Black Sun Aeon: Solitude – new video

 

 

Profusely productive Tuomas Saukkonen (of BEFORE THE DAWN fame) will be releasing new album pretty soon, this time as BLACK SUN AEON, Saukkonen's solo project. Out October 26th, 2011 in Finland and October 28th, 2011 internationally on Stay Heavy Records, ‘Blacklight Deliverance’ was recorded at OneManArmy studios by Saku Moilanen, produced by Saukkonen, mixed by Juho Räihä and mastered by Sami Koivisto. The album features guest vocalists Janica Lönn, Mikko Heikkilä and Mynni Luukkainen and keyboardist Saku Moilanen. ‘Blacklight Deliverance’s artwork was created by Heino Brand. The video, ‘Solitude’, off the aforementioned record was filmed and edited by Mike Sirén. Check out the album teasers here and here (YouTube). You can pre-order the album here (Record Shop X).

“In the summer of 2011 it was time to get back to the writing board and new album started to take shape. More varied than the past two albums, featuring both female and male clean vocals in a bigger role than before, while keeping the growling as the dominant voice. Also, after the nature inspired theme album [2010's ‘Routa’] it was time to dive into some deeper and darker waters; ‘Blacklight Deliverance’ is the creator's most personal album. The deepest darkness always lies inside our souls!” [States the press release]

Conceived as a solo project by Tuomas Saukkonen in 2008 in Lahti, Finland, his debut album of melodic doom metal with death metal twist, ‘The Darkness Walks Beside Me’ released in 2009 through Cyclone Empire, was received with much praise by critics and fans alike. Sharing the stage with the likes of SAMAEL and appearing at Summer Breeze Festival, “what many thought to be a simple side project and one time release has become a solid one man band and the sharpest blade in the musical armory of Tuomas Saukkonen” (says the project's bio). Inspired by the cruel Finnish winter of 2009, the double album, 2010's ‘Routa’, landed a top-10 position on official Finnish Album Chart, reached position number 3 on that year's “album of the year” chart in musician's home country Finland, which awarded Tuomas Saukkonen with “musician of the year” award in 2010.