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Aeon - Rise to Dominate

Living Sin - 95%

Lunar_Strain, February 3rd, 2008

I first heard Aeon when I picked up their "Dark Order" EP a few months back. The EP itself was alright, but it kept me in high hopes to pick up an album of theirs. Recently, I came across their latest endeavor, titled "Rise To Dominate". An interesting title, with artwork that left much to be desired for a Brutal Death Metal band, but upon listening to the CD, I was instantly reprimanded for doubting the release.

Aeon have successfully managed to capture the essence of Brutality on this album, with crunching guitar riffs that pound through every track (Not to mention a killer tone, to boot!). The songs are, indeed, somewhat resemblant of one another, but the album does not get boring in anyway. It's as if every song feeds off the other, building up for the next track.

Now, the guitars have been mentioned, but lets on to the bass.. there's a hint of bass in the backround, adding to the heavy tone of both the drums and the guitar, but as far as I can tell, I don't hear it so often. It has been effectively layered into the backround, and it does it's job, but I would have liked to have heard it more distinctly, because I'm unable to make out any riffs or notes being played.

Drumwise, this album is killer. Nils Fjellström does an impressive job, with quick feet, wrists and nice set of triggers (The pedals do sound trig'd). Now, with Brutal Death, Gravity Blasts come to mind, but Aeon doesn't seem to incorporate them here. The Blast beats are still fast and very aggressive, but there is no double time or snare abuse here.

Tommy Dahlstrom is an amazing vocalist, and while this is a death Metal album, his gutterals are not very low, staying in the middle between High and Low. He does give us the occasional High-Low combination (Something very common on the afore mentioned Dark Order EP), and a rare, but well performed High scream, but the majority of the vocals are generic.

This album has it's few flaws (Few being a key word here), but it's fast, it's brutal, it's fucking Aeon. Highly recommended, and as a fellow reviewer said, You're a Christian if you don't pick this up.