HERE THEY ARE!! The official dates and venues for Slaughter 2013!! More dates will be announced soon!

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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
8/17-Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
8/19-Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
8/20-Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom

http://www.thesummerslaughtertour.com/

We will do a couple of shows in Sweden co-headlining with our friends Syn:drom

03/05/13 – Örnsköldsvik, Sliperiet
04/05/13 – Östersund, Ga Tingshuset

More dates will follow… Stay tuned.

Extended info for the Östersund show.
Local support added to the bill: BEFORE MY DAMNATION – www.facebook.com/beforemydamnation

Doors open 19:00, first band on stage 20:00
Price 100 SEK, no pre-sales.

After the show, there will be a party at “Rockbaren” @ Plaza where band members will attend.

We are pleased to say that we will finally be touring the US this summer. And it’s not just any tour, it’s the god damn Summer Slaughter tour. Stay tuned for dates & routing and more information.

Marcus has decided to leave Aeon permanently to focus more on his other band Souldrainer. Aeon will be having a more busy tour schedule from now on and Marcus feels that Aeon is taking to much of his time. We have been having a guy named Tony Östman as a stand-in for Marcus lately, and he did his first show with us on March 1st at the House Of Metal festival. Tony was also planned to act as a stand-in on the G/A/S Obscura-tour that kicks off tomorrow (March 22). But since Marcus obviously needs a stand-in from time to time to fill his shoes, we and Marcus came to a conclusion that it’s better for him to step down and let Tony take his position permanently. Aeon is not a side project and we need all members to aim at the same goal and to have Aeon as the main band / project. So with this we would like to thank Marcus for his time in the band and we wish him all the best with his future endeavors. And with that being said, lets raise our horns high and welcome Tony Östman on-board as the permanent bass player of Aeon.

As we stated a couple of weeks ago, Arttu Malkki decided to take a longer break from the band to focus on his family and their newborn twins. Emil Wiksten (Blood Red Throne) stepped in as temporary replacement for him and did his first stage appearance with us during our recently finished UK/IRE headline tour. Besides being a real nice and easy dude, Emil delivered a killer performance each night and he shows a great deal of passion for his drumming. And with our recently released album Aeons Black,  there is a lot of good things coming our way and we felt that we needed to have a solid lineup where everyone in the band is involved and has the same goal. Aeon really needs to be everyone’s top priority and you can’t obviously expect a temporary drummer to prioritize a band that he is not a member of, so therefor we gave Emil the opportunity to  fill the spot permanently which he gladly accepted.

So with this we would like to thank Arttu for his time in the band and we wishes him all the best with his new family. And now, lets raise the horns and welcome the mighty Emil Wiksten to the Aeon family as our new permanent drummer.

Photo by Philip Lee Vidamour

Check out a drum cam video of Emil playing Forever Nailed live @ Cypress Avenue – Cork/IRE 2013-01-18

00:04:19 Aeon - Forever Nailed Live Drum cam - UK Cork 2013-01-18.wmv Aeon - Forever Nailed - Live Drum Cam with Emil Wiksten on drums. UK / Cork 2013-01-18...

Dates on the Extreme Death Feast Vol. I have been announced and will feature headliners ORIGIN, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, AEON, ETERNAL REST and BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA terrorizing Japan on the following dates:

July
2 – Flying Son – Sendai, Japan
3 – 3star – Imaike, Japan
4 – Graf – Fukuoka, Japan
5 – Pangea – Shinsaibashi, Japan
6 – Sunash – Shizuoka, Japan
7 – WildSide – Shinjuku, Japan

Aeon about to go on an UK/Ireland headline tour with support from Dyscarnate and Ageless Oblivion.

16/01/13 – London, The Garage
17/01/13 – Cardiff, Bogiez
18/01/13 – Cork, Cypress Avenue
19/01/13 – Dublin, The Pint
20/01/13 – Belfast, Voodoo
21/01/13 – Liverpool, The Lomax
22/01/13 – Bristol The Croft
23/01/13 – Plymouth, White Rabbit

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.

00:03:13 Aeon rehearshal with Emil Wiksten - Kill Them All - Drum Cam December 2012 Drum cam video of Aeon rehearsing "Kill Them All" with Emil Wiksten on drums....

Aeon is confirmed to once again play at Sweden’s No1 indoor Metal Festival, House of Metal in Umeå.

Some of the other bands confirmed for this festival is  Mayhem, Katatonia, Naglfar, Amorphis to name a few.

For more information visit www.houseofmetal.se

Aeon will be supporting the mighty Obscura on their 10 Year Anniversary tour

OBSCURA – 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, A DECADE OF PROGRESSIVE DEATH METAL

OBSCURA
AEON
DEADBORN
OVER THE THRESHOLD