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Back in the early 90's there were a few Central
Coast based metal bands getting around. Three of them being Tritura (with Lex,
Thrax & Ozi), Dead Intent (with Jester) & Jumpathug (with Demented, who were
also prominent on the Sydney circuit.) Then, Jumpathug went from packing venues
to nothing over night. So Demented scanned the local paper & saw a vocalist
wanted add. Rang it & it turned out to be Tritura. Demented joined, soon
followed by the departure of Ozi. A mutual decision was made for Demented to
drum as well as be lead vocalist. After a few months of rehearsals it was soon
apparent that something was lacking, so all agreed to reform Jumpathug. More
rehearsals & 2 gigs saw this as fruitless decision & again a change in name &
direction was taken. Eternal Hate came to life & things started to look up.
Several demo's were recorded & one abysmal self titled CD (where several of
Aeturnus Dominion songs are featured). It was during this time Demented wrote
the song Aeturnus Dominion.
Demented then joined a 2nd band called PAEN (with Rat & Ozi). Demented got in
touch with Jester who hadn't fronted a band since Dead Intent broke up and asked
if he wanted to give it a go, he did. Then in 1986 EH fell apart not long after
shooting a video for the song, God Has Failed. Lex and Thrax both decided to
give music up and try other things in life. PAEN meanwhile recorded many demo's
and amassed over 70 original hard rock originals.
Then out of the blue Jester announced his departure (as he was moving away) &
again things were in doubt. Demented took over vocals & from this a new band
called Kronic (with Ozi, Rat & Demented) emerged. Kronic went on to play several
Sydney gigs & record one demo. Then Jester happened to contact Demented to let
him know he was back on the Coast & ask if we could reform PAEN. Needless to say
several years later the band was still practicing every week with very little in
the way of live performances.
Then in 2002 an industrial accident saw a sudden halt to everything. Demented
suffered the permanent loss of fingers to his right hand. After months of
rehabilitation, he picked up the guitar & started the arduous task of relearning
to play. While doing so he wrote a few songs as therapy and once he felt
confident with his playing, he contacted his previous band cohorts & asked if
they would be keen to play some metal. Several months of rehearsals followed.
Late 2003 saw the addition of a 2nd guitarist when Spud joined making it a 5
piece.
2004 saw an increase in gigs as well as being placed in the Music Oz Awards top
10 Aussie metal/hardcore bands of the year for songs from their debut CD Semper
Tyranis. 2005 saw a massive increase in live performances and all seemed to be
going along smoothly. With the band's first out of state gigs lined up, Rat
decided to call it a day. A week later Spud also left the band. With the
daunting task of finding members to fill the void in time for the out of state
gigs, Demented contacted former members of Eternal Hate to see if they were
keen. Having seen the band recently they both decided to give it a go and joined
completing what was to be a temporary line up. After just a few months Lex left
to pursue his martial arts and previous member Spud rejoined on bass completing
a very solid line up.
During the band's short existence they have managed to gather a decent sized fan
base as well as recognition overseas. With a new CD called Psychotic due out and
new material being written for a 3rd, things are looking up for Aeturnus
Dominion. Aeturnus Dominion cover such topics as: suicide, global annihilation,
war, death, murderers, solitude, suppression, child abuse, psychosis & mental
illness and many other negative things that life seems to throw our way.
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EBOLIE -
"Elevation Into Disintegration" (2004 REVIEW)
RONCSIPAR -
"Antimonumentum" (Grindhead Records, 2007)
HALO OF KNIVES -
"Eat God" MCD (Grindhead Records, 2006)
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