Additionally, the initial idea was to mix the album in the US, so American guitarists were considered, including Doug Aldrich, Lanny Cordola and Ralph Santolla.

However, when it was decided to lay down the guitar parts in England, the name of the guitarist Vinny Burns (Dare, Ultravox) was brought up.

Given the fact that Mike Stone was assigned to mix the albums, the project quickly evolved into a band situation, thus marking the first official incarnation of Ten.

The Robe marked a change in the overall sound of Ten, which was now melodic hard rock combined with epic atmospheres and influences.

Babylon, which was released in August 2000 and featured keyboard player Don Airey, was a concept album which was set in the future and was based around the story of a computer programmer and his tragic love affair.

In December 2001, Ten released Far Beyond the World; but just before the promotion of the new album had begun, guitarist Vinny Burns announced his departure from the band, citing creative differences.

The band held auditions for the position of the lead guitarist, and in January 2002 announced Chris Francis as Vinny Burns' replacement.

A month later, an unreleased song from the Babylon sessions named "Dawn Star" appeared, as part of the AhORa Rock podcast of the Rocktopia[8] music site.

Originally, "Dawn Star" was meant to be included on the Babylon album, but was removed from it just three weeks prior to its final release.

The band appeared for the second time in their history in Athens, Greece on 9 May 2015, before they released their 12th studio album, entitled Isla De Muerta on 20 May via Rocktopia Records.

[15] In September of the same year, the band also released their first EP in 16 years entitled The Dragon and Saint George, which included three brand new tracks, alongside "Albion Born" and the European exclusive track "We Can Be As One", the last two originally present on the band's latest two studio albums, Albion and Isla De Muerta.

[16] In March 2016, the band announced their return to Frontiers Records, for a multi-album deal, starting with the release of their thirteenth studio album Gothica in July 2017 and the re-issue of their entire back catalogue in both physical (box set) and digital format under the title Opera Omnia.