New Jersey Heavy Metal band MOLTEN operated between 1984 and 1985. Bassist Chris Eike, ex-BLACK BANDANA, subsequently journeyed on through METAL MESSIAH, ASYLUM, LABYRINTH, MIDNIGHT DIVINE and FATAL CHARM before joining Progressive Power Metal band AUTUMN SILENCE to issue the 1991 'Winter's Calling' demo. Both Eike and AUTUMN SILENCE guitarist Rich Logan would also busy themselves with side venture THE RICK LOGAN PROJECT throughout 1994.

During the late nineties Chris Eike would work with BROKEN PEACE, on the 1995 EP 'Remorseful Knowledge', PRIMA DONNA, FINNEUS GAUGE, appearing on the albums 'More Once More' and 'One Inch Of The Fall', and THE HAND FARM. In 2004 Eike, then operating on the live circuit with STONEWATER GROOVE, recorded session work for MASTERMIND.