Aeon
Formed: 1999
From:
Ostersund,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Aeon News
Below is our complete Aeon news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Aeon Posts Performance Video "Still They Prey"
Swedish death metal act Aeon posted a performance demonstration video for the track "Still They Prey." The song appears on the latest LP "Aeons Black," which was issued late 2012 via Metal Blade Records (a review for the release can be seen over at this location).
The video features split screen footage of each band member performing the track in the studio. Check it out here:
Summer Slaughter Tour Dates Announced
The Summer Slaughter 2013 tour will feature The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, and Aeon.
The initial dates for the tour have now been announced (with more to be released in the coming weeks). Details are as follows:
7/19-San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
7/20-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21-Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/24-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
7/26-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/27-Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/29-Orlando, FL @ House of Blues (w/o Cattle Decapitation)
7/30-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/31-Knoxville, TN @ Old City Courtyard
8/01-Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
8/02-Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/03-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (w/o Norma Jean)
8/04-Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
8/07-New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
8/08-Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
8/09-Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL
8/10-Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
8/11-Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
8/12-Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
8/13-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/14-Minneapolis, MN @ Station 4
8/16-Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre More...
Summer Slaughter 2013 Lineup Revealed
The 7th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP, and Guitar World, is now officially slated to run from July 19th through August 24th.
It features such heavyweights as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, and two bands TBA. Stay tuned over the coming weeks for official tour dates to be announced.
One of the remaining open slots will be chosen by you, the fans, so be sure to click here to get in your vote now. The voting ends on March 31st.
Ash Avildsen, founder of Summer Slaughter, comments on this year's edition of the tour: “It's year seven and I think 2013's line-up is the most exciting and diverse yet. Slaughter has never been a one dimensional experience for fans. This year is a true testament to that as we have an amazing mix of extreme music's influential icons and leaders of the new school. Let the underground unite!"
Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist) states: “We can't wait to get back on the road! We're launching a US tour in the spring, hitting Europe for some festivals and club shows, and then hitting several more cities with Summer Slaughter all summer long. We are absolutely amped. After being holed up in the studio for such a long time giving birth to One of Us is the Killer, we are all pent up and ready to share material new and old with our supporters doing what we love to do the most. Can't wait to see and either kiss or rip off each and every one of your faces on the road with Summer Slaughter and year round, everywhere.”
Be sure to visit the tour's Facebook profile for all up-to-date news and ticketing information. More...
Aeon Announces Fill-In Drummer
Sweden's Aeon, which released the new album "Aeons Black" back in November of 2012 through Metal Blade Records, has checked in with the following announcement about recruiting a fill-in drummer:
"Arttu has decided to take a brake from Aeon. He and his girlfriend are expecting twins in march and he wants to focus on his family at this point. We have no idea on how long this break will be, but there is no need to worry.
"We have an awesome drummer on our hands that will be replacing Arttu to 100%. This means that we will be touring as planned and take on more tours along the way. So please lets welcome the mighty Emil Wiksten as the current drummer of Aeon. His first stage appearance with Aeon will be on January 16 in London @ Garage.
"To have a sneak peak on his insane drumming, check out this drum cam video from one of our rehearsals the other day." More...
Obscura Announces Shows With Aeon
Celebrating a decade of progressive death metal, Germany's Obscura will be heading out for a nine-date tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in March of 2013.
The Swedish Satanic Death Metal outfit Aeon will be acting as direct support to the headliner. Comments the band: "It will be awesome to do this tour with Obscura, and with our newly released album 'Aeons Black' we are now stronger than ever with a killer live set that will leave no venue and crowd intact. Expect nothing else but pure fucking death metal!"
The opener on the run will be Munich death metal hopefuls Over Your Threshold, who comment on their first tour as follows: "We feel honoured to be a part of the 'A Decade Of Progressive Death Metal' Tour and also are very excited to present all songs of our recently released debut album 'Facticity' to you people. There are plenty of stages we´ve never entered before, and all the more we are looking forward to share them with such stunning bands like Obscura, Deadborn, and our label-mates of Aeon. This is a mandatory happening for all the metal heads who are into tech death metal! See you on tour!"
