Edison's Children is a science fiction-oriented progressive rock trio known for writing "epic Concept albums" with supernatural,[1] apocalyptic[2] and extra-terrestrial[3] themes.

Edison's Children's music is a blend of neo-prog and industrial rock, drawing progressive influences from Pink Floyd, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Genesis and Rush and combining them with the sub-bass style of music by bands like Tool, Deftones, The Cure, Chevelle, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, due to Blackwood's work as a 5-string (Low-B) bassist with NYC's hard industrial alt-rockers Sunblister (1998-2005).

With Trewavas' experiences with Marillion and Transatlantic, Rick Armstrong's influences serving on panels about space and the universe, and Blackwood's history in Hollywood and appreciation for the modern darker scoring of Max Richter, Clint Mansell and Carter Burwell,[6] Edison's Children combined influences to create "epic concept albums" based on extraterrestrial, supernatural, and apocalyptical themes, many of which Blackwood claims to have "personally experienced" in his life.

These sessions include one in March 2011 at Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, another at Le Chateau in Montreal, Quebec in the weeks before and after the Marillion Montreal Convention of 2011, in August 2011 at two separate beach houses in Ocean City, Maryland[12] and at Black Dirt Studios in Sugar Loaf, New York, a space leased from Phish founder Brad Morrison, between the Atlantic and European legs of Transatlantic's Whirlwind Tour.

The album also showcased DeeExpus, who at nineteen had won the Classic Rock Society's World's Best Drummer Award two years in a row, beating out Dream Theater/Transatlantic's Mike Portnoy.

On 1 August 2015, the group released their third album, Somewhere Between Here And There, featuring Chris Mack and Rogers (drums), Wendy "Darling" Farell-Pastore (backing vocals), and Armstrong (lead synth guitar).

After Somewhere Between Here and There, the band went on hiatus due to Blackwood's health issues, including arm and shoulder injuries from work as a special effects technician and a bout with Lyme disease, which left him wheelchair-bound and connected to an IV for over a year.

Edison's Children released their fourth, 68-minute long album, The Disturbance Fields, on 20 July 2019, the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong's landing on the Moon.

It is also personally based on the fact that during these recording sessions of Edison's Children's current and upcoming albums, they were hit by a hurricane, a 6.0 earthquake, a tornado, and a massive blizzard which caused a state of emergency.