In 2004 Stйphane and Jйrфme started a doom metal project called Horrors Of The Black Museum, with some Space Patrol (RIP) members. After 1 year, they decided to leave the band and start a new doom/sludge band called EIBON with Stephane's bandmate Georges, guitarist from Drowning on vocals and long-time friend Max on the guitars.
Crushing 2 tracks of dark menacing twisted sludge
doom - a foreboding assault on the senses.
Aggressive and menacing, strong compositions and
musicianship - yet these tracks have the ability
to drift beautifully, as you get lost within its
radiance.
Eibon is a 4 pieces act featuring Drowning bass
player, Stephane Riviere and guitarist Georges
Balafas on vocals. Along with Jerome Lachaud, who
was Stephane’s former band mate & drummer in the
French legendary Doom-Metal pioneer Garden Of
Silence. Jerome was also part of the Doom veterans
Astral Rising. The line-up was completed by
long-time friend Max Hedin on guitars.
In March ‘07, Eibon released a split-CD with the
Stoner metal freaks Hangman’s Chair on the extreme
metal label Bones Brigade records. Critics and
feedback have been really positive and the
split-CD was sold-out only 6 months after its
release.
This first effort already gave an idea of what
Eibon is all about: somewhere between agressive
Sludge and Heavy Doom-metal. The music is based on
progressive structures, alternating pounding heavy
riffs and melody based parts.
Today, Eibon is back with its first Digipack
Mini-CD containing 2 new tracks, recorded in
October 2007 in the same studio and mixed by
Andrew G. (Glorior Belli, Temple Of Baal) and
released by UK’s Aesthetic Death records
(Esoteric, Fleurety, Stumm)
Theses 2 new tracks reflect the band’s evolution:
progressive parts are longer and more complex
while agressive parts are even harsher.
In the meanwhile, Eibon has been regularly seen on Û
stage in 2007. Each time, the band received very
positive responses from the audience.