22/03/13 – DE – München – Backstage
23/03/13 – DE – Ludwigshafen – Sultans Of Death Fest
24/03/13 – DE – Berlin – K17
25/03/13 – DE - Hamburg – Marx
26/03/13 – DE – Bochum – Bahnhof Langendreer
27/03/13 – DE – Siegen – Vortex
28/03/13 – DE – Kassel – K19
29/03/13 – AT – Wien – Escape
30/03/13 – CH – Zürich – Alte Kaserne
Aeon Posts In-Studio Footage
Today Metal Blade brings fans the latest installment of a series of in-studio video clips from Swedish death metal strategists, Aeon. Filmed during the band’s "Aeons Black" recording session in Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, watch as guitarists Zeb Nilsson and Daniel Dlimi sever frets and talk gear in the player below or at the album's mini-site here.
"Aeons Black" was released on November 20th, 2012 via Metal Blade and has the following track listing:
01. Still They Pray
02. The Glowing Hate
03. The Voice of the Accuser
04. I Wish You Death
05. Garden of Sin
06. Neptune the Mystic
07. Nothing Left to Destroy
08. Passage to Hell
09. Aeons Black
10. Dead Means Dead
11. Sacrificed
12. Aftermath
13. Blessed By the Priest
14. Maze of the Damned
15. Die By My Hands More...
Aeon Streaming Full New Album
In celebration of its imminent release this Tuesday, Terrorizer Magazine is currently streaming Aeon’s latest long player, "Aeons Black," in its entirety. Boasts Terrorizer’s Olivier “Zoltar” Badin: “It’s all here: the anti-christian rhetoric, the barking/snarling vocals and the barrage of machine-gun blasts.”
Hear the carnage over at this location.
"Aeons Black" is set for release in North America on November 20th, 2012 through Metal Blade Records. The album was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Garageland Studios and features cover art by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor, et al). More...
Aeon Streaming New Song
Today MetalSucks offers up an exclusive premiere of "The Glowing Hate," the latest single of iniquity from Swedish death metal unit, Aeon.
The track comes off the band's forthcoming new full-length, "Aeons Black," scheduled to drop next week. Check out "The Glowing Hate" at this location.
Comments guitarist Daniel Dlimi of the tune: "My goal with 'The Glowing Hate' was to write a really diverse song containing all sorts of elements and influences. Personally, I think it turned out great and it's also the song that I am most satisfied with of the ones I wrote for the album. I also think [vocalist] Tommy [Dahlstöm ] managed to write really great lyrics and awesome vocal patterns for it, and as usual it's all about our everlasting hate against religion. The spoken parts at the end were something that Tommy and I came up with over a piss-warm beer in the studio after we were done with the main vocals of the song. It sounded cool so we decided to keep it." More...
Aeon Posts New Album Studio Footage
Today, the second in a series of studio clips from Aeon’s "Aeons Black" recording session has been posted online.
Check out the clip below, or over at the album's landing page here. Sneak a peek at drummer Arttu Mallki punishing his kit for what would become the "Aeons Black" full-length.
Set to detonate in North America on November 20th, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the 15-track "Aeons Black" was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Garageland Studios) and features cover art by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor et al). More...
Aeon Posts Song From New Album
Swedish Satanic death metal squadron Aeon today reveals the opening track from forthcoming new full-length, "Aeons Black." Entitled "Still They Pray," the exclusive track premiere is brought to you by Metal Hammer Germany and is currently available for your maniacal listening pleasures at this location.
Set to detonate in North America on November 20th, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the 15-track "Aeons Black" was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Garageland Studios) and features cover art by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor et al).
"Aeons Black" is the follow up to 2010's "Path of Fire (reviewed here). Aeon is already confirmed for a U.K. tour, which will take place in January 2013 with more dates for Europe and North America in the works. More...
