Symphonic metal band Aesma Daeva

07-21-2008

Guest Drummer and Guitarist for the “Darkness Arena” Remake

Guitarist FOX IV - sent a demo recording to A.D. a few months ago of his ideas for the song darkness. After much debate John took on the challenge of finding all of the old parts on various multi track tapes and reassembling the song into a new version. You check out FOX IV’s myspace page and you can also read a short interview we did with him here.

For this new version we brought in a good friend of the band on Drums Albert Born. Al has played in various bands in the Minneapolis area including, Banehinge, and Ocularis and recently filled in last minute for Pakistani Hard rock band “Call” which you can read about in our short interview we did with him.

Al is also confirmed to join us once again and fill in on drums for our upcoming shows in Minneapolis and NY. You can check out Al and his various bands at his myspace page.

Want to Hear the Remake of Darkness? All orders from our web site and orders from amazon.com come with download code for online bonus material in mp3 and lossless CD quality FLAC files.

07-15-2008

The following concerts have been confirmed. August 29th Earl Root Benefit at First Ave Sept 7th Club Europa This is a free all ages concert. Due to scheduling conflicts, and the opportunity bring some of our guest musicians into the spot light A.D. will have a slightly different line up for these shows.

The first is that Melissa Ferlaak and Lori will be sharing the stage for our August 29th benefit concert. Also due to Lori being in Poland with Therion Melissa agreed to fill in on lead vocals for our concert in NY on Sept 7. Keep checking back to meet some of the guest musicians who will be playing with us live, and recording with us.

06-11-2008

KUCI - Interview with Lori by DJ Azrael posted in media 2007

R.I.P. Earl Root 1962 - 2008

Earl Root was born in 1962 and for the rest of his life embraced music with passion and enthusiasm.

He was raised in Edina MN. Growing up in a working class family he developed a strong work ethic and thrived on a full schedule that was as he said “bordering on chaos”

Earl formed the trash band Disturbed in the mid 80’s they played and toured constantly with acts such as Sepultura, and Death. A key contributor to the mid west Metal Scene Earl helped form the first Milwaukee Metal Fest, and for 27 years he ran The Root of all Evil Radio show at KFAI. Where he helped promote, interview and break many new underground acts.

Earl came home in the sense of the word when he met his wife Nancy. Nancy became an important support for him through out his life. Together Earl and Nancy held memorable 4th of July parties, and Halloween was an event that was not taken lightly at the Root household.

Well on tour he could often be found in pawn shops finding collectable vinyl or as he described it to the younger generation “Really big cd’s that sound better than cd”. In 1990 his passion for collecting brought him to open Root Cellar Records A premier Vinyl record store. To date much of his collection remains and can be bought through his families E-Bay Store.

In 2001 Earl joined Aesma Daeva as a primary rhythm guitarist. He continued to play guitar with the band throughout his chemo therapy, radiation and stem cell treatments. In 2007 with bladder cancer, and a kidney stent Earl completed a full U.S. and Canadian tour with Aesma Daeva.

Earl J Root passed away on Friday May 23rd 2008 at his home in Minneapolis with his wife Nancy at his side. He died of complications from his 10 year contention with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He is survived by his wife Nancy and son Arron.

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The root of all evil radio show

Interview with Graphic Designer Ravendusk posted in Media 2007.

Read the full interview here.

04-24-2008

New interviews posted in Media 2008. Video and Audio Tracks uploaded for remixing.

New Reviews of Dawn of the New Athens at Rock Republic

I am very excited to announce that “The Garden I long for” will feature classical guitarist Kostas Grigoreas - An eminent member of the Greek guitar fraternity, and one of the most serious figures in the field of classical guitar. Kostas studied guitar and theory on a British Council scholarship at Royal Northern College of Music. Two of his teachers were Gordon Crosskey , and John Williams some of the worlds most prominent classical guitarists. Well at RNCM Kostas also studied with the Pianist and conductor George Hadjinikos one of the most inspirational musicians Kostas has met.

As a distinguished composer and performer Kostas has worked and collaborated with various singers including Savina Yannatou, Nena Venetsanou, Anna Parlapanou and Aliki Kayaloglou. His works for voice and guitar can be heard on TAR radio - a highquality online musical magazine based around guitar.

01-21-2008

The final days of John Dowland , the Death of Eric Blair (George Orwell)

One of the most famous British composers from the Age of Shakespeare was the lutenist and songwriter John Dowland. His life is documented rather well compared to many of his contemporaries, however much about him remains a mystery.

Some Describe Downland as “A cheerful person, passing his days in lawful merriment.” Others say he suffered and many of his most famous works are deeply introspective in tone. One of his better known works is the lute song “Flow My Tears”, the words of which can be found in A.D.’s first album Here Lies One Whose Name was Written in Water On the songs Downvain, and Darkness

Also on todays date english author and journalist Eric Blaire pen name George Orwell died of Tuberculosis.
His short book within the book “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism” is set to music in our song “Since the Machine”
* On January 21/22, 1626, lutenist Robert Dowland, age c. 35, succeeded his father, English composer and lutenist John Dowland, age 63, as a member of the royal musicians in London; This date has often been cited as also being the date of the elder Dowland’s death, but more recent research suggests John Dowland must have died in mid-February that year, as he was buried on February 20, 1626.

12-21-2007

Our First album “Here lies one whose name was written in Water” will be Re - released in mid 2008 with the original tracks, new graphics, additional remixes, and remakes of the original songs.

If you are a graphic artist get in contact with us. We allready have a few artists whom we have worked with in the past who are interested working on the graphics for the re-release of here lies one. However we thought this would be a good opportunity for other artists we do not know of to show us there work.

additional news

It is Speculated that in 1850 on December 25′th Isabella Valancy Crawford was born. Her Poem “The Camp of Souls” is set to music on our latest album. “Dawn of the New Athens.”
Free Sample of “The Camp of Souls” - Right click and save file as