Category: AEON ZEN

AEON ZEN, one of the best rock / melodic progressive UK acts, unfortunately call time on career with final album titled ”Transversal”, to be released tomorrow. But they say goodbye with a great piece of music.
And we say piece of music because it happens that ”Transversal” despite being split across 10 tracks, is designed to be listened to as one song, just as it was written as a single piece of continuous music. It serves as their final, epic release as Aeon Zen end on a high and ambitious note.
It’s only 30-minute long, but with more substance than many rock albums out there. It’s a really good blend of melody and rocking pulse, think a mix of TEN, BALANCE OF POWER, SAGA, Nineties QUEENSRYCHE, GARY HUGHES…

In our humble opinion, progressive metal scene seems a bit plunked down lately, with only few acts maintaining inventiveness. One of these are British combo AEON ZEN, which are presenting their new album “Inveritas” today.Aeon Zen specializes in melodic progressive metal, long on soaring vocal harmonies, heavy riffs, symphonic keyboards and strong hooks. They can also dazzle you with instrumental...

* AEON ZEN was founded in 2008 in UK by multi-instrumentalist Rich Hinks (vocals/guitar/bass) who has brought on board newer recruits Matt Shepherd (guitar), Shaz (keyboards) and Steve Burton (drums) for their latest release “Enigma”.In addition, Hinks has enlisted the talents of vocalists Andi Kravljaca (Silent Call), Atle Pettersen (Above Symmetry), Jonny Tatum (Eumeria) and Nate Loosemore (Lost in Thought)....