Aion -Aion- or simply Aion is the 4th album released by the Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Aion

Aion (Japanese band)

Aion is a Japanese metal band formed in 1983 by guitarist Izumi. Aion are considered to be important to the formation of visual kei, credited as being one of the bands to start the movement in the early '80s. They are also considered to be one of the most successful heavy metal bands in Japan,...

. The bands catchphrase "Deathrash Bound" is written on the cover, and since the album's full title is only written on the side, this is often mistaken to be the album's title (adding to the confusion, the band's first album was actually titled Deathrash Bound

Deathrash Bound (album)

Deathrash Bound is the 1st full length album released by the Japanese metal band Aion. Released in 1989, it is the bands only official release with Hisayoshi on vocals. "Deathrash Bound" is also the bands catchphrase, appearing on many of their albums, DVDs, and merchandise...

). The term appears on several of their albums, later the band created their own record label entitled "Deathrash Bound". The first pressing came in a cardboard slipcover. A PV for the song "Aion -Aion-" was made to promote the album. This is their last full-length album to feature drummer S.A.B (he is on the EP Sei-Aion, released later in the year), until his return on their 2000 album Sister (in 2009 he left again).

Track listing

Credits

• Nov – vocals
• Izumi – lead and rhythm guitars
• Dean – bass guitar
• S.A.B – drums