Eternal Descent: Tale Spin

Posted 06/01/2010 at 11:45am | by Joe Bosso

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Originally published in Guitar World, April 2010

Guitarist Llexi Leon tells his tales through his art and his music.

Many guitar players hope to tell stories through their playing. That’s not a problem for British guitarist Llexi Leon, whose upcoming gothic comic book series Eternal Descent will be accompanied by a CD and digital “virtual comics” that show off the 23-year-old’s impressive shred skills.

“I love writing music that creates an atmosphere,” Leon says. “Yet at the same time, I’m a big fan of epic films and comics that deal with the whole good-versus-evil theme. So I thought, Why not combine the two? And that’s how I came up with Eternal Descent.”

Leon’s vision—that of a fallen hero, a twisted demon, one gorgeous succubus and an army of chart-topping guitar heroes—attracted the attention of the publishing/distribution giant IDW (home of 30 Days of Night, Star Trek, Transformers and G.I. Joe, among others), which rolls out the first installment of Eternal Descent in March. Working with Leon on the musical score is another big-timer, producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (whose credits include none other than Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin). “I got turned on to Llexi through another band I was working with,” Kramer says, “and immediately I said, ‘This guy’s got it all.’ He’s a fantastic musician, yet he’s on the cutting edge of multimedia, which I find very exciting.”

Leon and Kramer have created “temp” music for Eternal Descent video promos (using guest guitarists such as Wayne Static from Static-X, Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom and Ozzy Osbourne’s new axman, Gus G., all of whom will appear as themselves in the comics), and while they’re pleased with the basic tracks, they still have final strings and orchestrations to lay down.

“We’re talking about finishing at Abbey Road Studios,” Leon says. “The only problem is, while we do have sponsors, it’s still a self-funded enterprise—and Abbey Road doesn’t come cheap.”

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July 31, 2010 at 9:06am

Easily my favorite new band. I can't wait to go buy Issue 3, Gus G is awesome!

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July 23, 2010 at 6:47pm

This is quite possibly one of the most creative efforts by any musician I've ever seen. Bringing comics and Metal music together is an amazing idea, and so far, it's all been executed very well.

devilkiller

July 20, 2010 at 11:02pm

eternal descent rocks !!!!! the story and characters in the comic book are awesome like loki and there are always famous bands in there like god for bid eternal descent is a must it's gonig to be big like marvel and DC comics.

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July 19, 2010 at 4:05pm

Just got Eternal Descent issue 3 and the story is getting interesting. Can't wait to hear the new music. Eddie Kramer is a genius and it will be interesting to see Lexi's growth under a true legend like Mr. Kramer.