Aeon – Path of Fire (2010)

Album Review

One thing that you won’t hear a lot of death metal musicians or death metal fans doing is complaining that they don’t get enough respect from rock’s mainstream. Death metal has long thrived on its underground, outside-the-mainstream status, and the kids in the mosh pit aren’t losing any sleep over the fact that the bands they admire won’t be opening for 3 Doors Down anytime soon. That said, death metal musicians like it when folks within their subculture compliment them on their chops. It does, in fact, take chops to pull off the type of mildly technical death metal that Aeon provides on Path of Fire. There isn’t much variety or nuance on this 2009 recording; Aeon aren’t a melodic death metal band of the Callenish Circle/In Flames/At the… Read more on allmusic.com

About the Band

Aeon is a death metal band that formed in Östersund, Sweden in 1999. The band comprises vocalist Tommy Dahlström, guitarists Sebastian Nilsson and Daniel Dlimi, bassist Marcus Edvardsson and drummer Arttu Malkki. The band released its debut album, Bleeding the False, in 2005; and the second album Rise to Dominate in 2007, after signing a record deal with Metal Blade Records. The band’s third album, Path of Fire, was released in May 2010… Read more on wikipedia.org

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