Aeon Posts Studio Footage
Today, the first of a series of studio clips from Aeon's smoldering "Aeons Black" recording session has been posted online. Check it out below or at the album's landing page here.
Sit back and watch bassist Marcus Edvardsson and vocalist Tommy Dahlstöm lay down the beginnings of what would become the "Aeons Black" full-length.
Set to devour North America on November 20th, 2012 through Metal Blade Records, "Aeons Black" was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Garageland Studios and features cover art by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor et al). More...
Aeon Releases Lyric Video
After previously streaming the new song "Aeons Black" online, Swedish death metal squadron Aeon has now released an official lyric video for the track. Check out the video below.
The tune comes off the band’s forthcoming new studio offering of the same name, set to drop via Metal Blade Records on November 20th, 2012. The mammoth 15-track "Aeons Black" was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Garageland Studios) and features cover art by Kristian “Necrolord” Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor et al).
Notes founding guitarist Zeb Nilsson of the album: “This is definitely our most varied albums to date; it has heavier songs yet it also has lots of fast blastbeats and double bass drumming. It’s groovier this time, which I think we lacked on our last album, Path of Fire, which was fast paced almost all the way through. And no, we have not gone softer in any aspect; it’s just easier to catch with all this grooviness. It’s metal right up your ass!”
Aeon Reveals New Album Details
Swedish death metal overlords Aeon are pleased to unveil the details of their fourth studio offering, "Aeons Black." Set to drop via Metal Blade Records on November 20th, 2012, the mammoth 15-track "Aeons Black" was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden. The album was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Garageland Studios) and features cover art by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor et al).
Notes founding guitarist Zeb Nilsson of the band's latest offering of irreverence: "This is definitely our most varied albums to date; it has heavier songs yet it also has lots of fast blastbeats and double bass drumming. It's groovier this time, which I think we lacked on our last album, Path of Fire, which was fast paced almost all the way through. That and the amazing mix by Ronnie Björnström makes me feel pretty confident that this album will appeal to more people than our previous albums. And no, we have not gone softer in any aspect; it's just easier to catch with all this grooviness. It's metal right up your ass!"
The first single, title track "Aeons Black," premieres today via the band's official landing page. You can also listen to the song in the player below. Comments guitarist Daniel Dlimi of the tune:
"'Aeons Black' is the first song that I started to work on as we began writing for this album, and it's also one of the very last to get finished. My goal was to create a somewhat heavier, odder, not-so-typical 'AEON' song. Once happy with the musical arrangement, I handed it over to [vocalist] Tommy [Dahlstöm] to let him write some lyrics and vocal patterns for it. He managed to get it even darker and more eerie. The lyrics are all about how everything living eventually must face the inevitable, which is death. There will be no savior, no heaven nor hell… just a pitch black, silent empty void." More...
Aeon Announces January Tour With Dyscarnate
Swedish technical death metal band Aeon is pleased to announce a January tour taking the band through the U.K. and Ireland. Dyscarnate and Ageless Oblivion will be supporting Aeon on the tour, which runs from January 16th through the 23rd, in conjunction with Aeon's upcoming new full-length album due to come out on Metal Blade Records this fall.
01/16/13 - London, The Garage
01/17/13 - Cardiff, Bogiez
01/18/13 - Limerick, Venue tbc
01/19/13 - Dublin, The Pint
01/20/13 - Belfast, Voodoo
01/21/13 - Liverpool, The Lomax
01/22/13 - Bristol The Croft
01/23/13 - Plymouth, White Rabbit More...
Cerebral Bore Kicks Off U.K. Tour
Scottish death metal act Cerebral Bore is due to kick off a U.K. tour tonight in Bristol. The band will be on the road with Aeon and Flayed Disciple, and will follow the run of shows with an appearance at Neurotic Deathfest in the Netherlands on April 29th.
Cerebral Bore guitarist Paul McGuire comments: "After playing a rare show in our home town last week, we got a reminder of how awesome it is to go tour in other places, especially with such good bands and great shows like Neurotic Deathfest.
