Ryan McAtee (guitars, bass), Christian McAtee (guitars) and Josh Fetzek (drums). Driven by Josh's precise double-kick attack and unique cymbal work, the thrash-oriented guitars combined with furious death-metal drumming to take on a violent, apocalyptic nature mirroring the lyrics. Keeping with that theme, the name UNDER EDEN was chosen.

UNDER EDEN unleashed the demo Songs from The Savage Circle in early 2003, earning strong reviews worldwide. Ryan and Josh collaborated on the demo vocals, but it would be when lead vocalist Eric Thon joined that the band was transformed into a cohesive performance-oriented unit.
Gaining momentum from compilation appearances, radio play and a succession of live shows, UNDER EDEN joined forces with Greece's Black Lotus Records in the fall of 2004. Building on this firm foundation, the band pushed ahead - faster, more melodic, with heightened aggression and complexity - resulting in the 2005 debut release The Savage Circle.
UNDER EDEN enlisted bassist Jesse Wedel and resumed its live performances, for the first time with no vacant positions onstage.

For the next year and a half, the band went about the business of rehearsing and gigging locally, playing alongside such influential acts as Nile, Hypocrisy, Prong, Usurper and Decapitated, with up-and-comers like Epicurean and The Absence, and expanding to outlying areas they had not previous visited.
Writing of new material progressed, and initial discussions detailing the next album's release with Black Lotus Records led everyone to believe that all was well, but no sooner had the label increased its distribution to provide a stronger North American presence then Black Lotus abruptly closed its doors.
There was brief talk of another label picking up all BLR artists' contracts, but this proved to be a false hope.

With several songs already in various stages of completion, there was nothing to do but forge onward toward an eventual release of a second album.
Rather than seek out a new label with only a handful of new songs rehearsed, UNDER EDEN would instead begin systematically recording new material, offer remixes of "classic" Savage tracks via MySpace and compilations, and independently release the first of the new songs in the form of the Phoenix on Frozen Wings EP in May of 2008.
That done, UNDER EDEN is continuing toward realization of their sophomore release, a concept album entitled The Science of Self-Defeat.


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