Daniel gets endorsed by Lundgren Guitar Pickups. So in the next couple of days, one of his Schecter C-7 Hellraiser guitars will be treated with a pair of Lundgren Model M 7 pickups.

Some words from Daniel about his new pickups:

“I don’t think that there is any other pickups out there that would suit me better than these beast’s. I seriously thought i would never give up active pickups, until i tried a friends guitar with Lundgren Model M pickups installed. The Model M pickup’s got a very powerful high output even though they are passive. For me, the active pickups that i am used to, tends to sound somewhat flat and compressed while the Model M’s offers a much more “alive” sound, if you know what i mean. They are built to handle a shit-load of gain and they will have no problem dealing with notes coming through, harmonics and string separation etc. This feels like a very important ingredient in my quest for the perfect high gain guitar sound. Model M 7 is the choice of pickup’s for me.”

The Lundgren M7 was originally designed for Meshuggah’s Fredrik Thordendahl.

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 bandmates.

Besides the obvious fact that Arttu is a killer drummer, he is also an original, founding member of the band and goes way back with Tommy and Zeb from the pre-Aeon era in “Defaced Creation”. Another detail that made Arttu our final choice is that he lives in the same city as we do, and this is a major plus. Now we can take on every single gig / tour we want to. This without having a drummer in another city or country even, that we need to fly over etc.

I remember when he first left us back in 2002 and Nils replaced him, the one thing that i missed about Arttu the most was his hard hitting and brutal drum-sound. Even if Nils is a more technical drummer, Arttu has some other qualities that suited us really well in its own way. Needless to say, they are both amazing drummers.

So we will now be spending the next couple of months rehearsing songs / setlists and after that, we will take on shows & eventually some tours if the right offers lands on the table. We are all truly exited about being a complete band once again and being able to make things really happened has never felt more possible than now.

With that being said, lets raise the horns high and welcome Arttu Malkki back to Aeon.

Cheers!

/Daniel & Aeon

New Aeon T-Shirts are now available. These are only available in a very limited numbers. So if you want one, place your order right away. Tomorrow might be just to late.

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 promotor (Hårdrocksklubben) finds a new headliner for this evening or it will get canceled. Keep your eyes open on Hårdrocksklubben’s (www.hardrocksklubben.se) website for further information about this event.

We will now be focusing on finding a worthy replacement for Nils and until we do, we will try to fill the spot temporarily with session-drummers.

This statement will also serve as an launch for a new drummer

If you are a drummer and thinks that you have what it takes to replace Nils in Aeon. Don’t hesitate to send us an application with some audio / video of you playing drums to: aeon_666 [at] hotmail.com mark the subject with “Drummer application”.  You don’t really need to be able to play exactly every little detail Nils does on the albums. The most important is that you are able to play the basics in the songs and the rest can be worked out from there. Naturally, we would prefer a drummer who lives in Sweden, but we are also open for distant / foreigner drummers as far as Europe goes, at least.

We have now added a Full HD (1080p) version of our new music video of the song “Forgiveness Denied” to our YouTube channel. Check it out now, and make sure to switch to HD while viewing it.

Metalunderground.com brings you the exclusive premiere of our new music video for the song “Forgiveness Denied.” The song is off the our new release, “Path of Fire”, that just dropped in the states on May 25. The video was directed, filmed and edited by Standard Film Team Umeå HB and was shot in April in two different locations; band scenes being filmed in Östersund, Sweden and the storyline in Umeå, Sweden.

Guitarist Daniel Dlimi comments on the theme of the song and video: “There have been a lot of scandals revealed lately, regarding priests (especially catholic ones) who have been abusing children sexually. In my world, there is nothing more innocent than a child, and the ones who abuse a child sexually will never be forgiven. In my opinion, they deserve to die a horrible, painful death. We want to dedicate this song/video to them, the filthy fucking priests who have laid a hand on a child sexually; we hate you, and want you dead.“

Now it’s just a few days left until the release of “Path of Fire”. Therefor we decided to throw one more song at you before you will be able to enjoy this masterpiece in it’s entirety. This song is called “Suffer The Soul” and is track #8 on the album.

The track is available for streaming on both our Myspace or Reverbnation profile

http://www.myspace.com/aeon666
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_4062031l (Better quality compared to myspace)

Enjoy!

Path Of Fire is set for release May 21/24 in Europe and May 25 in the US via Metal Blade Records.

2 new shows confirmed and added to the “Tour dates” section. We will play at the Death Feast Open Air festival in Hünxe / Germany 2010-06-12 and at Nordfest in Sundsvall / Sweden 2010-09-03.

The release of our upcoming album “Path Of Fire” is closing in fast and it’s time to give you a brand new song to go crazy with. It’s the second track of the album and it’s entitled “Kill Them All“. It’s available for streaming at the official Aeon Myspace profile or our Reverbnation profile

Enjoy!

Comments by guitarist / composer Zeb Nilsson: “This is kind of funny, cause I actually dreamt that we were performing this song live and it sounded so cool that I had to start working on it the day after I had the dream.Of course all the details in it were not in my dream, but the whole concept and idea behind how it was gonna sound was all very realistic.
This is a very fast song and it is easy to catch I think. It has some really heavy parts too, and the leads on it ended up really cool too. I think this song will be a good first sample of this album!”

Path Of Fire is set for release May 21/24 in Europe and May 25 in the US via Metal Blade Records.

Path Of Fire is probably the most intense AEON album to date. And with a production that is more organic and “classic death metal” sounding rather then the nowadays typical “super modern, compressed-right-the-fuck-out-of-dynamics, loudness war” production, you are all in for a real treat. Folks…this IS death metal!

Comments guitarist Zeb Nilsson: “We talked to Erik about this idea on the tour we did with HATE ETERNAL, and he really felt like doing it too, so here we are. Of course he did a great job, the guitars came out HUGE! And this production has more of a classical death metal feel to it, more organic and dynamic than most modern productions out there today. I couldn’t be happier with the way it all came out.”

Guitarist Daniel Dlimi on the front art of Path Of Fire: “I created this symbol/badge that for me reflects life, death and the path you have chosen to live your life by. It’s about whatever you want to chain yourself to 10 commandments or live free after your own conscience and will.”

Track listing Path Of Fire 01 Forgiveness Denied 02 Kill Them All 03 Inheritance 04 Abomination To God 05 Total Kristus Inversus 06 Of Fire 07 I Will Burn 08 Suffer The Soul 09 The Sacrament 10 Liar In The Name Of God 11 God Of War Click on the cover for a larger version

Click HERE to check out a video teaser for Path Of Fire that includes music of the song “Forgiveness Denied”. We will film a video for this song later on this month with the Standard Film Team that worked a.o. with Dark Funeral in the past.

Stay tuned for further information and a new song that will be posted shortly. Path Of Fire is set for release May 21/24 in Europe and May 25 in the US via Metal Blade Records.