On January 25th UK singer Archie Caine announced his new single “Eden”, featuring Dianne van Giersbergen (ex-Libris, Ayreon, ex-Xandria). 

The first single from his upcoming debut album Tommy And The Angels “Eden” is available to pre-save/pre-order now with the full album available for pre save here. The album also features Threshold’s Damian Wilson.

“‘Eden’ is a song about hope after despair, a theme that is woven through the entire album” shares Caine on the single. “It’s an inspirational idea to me that no matter how dark things seem there can always be ‘angels in disguise’, and that nobody is ever truly alone. It’s very much a concept album - the whole idea came from a specific melody I dreamed, and grew organically from that.” 

He continues, “Being able to work with artists like Damian Wilson and Dianne van Giersbergen is absolutely a dream come true; as was composing the album with my best friends.”

Tommy And The Angels was composed primarily over Zoom with Bo Wilde and Holly Nichol during a year of lockdowns.

Instrument tracking took place both in their home studio in the UK, and in Paraguay by Adrian Benegas. The album was then mixed and mastered under the auspices of Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities in the Netherlands.

Archie Caine is the natural result of a childhood of singing lessons set to a background of Nightwish, Evanescence, Paramore, and My Chemical Romance. His powerful voice blends emotively with technical proficiency and is inspired beyond all else by the women of rock and metal. “Eden” is his first release under his own name.

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