Aeon
Of Fear
When a band doesn’t find
a suitable label in order to release their very good album, what must they
do? They release their album as a self financed CD and try to promote it
as much as they can. For the rest you have to read the conversation we
had with Christopher from Aeon Of Fear.
1. Since this is our first interview with
you, can you tell us in short the history of Aeon of Fear?
In summer 2000 Aeon Of Fear starts with their
first steps, but only with guitar and bass. It took a lot of months to
find a drummer having enough time for Aeon of Fear. At the same time we
start working with the keys. But now we were in need of an own rehearsal
room and a lot of time.
Both could be found in the year 2002 and now
we started with a new bassist and a voice. The recordings to our debut
album "be afraid of your reality" took place from december of 2004 to february
2005. From this time on we are trying to get more known in the underground.
2. Why did you choose to use this name? Is
there a story behind it?
Our name was chosen by our first bassist,
Mike, before there were any lyrics for our songs. But even in the first
lyrics written by Sebastian the subject were often different kinds of fear.
So the name "Aeon of Fear" was getting legitimation for our band.
3. Can you give us some details from the recording
sessions of your debut album?
Since we didn´t have enough money to
finance a very long recording session we were forced to buy the appropriate
equipment to record ourselves. Our child was named "Obscure Infinity Studio"
and now we began recording our album. Of course some days we were under
stress and sometimes we had to avoid each other.
But after all we are looking hopefully to
our next recording session. Aim is to make some things better and keep
more calm.
4. How are the reactions of the press so far?
Until now, only one review has brought about
the feeling that its text was not authored faster than our first two songs
last. Because of our partly difficult songs and our individual kind of
music we were expecting much worse reviews. But now even from foreign countries
we get very good feedbacks.
5. You are from a country famous for its metal
scene. Do you believe that this can push and help you a little bit?
If you make a concert in Germany you´ll
get the opinion, there are playing bands for each other. The German Metal
scene is overcrowded with too many bands. In Germany there is surely the
biggest Metal scene in the world. But it could be very hard to get some
underground appearance if your home country isn´t Norway or Sweden.
Many event managers even don´t answer to our cd-packages and inquiries.
Often they let bands give their shows in contests to let them play against
each other, without keeping an eye on the artistic aspect. On the other
hand the level of band-quality is rising, bands stepping on German stages
get better every year. But this aspect isn´t appreciated by the German
Metal fans. I don´t know if this is good or bad for us and the German
Metal scene.
6. Tell me a few things about the lyrics.
Our lyrics sometimes develop over months and
there´s no relation to each other, because they mature from different
positions of life. The first lyrics I authored in that time, when Aeon
of Fear did not have a singer. Martin of course reinterprets my lyrics
because he wants to express his own sentiments. This is the reason why
the new lyrics were written by himself. In spite of our hard music we want
our lyrics to be hard to please. There is no special theme in spite of
"fear" and we try to avoid religious or political statements.
7. Now are you satisfied with the result of
your album?
I think, we all have the opinion, that you
must not be satisfied with the result of your album at all. Of course we
were very lucky to bring it to an end and hold it in our hands, but very
fast our few went in the direction of future. Immediately we thought about
new songs. But in any case we try to bring "be afraid of your reality"
closer to our audience and we identify with the album we have created.
8. Any plans in order to support your latest
release?
Of course we would be glad about a deal with
a label, but we don´t have this status at this time. That´s
why we try to promote our album without an expenditure of high cost. But
this isn´t very easy. Now we have the possibility to give "be afraid
of your reality" to a distribution service, so it will be available in
Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Of course we don´t give up hope
for a really good deal with a label. Certainly other bands we know are
a warning examples to us, because there are always considerable problems
with their labels.
9. Your wildest dream about the future of your
band?
I can only answer this question for myself,
but I think, a tour through Asia would be a wild but nice dream. But I
imagine, only three weeks with Aeon Of Fear in a nightliner could be very
wild. It would be an experience I would be glad of.
10. If someone hasn't heard your music, describe
it to him in order to get a picture of your stuff.
We want our songs to be realized between death-
and black metal, although our reviewers understand our music as pure blackmetal.
The music of Aeon is able to be very playful but on the other hand very
brutal and dark, but it is never depressive. We are always anxious to give
our songs a certain demand. I think, the album must be heard several times
before you are able to refer the music to our band.
11. Tell me your influences as a band.
Our roots are situated in very different directions.
We are influenced by new music we hear constantly. But our impressions
are changing faster than writing new songs and that´s the base for
own songs and own sound. Very often we are surprised at the review-comparisons
of our band with others, most bands we don’t hear at all.
Antonis Maglaras
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