HeXaeon is the sixth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Norwegian death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Aeternus

Aeternus

Aeternus is a death metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Aeternus formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. They released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, in 1997 on Hammerheart Records , and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic...

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Even though drummer S. Winter is mentioned officially at the credits of the album, all drums were recorded by Erik Vrolok a bit before he left the band.

Track listing

1. The Darkest Of Minds
2. Godhead Charlatan
3. The 9th Revolution
4. In The 3rd Dwells Oblivion
5. Hexaeon
6. Punished
7. Ageless Void
8. Christbait
9. What I Crave

Personnel

• Ares - Vocals
  Singing
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  , Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Bass on #5
• V'gandr - Bass
  Bass guitar
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  , Backing Vocals
• Erik - Drums

Reception

The album was described as classic, old-school death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

with raw production. It was well received by the media and the fans, opening the way for the Bergens Metalfestival Hole In the Sky in 2006.