It’s no secret that I’ve been a big fan of Aeternam since the release of their debut album ‘Disciples Of The Unseen’ back in 2010, and I still consider the ‘Moongod’ album among my favorite death metal albums of the last two decades. Their third album ‘Ruins Of Empire’ was a worthy follow up to ‘Moongod’ as well, so these guys have never released anything but pure quality. Therefore...

‘Ruins Of Empires’ is third full length album from Canadian death metallers Aeternam, and I’ve been waiting in anticipation for this band to follow up their excellent 2012 release ‘Moongod’. Aeternam is by no means a mainstream death metal band since their music and lyrics are heavily inspired by Middle Eastern music and history. Yes, there are other bands following the same recipe but even though parallels could be...

Aeternam er en forholdsvis fersk stjerne på metallens himmel. Med en fartstid på snaue tre år, er kanadierne nå klare med sitt debutalbum. Babyen har fått navnet ”Disciples Of The Unseen”. Førsteinntrykket jeg fikk, var at dette var på grensen til å være ulovlig likt Behemoth. Etter noen runder kom imidlertid personligheten til musikken mer og mer frem, og følelsen av å lytte til en kopi, forsvant. Vi snakker...