ALTERED AEON was formed in 2001 when Henrik Ohlsson (Theory In Practice, Mutant) presented a bunch of songs to Kjell Andersson (Azotic Reign), but back then the band was called THRAWN. They both agreed on the approach of the music and continued working with Henrik`s musical ideas, building a similar vision that they strived to manifest in the music and lyrics. Due to working with their additional bands it took quite some time before they had developed the sound they wanted for ALTERED AEON. But once they decided to concentrate fully on this band, their other bands being pushed down the priority list in favor of ALTERED AEON, something truly unique emerged musically and lyrically.
In 2002 Niklas Rehn was added to the lineup and the band rehearsed a lot of material during that year, picking out the best songs for a future recording. In February 2003 ALTERED AEON entered the Black Lounge studio and recorded four tracks for a demo that was to be entitled "Light Creates Shadows". Henrik handled the drums, bass and guitars, Niklas also handling the rhythm guitars while Kjell handled all the vocals. Per Nilsson, recruited for the recording by Henrik, contributed with amazing solos and the whole thing was produced by Jonas Kjellgren - owner of Black Lounge and member of Carnal Forge and Centinex e.t.c. The demo is a four track display of insane speed, incredible guitar solos, both brutal and melodic vocals, intense technical drumming and overall great music arranged with a lot of intelligence. Songs like "Dispirited Chambers" and "Patriots of Sin (aeturnum essentia)" defined the sound of ALTERED AEON around that time and songs like "Dreamscape Domain" and "Transcendence Duology" with their barrier-breaking character shows the potential of the band in terms of technicality and speed. All this backed up with a strong lyrical concept dealing with the obscure reality of occultism and individualism certifies that ALTERED AEON is here to contribute to the metal world in a major way!
The lineup was completed later in 2003 when Per joined ALTERED AEON as a full member and Anders Hedlund (ex. T.I.P-session bassplayer) agreed to join the band. In the summer of 2003, ALTERED AEON inked a three album deal with Black Lotus records- Greeces biggest independent label. During the recording of the debut album THRAWN decided to change the bandname to **ALTERED AEON** due to rights issues and a growing need to have a name that was more aligned with the lyrical themes. The debut album, which will be called ”Dispiritism”, is scheduled for release in June 2004..
Source: http://alteredaeon.musica.mustdie.ru/biography.shtml