"This is our first tour as an Earache band and we are all geared up with our new album and new merch for hitting the road. And we're going to be playing a few cities that we haven't played before, like Liverpool, Bristol and Derby. So it will be nice to meet some new brutal buggers on our travels."
You can check out the band's video for "Maniacal Miscreation" at this location or catch the band live on the following dates:
CEREBRAL BORE w/ AEON, FLAYED DISCIPLE
Apr. 20 - Bristol, UK - The Croft (without AEON)
Apr. 21 - Liverpool, UK - The Masque
Apr. 22 - Edinburgh, UK - Bannerman's
Apr. 24 - Derby, UK - The Old Bell
Apr. 25 - London, UK - Mass
Apr. 29 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Neurotic Deathfest
CEREBRAL BORE w/ PUTRID PILE, ZOMBIFIED
May 05 - Belfast, UK - Aunt Annie's
May 06 - Dublin, Ireland - Fibber Magees
May 07 - Edinburgh, UK - Dead Haggis Deathfest, Studio 24 More...
Cerebral Bore Announces U.K. Shows
Scottish death metallers Cerebral Bore have confirmed dates for a U.K. tour with Aeon and Flayed Disciple. The band is due to kick off the U.K. tour on April 20th in Bristol, just a week after the release of the new album "Maniacal Miscreation." The dates are as follows:
20 April - Bristol, UK - The Croft (without AEON)
21 April - Liverpool, UK - The Masque
22 April - Edinburgh, UK - Bannerman's
23 April - TBC
24 April - Derby, UK - The Old Bell
25 April - London, UK - Mass
29 April - Tilburg, Netherlands - Neurotic Deathfest
You can also view the tour flyer at this location.
Aeon Re-Recruits Former Drummer
Sweden's Aeon has issued the following announcement about re-recruiting former drummer Arttu Malkki:
"As you all may know, we have been searching for a new drummer since early September this year. We have gotten a great deal of drummer-applicants from various countries. Some of them where really awesome drummers, to say the least. We would like to take the opportunity to thank every single one of you for showing interest and sending us drum-videos of you playing our songs etc. Thank you so much and good luck with your future endeavors.
"Without really thinking about it, the best solution for us was lurking around the corner. Arttu Malkki, our first original drummer (1999-2002) has during the last year been showing interest in playing faster death-metal once more. After his departure from Aeon back in 2002, Arttu has mainly been playing in heavier / slower metal bands.
"A couple of weeks ago, we saw him perform a show with our buddies Sanctification and we where really, really impressed with Arttu's 'fast-drumming' comeback. Later on, Arttu asked us if we wanted to jam a couple of songs with him just to see what it would feel like. So we did, and it sounded massive! We decided to give it another shot, and once again we played songs like Living sin, Soulburner, God Gives head, Hel-el Ben Shachar, Spreading their disease among others and this hard-hitting drum-monster makes us sound really massive. Both we and Arttu felt that this was just so right and we decided to once again be band mates. More...
Dark Funeral Splits With Drummer
Dark Funeral guitarist Lord Ahriman has issued the following announcement about the band parting ways with drummer Dominator:
"Ave! Recently, you could read about Nils 'Dominator' Fjellstrom's departure from Aeon due to personal/private reasons. Today we can confirm that he’ll no longer be part of Dark Funeral either. And just like Aeon, we won’t comment on this subject any further.
"With that being said, I/we see no reason to waste any time here. Besides a new vocalist, we are currently looking for a new drummer too. If you do believe that you have what it takes for the job, please send us a brief introduction and some audio/video files/links of your performance to: vocalist@darkfuneral.se
"With the recent departures from the band I/we understand if this may cause some worries and/or confusion amongst you all, but you can be rest assured that everything is under total control! It’s not like anyone have left the band on bad terms, but unfortunately, sometimes things like this are inevitable and needs to happen to secure the survival of a band. And there is absolutely no doubt in my/our mind that once the new line-up is complete. We will be a stronger and better band than ever. Musically we will continue in the same paths. I’m still main responsible for all the song writings, incl. the drums. So you have nothing to worry about there. However, a new line-up will naturally color the sound in some ways, but I’m totally confident that it will only be for the better. More...
