Aeonian Sorrow is a Doom Metal band formed in 2015 by Greek and Finnish musicians. This is a project of Doom, Atmospheric and Epic sounds describing the eternal sorrow and misery above the earth when our human instincts and under the ownership of grief and pain.
First single of the band “Forever Misery” came out on October 20th, 2017 which managed to leave very good impressions and prepare the ground for the full length release. Aeonian Sorrow debut “Into The Eternity A Moment We Are” followed next on April 11th, 2018. This record has been described by many as one of the most cathartic and melancholic records of the year.
After a few lineup changes, Aeonian Sorrow started to play shows and festivals around Europe. In April 2019 the band goes in a European tour with Swallow The Sun and Oceans of Slumber and shortly after that they started to record material for their next release. An EP of 4 songs entitled “A Life Without” was released on February 7th, 2020. The music was partly a continuation of the previous album, having the same painful and doom metal sound that people enjoyed listening to.
After a few lineup changes again and serious adjustments Aeonian Sorrow returned on July 11th, 2023 with a new single entitled “Anemos”. With this song they also announced the release of their second full length album titled “Katara”.
“Katara” album took its name and inspiration by Katara pass, which is a mountain pass in the Pindus mountains in northern Greece. According to the legend, Katara got its name from a despot who around 1800 set out from Ioannina to go to Trikala city but the bad weather in the area made it so difficult for him that he died on the way and he cursed the mountain. There are many tragic stories written about this pass however “Katara” album is also dedicated in the memory of Georgia and Michail, beloved grandparents of the band’s singer Gogo.
The whole writing-recording process of the album happened across different times and places for reasons that the songwriter Gogo explains very well below.
“On a personal level, I’ve been through enough difficult changes in my life that it almost made it impossible to keep myself motivated to complete this album. I said several times that I don’t want to do this and I almost didn’t. What kept me going was the reason I started this band and the promise I gave to the grandmother I lost back in 2020 and said that “Katara” album will be recorded in her memory and her husband’s memory too. It will be done for all the years I spent driving to those scary “Katara” roads to go see them. It will be done for each song I wrote inside their empty house when they were gone, and I left to watch the walls and nothing more. On a music level, I think the band has also been through enough and faced the financial critical moments to where we had to take choices, a bit unusual for us, and find ways to make things happen without losing ourselves and our quality. The path to success is full of heavy stones and very lonely so we do what we can and continue writing music from our hearts.”
Following the release of “Katara”, Aeonian Sorrow will embark on a small European Tour alongside As The Sun Falls and Sanity Obscure, check out the confirmed dates below:
03.11.23 // PL // Warsaw
04.11.23 // DE // Berlin
05.11.23 // FR // Lille
06.11.23 // BE // Diest
08.11.23 // DE // Morlenbach
09.11.23 // DE // Hamburg
10.11.23 // LT // Kaunas
11.11.23 // LV // Riga
17.11.23 // FI // Tampere
18.11.23 // FI // Vantaa
The band states: “HELP US TO GO ON TOUR
This is a message from AEONIAN SORROW and AS THE SUN FALLS.”
Indiegogo campaign: https://igg.me/at/mourningfalltour
“Our EU Tour is one step away however due to the after Covid crisis and the inflation in Europe, the cost of touring has become unreasonably espensive and complicated for every artist. Luckily and after a year of hard work we have managed to raise most of the money we need but there is still a small part that it’s missing and we are no longer in a position to cover it.
At this point we don’t want to cancel any shows so we took the decision to create a crowdfunding campaign and ask help from our dear friends and followers. Times are hard for everyone, we are all aware of that but if you are in a position to help us achieve our goal and play our gigs please check our campaign to Indiegogo and support us: https://igg.me/at/mourningfalltour
Thank you all in advance and we hope to see some of you on the road.”
Lineup:
Joel Notkonen / Vocals
Gogo Melone / Vocals, songwriting, keyboards
Taneli Jämsä / Guitars
Achilleas Papagrigoriou / Drums
Jukka Jauhiainen / Guitars
Oskar Englund / Session Studio Bass