Aes Dana
Background information
Origin	Paris,France
Genre(s)	Celtic metal Black metal
Years active	1994 – present
Label(s)	Oaken Shield
Website	Official Website
Members
Vidar Benoit Tilion Milambre Myrddyn JuanJolocaust
Former members
Amorgen Taliesin Storm Christophe Seth Hades

Aes Dana is a French Celtic black metal band, based in Paris. The name of the band is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Aois-dàna, which means "people of the arts". Image File history File links Aes_Dana_band. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Bathory, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost; as well as Venom to a lesser extent (due to their influence on Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Bathory, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost; as well as Venom to a lesser extent (due to their influence on Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Disambiguation: you may also be looking for Aosdána or Aes Dana The Aois-dàna (Gaelic, meaning lit. ...

The band mix black metal features like growling vocals or heavy guitar sound with traditional Celtic instruments like Irish flute or Bombard. These characteristics, coming from the various influences bring by the band's early members (Death metal, Black metal, Grindcore, but also Traditional music), give a very particular touch to their music. Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Bathory, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost; as well as Venom to a lesser extent (due to their influence on Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). ... The death grunt (also referred to as death growl, death vocal, vokills or, derisively, cookie monster vocal) is a singing style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genres, but also can be heard in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The name bombard, in various forms, was also given to a medieval musical instrument (bumhart, pumhart, pommer), the forerunner of the bass oboe or schalmey. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Bathory, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost; as well as Venom to a lesser extent (due to their influence on Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). ... Grindcore, also known as grind, is an evolution of hardcore punk, most commonly associated with death metal and crust punk. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...

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Biography

Aes Dana was formed in 1994, with Taliesin (guitar) and Amorgen (Irish flute), soon joined by Vidar (vocals), Storm (Drums), and Christophe (bass). Their first demo, Chroniques du Crépuscule, was considered by the band as being atmospheric Black metal. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Bathory, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost; as well as Venom to a lesser extent (due to their influence on Bathory and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). ...

In 1997 and 1999, Christophe was replaced by Milambre, and Storm by JuanJolocaust, and Seth join Taliesin as second guitarist. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

They recorded in French their first full-length album in 2000. Seth leaved the band the same year to be replaced by Tilion. This article is about the year 2000. ...

Following 2000, the band started to add new traditional instruments as Bombard to their music. They recorded their second album La Chasse Sauvage, in 2001, and their third Formors, in 2005. This article is about the year 2000. ... The name bombard, in various forms, was also given to a medieval musical instrument (bumhart, pumhart, pommer), the forerunner of the bass oboe or schalmey. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Formors is a full-length album by the French Celtic black metal band Aes Dana. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, Hades left to be replaced by Myrddyn. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Band Members

Current members

• Vidar : - Vocalist - (1994-)
• Benoit : - Guitarist - (2005-)
• Tilion : - Guitarist - (2000-)
• Milambre : - Bassist - (1997-)
• Myrddyn : Irish flute - (2006-)
• JuanJolocaust : - Percussionist - (1999-)

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Former members

• Amorgen - Irish flute and Bombard - (1994-2004), was involved in Bran Barr
• Taliesin : Guitarist - (1994-2005), was involved in Bran Barr
• Storm - Percussionist - (1994-1999), was involved in Antaeus and Arkhon Infaustus
• Christophe - Bassist - (1994-1997)
• Seth - Guitarist - (1997-2000), now involved in Antaeus, and Aosoth
• Hades : - Irish flute and Bombard - (2004-2006)

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Discography

• Chroniques du Crépuscule, 1996 - Demo album
• MCD 2000, 2000
• La Chasse Sauvage, 2001
• Formors, 2005

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Trivia

• Until 2005, the band had the particularity to have as many women as men in its line-up (Amorgen, Taliesin, and Milambre versus Vidar, JuanJolocaust, and Tilion).

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External links

• Aes Dana Official Website
• myspace page for the band
• Aes Dana at MusicBrainz
• Aes Dana lyrics at DarkLyrics
• Aes Dana at Encyclopaedia Metallum