Aeon Parts Ways With Drummer
Sweden's Aeon has issued the following announcement about parting ways with drummer Nils Fjellström:
"Our drummer, Nils Fjellström has decided to leave the band on a very short notice. The reason for this is personal / private and Nils has chosen not to speak his mind out to the public about this. We will respect his wish not to do so, and therefore we will not reveal any details nor answering questions about this. As you may know, this is not the first time Nils is out of the band, but it's most certain the last.
"How strange this even may sound, I really think that we will be better off without him in the long run. We need a drummer who we can rely on at all times, someone who can be there for us when opportunities shows up etc. To take this band any further, we need a line-up where everyone has the same visions and goals.
"At least this time around, there where no big tours planned like the last time Nils bailed out on us. We only had one show planned ahead that was scheduled to take place October 16. We kindly asked Nils to do at least this show with us before he left, but he simply didn't agree to do so. This leaves us with no choice but to cancel our spot in this event. There is just to little time to rehearse a full headline set with a new session-drummer. Perhaps the promoter (Hårdrocksklubben) finds a new headliner for this evening or it will get canceled. More...
The Cool Tour 2010 Download Pack Released
The COOL TOUR download pack has been released. The package is full of merchandise and goodies, listed below. You can get it at the COOL TOUR Facebook page.
The download pack includes:
As I Lay Dying merch coupon for $3 off a purchase over $30 at asilaydyingstore.com
Underoath merch coupon for 15% off a purchase over $20 at underoathmerch.com
Cancer Bats MP3 "Sabotage"
Invisible Children Video
Atticus Coupon for 25% off anything in the Atticus Black Webstore
Alt Press Coupon for a 1 year digital subscription for only $5
The Acacia Strain: "Dr. Doom (live)," taken from their recently released 2DVD "The Most Known Unknown."
War Of Ages MP3 "Collapse"
Ding! Coupon for 20% off anything at dinglife.com
Facedown Records coupon for 10% off merch and music at facedownrecords.com
Blessthefall MP3 "To Hell And Back"
Fearless coupon for 10% off http://fearless.merchnow.com/
Free Fearless Records Summer 2010 sampler
2010 Cool Tour New Artist Sampler (provided by Metal Blade Records & Good Fight Records).
Here's the Cool Tour 2010 sampler tracklisting:
1. The Absence - "Enemy Unbound"
2. Aeon - "Kill Them All"
3. Allegaeon - "The God Particle"
4. Barn Burner - "Holy Smokes"
5. Bison b.c. - "Two-Day Booze"
6. Brain Drill - "Monumental Failure"
7. Charred Walls Of The Damned - "Ghost Town"
8. Dawn of Ashes - "Seething the Flesh in the River of Phlegethon"
9. Fatal Embrace - "Wake the Dead"
10. Fleshwrought - "Mental Illness"
11. Istapp - "Vinterrket"
12. Kings Of Asgaard - "Vamods Tale"
13. Lightning Swords Of Death - "Nihilistic Stench"
14. The Ocean - "Swallowed By The Earth"
15. Return To Earth - "Back Of My Hand"
16. Skyforger - "In The Underworld"
17. System Divide - "Vagaries of Perception"
18. Valkyrja - "Oceans to Dust"
19. Woe Of Tyrants - "Creatures of the Mire"
20. Cancer Bats - "Dead Wrong"
21. Son of Aurelius - "Mercy For Today"
22. I Am Abomination - "Since 1776"
23. This Or The Apocalypse - "Charmer"
24. Rosaline - "London Lost Its Fog"
UPDATE: There is some confusion about this whole thing and a redirect not working, but you can download the sampler directly from Amazon.com (U.S. only). More...
