For Aeons Past

Solution .45 (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AFM Records
• ASIN: B00393SNBS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,044 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

For Aeons Past , is Sweden s Solution .45 s impressive debut album; a mix of brutal riffs with unparalleled melancholic atmosphere and epic, heavy progressive song structures. Recorded over a grueling three months, For Aeons Past features lyrical contribution and guest vocals from Dark Tranquillity s mainman Mikael Stanne, and stunning artwork from Pär Olofsson (Immortal, Exodus, The Faceless). "For Aeons Past" is an impressive achievement in modern Metal!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High caliber music, May 12, 2010

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misha2707 - See all my reviews

This review is from: For Aeons Past (Audio CD)

I have been trying to decide what this band's name was a reference to for months. Is it a reference to some obscure chemist's expirament, or is it a reference to a certain caliber of firearm ammunition? After hearing the music, I'm going to have to go with the latter.

For Aeons Past has so much to offer beyond the typical realm of melodic and progressive death metal it leaves it's listeners salivating. You know this is almost the perfect album because it doesn't conclude a moment to soon or a moment too late.

Christian Alvestam's voice is as good as it ever was, so I'm not going to go into the particulars here. Just think Scar Symmetry, but just a little bit smoother at the edges. Good grief, I promised myself I wasn't going to reference *that other band*, but there I go.

As far as the actual music goes, you have to have a pretty good pallete to have a taste for all the styles you will hear. There are definitely some doomy moments, and even a few hints of black metal grandeur. Heck, you are even treated to a rare dose of traditional heavy metal at one point.

The lyrics are worth mentioning here because they stand out. You can barely tell, but someone who isn't even a member of Solution .45 wrote the Lyrics. That someone is the melodic death metal giant, Dark Tranquillity's own Mikael Stanne.

Otherwise, what else is there to say? This is as good a debut album as any that has ever been released by any band. Solution .45 has it all and even some left over For Aeons Past. That gives this album 4.45/5 stars. I would have rated it higher, but I had to use .45 in there somewhere

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculously good, November 13, 2010

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Minotaur12345 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: For Aeons Past (Audio CD)

Christian Älvestam is a jacked up vocalist, and i mean that in a good way. I feel Solution .45 really brings out his power, some of the cleanest clean vocals i have ever heard, and some of the most harshest death metal vocals as well.
Excellent riffs, breakdowns, solos, all the musicians are all very well talented here.
A lot of people are saddened that he left Scar Symmetry and that S.45 is just a 'clone' but the way i see it (and hear it on this cd) its scar symmetry that was really holding him back.
I hear this cd on a daily basis, and i cant seem to get tired of it, and for the folks that crave something more metal, well theres Miseration, THIS GUY CAN DO IT ALL.
I give this cd 4 out of 4 JALAPENOS.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC!, July 24, 2010

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Jason P. Carney "//*JAY*\\" (western ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Aeons Past (Audio CD)

This is easily the best metal album of the year. Christian Älvestam is such an amazingly versatile vocalist (so much so that Scar Symmetry needed to hire 2 singers to do his job when he left)! Just solid metal talent from everyone involved!