Japanese Electric Guitar Magazine

I am featured on the cover of Japanese Magazine 'Electric Guitar' this month, in the three page feature I talk about my gear, recording 'Under A New Sun' and about my recording techniques. The Magazine goes out to 60,000 people in Japan every month, so needless to say this is very cool!

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Long Over Due Update

So its been a while! Lots of things have been happening, We finally got the new 'The Eternal' album in the bag & mastered this week & its sounding big! Next task is to work out when and how it will be released and things like artwork, video clips and what will be the first single, so still a bit of work to go!

For those of you interested in a taste of the music, I'll be performing the song 'The Sleeper' May 14th at the Corner Hotel (Melbourne, Australia) with Jeff Martin (The Tea Party). This will be the first time any of the new material has been played live and this will also be my first time sharing the stage with the likes of Mr. Martin, so I'm really look forward to it!

The new ÍON album from Duncan Patterson called Immaculada will be out on May 10th, 2010. I'm featured on a few songs on this record, performing backing vocals and acoustic guitar, its a fantastic record, so make sure you check it out!

For those of you interested, at the ripe old age of thirty something I have returned to school to study sound production. I have had an interest in production and have been involved in it on many of my own records, so in the future not only expect to see me playing on the records but I will also be involving myself a lot more in production and also the production of other bands.

That's about it for the moment & I promise my next update will be soon! - Mark

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íon - Immaculada

I just heard six of the new tracks off the new íon album 'Immaculada' and it sounds great, some of Duncan Patterson's most creative work I think. I'm featured on two tracks on this album, I play acoustic guitar along side duncan on the title track 'Immaculada' & I also contribute 12 string acoustic & vocals on 'Damhsa na gceithre ghaoth'. This will be out in the new year so keep your eyes and ears peels... on that note happy new year everyone! - Mark

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The Eternal work with Jeff Martin on new album

Fresh from their 2009 world tour across Australia, Japan Europe, America, Canada and Mexico in support of their album ‘Kartika’, Melbourne’s dark rockers The Eternal will be entering 301 Studios Byron Bay on December 4th with acclaimed producer and multi-platinum recording artist Jeff Martin (The Armada / The Tea Party) to record their fourth album.

Having returned from the tour with the band’s strongest line up to date, Guitarist/Vocalist Mark Kelson states that the new album has a clear vision that will evolve The Eternal’s sound to a new level with the collaboration of producer Jeff Martin. 'We are really excited about this opportunity to work with Jeff Martin who has been a big influence on me over the years and I can’t think of any one better to bring the best out of us & our sound. This is truly a highlight for me as far as The Eternal is concerned.' he said.

Jeff Martin adds ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly re-introduce The Eternal... The type of band I've been waiting to produce. It's been a year now since Mark and I agreed to embark on a journey that begins this December. For The Eternal this will not be a stepping stone but a launch pad. For me, a creative working relationship that allows me to realise an artist's vision and re-connect with past influences, all the while looking into the future...darkly. I envision an alchemical marriage, a musical landscape anchored by organic rock and roll and infested with industrial overtones. To put things lightly, you're not playing with kids here. The Eternal are the real deal.’

The album will be co-engineered by Paul Pilsneniks who has worked with such artists as The Living End, The Mars Volta, Silverchair, Grinspoon & Alanis Morissette, and The Eternal has also enlisted acclaimed Finnish keyboard player Maria Ilmoniemi (Tarja / Husky Rescue) to contribute.

The yet to be titled album will see the light of day in 2010. So check our website for regular updates. More information very soon.

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New pictures from the 'Kartika' world tour!

02.08.09

We have finally sorted out our thousands of pictures from our world tour this year, we have added them to our myspace site and have split them into two galleries:

Kartika World Tour 2009 - On the Road
Kartika World Tour 2009 - Live Pictures

These pictures follows us through. Japan, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Hungary, Canada, Mexico & the USA so we hope they give you all an insight to our trip and you enjoy!

Our tour blog is also still online if you wish to read about our adventures.

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My Discography

Here is a brief look at the albums I've been involved with over the years.

2008 The Eternal Kartika
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Pipa
Additional Engineering / Production

2008 Ashkhara Soul Burning Promo 2008
Mark: Guitar / Backing Vocals
Engineering / Production

2007 InSomnius Dei Illusions Of Silence
Mark: Guitar / Drums / Vocals
Engineering / Production

2007 Rainshadow End Songs
Mark: Drums / Bass / Keyboards
Engineering / Production

2007 Painted Black Verbo
Mark: Lead guitar on 'Night Shift'

2006 ION Madre, Protégenos
Mark: Vocals on 'Anathema Maranatha' & 'O Efeito do Verão'

2006 Rainshadow Demo 2006
Mark: Drums / Bass / Keyboards
Engineering / Production

2005 The Eternal Sleep Of Reason
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Additional Production

2004 The Eternal The Sombre Light Of Isolation
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Keyboards

2003 The Eternal Promo 2003
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Keyboards
Engineering/ Production

2002 ThreeThirteen ThreeThirteen
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Engineering / Production

2000 Cryptal Darkness Chapter II The Fallen
Mark: Guitar / Vocals

1999 Cryptal Darkness They Whispered You Had Risen
Mark: Guitar / Vocals

1997 Cryptal Darkness Promotional Sampler 1997
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Keyboards

1996 Cryptal Darkness Endless Tears
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Keyboards

1996 Cryptal Darkness Descend Into Thy Grave
Mark: Guitar / Vocals / Keyboards

1995 Paramaecium Within The Ancient Forest
Mark: Acoustic guitar on 'Gone Is My Former Resolve'

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A long overdue update

Since my last update so much has happened, The Eternal released our third album Kartika which was well received, this was followed by a fantastic world tour full of amazing experiences, we did 32 dates through Australia, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Canada, Mexico & the USA. Truly a high point of my career thus far, mostly due to the fact we organised most of this tour off our own backs through endless hard work and networking, anyone out there that thinks The Eternal has some kind of silver, think again! It was quite an accomplishment for the 3 of us & we hope to hit the road again next year.

So now what you may ask? Well on a personal level I have just contributed some vocals to the new Íon album titled Immaculada, its shaping up to be a great album so head to www.duncanpatterson.com for more details. My band of Finnish rockers Ashkhara finished our EP/Demo a while back and it sounds great! Self produced by Anzta Talala and myself, it turned out great, we even managed a cover of the Icehouse track Man of Colours also, the whole CD is at our myspace so check it out!

Since our tour The Eternal have not slowed down a bit, in fact we have accelerated somewhat. We have the studio booked for December 4th with a fantastic producer who I respect greatly and we are writing madly for what is turning out to be one rocking album! About 10 tracks are demoed at the moment and I'm feeling really great about the material, personally I think its some of my best and most mature work, so I cant wait to share some songs with you.

Well I will aim to update this new look site a bit more so stay tuned!

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