2003
The idea for creating a band was brought to discussion in the begining of the winter 2003. Earlier rehersing of some covers and making the first few songs by Aleksanar Ivanov and Mario Josifovski was incorporated into a band the called Arcanum. At a time Arcanum was four man band consisting Aleksandar Ivanov (guitar, vokals) Mario Josifovski(guitar), Todor Georgiev(bass) and Aleksandar Lelekov(drums).
2004
The first gig they arranged in May was in front of every kind of auditorium. As first death/black metal band in their own city they were accepted with many difficulties. This time they had a vocalist Stojanco Georgiev. After this gig Aleksandr Lelekov was replaced with Georgi Georgiev(drums) and vocals were performed by Ivanov and Josifovski. Also Anita Gicova was recruited as keyboard player. The rest of the year they remained active as writing songs.
2005
The first recording of the band, released as demo called “Nightmares Reborn†consisted of 4 songs. The band had breakthrough in the country. Later this year they had few gigs, mainly in their originating town.
2006
Entering this year was followed by change of bass player. This place was taken by Pavle Zasev. First gig they made in Skopje the capital city of Macedonia was on the oldest rock happening in the country Rock Fest. After this, Mario left the band and the drummer was replaced by Dragan Teodosiev (known as Ocet). Later this year they finished their second demo recording called “Nightmares Reborn Part2 Entwined To Maliciousnessâ€. This demo consisted 5 songs that were greeted as original and unique songs, making their recognizable sound.
2007
This year was called “conquest yearâ€. Andrej Janevski joined the band as guitar player. They covered new ground and making a little bit fame. They made it to the 3rd place at Loser Fest, although metal band with more votes than the other metal bands contesting. After this gig, Anita left the band. Since then they never searched for keyboardist. At the end of this year they supported Ancient Rites in Skopje.
2008
The year when Arcanum changed their name to Aeon Arcanum. This year again the bass player was replaced. This time by Darko Avramovski. Since then the band have not changed the line-up, saying that this is the perfect line-up they were searching for years. This makes Aleksandar Ivanov the only member from the old days.
2009
Year when all dreams should became true. Entering the studio to record their debut album was announced for early April.To be continued…
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