It has been 10 years since our debut "AION" came out in 2012, and we wanted to revisit it. As such, we have re-recorded and revamped the record, and gave it a bit of a face-lift. This is the first single from the 10th Anniversary Edition of AION, which lands everywhere on Friday, October 21, 2022.

Status - 10th Anniversary Edition

Music/lyrics written by Ondrej Tvarozek 
Vocals/Guitars/Synths/Programming: Ondrej Tvarozek 
Drums/Percussion/Programming: Matt Benoit 
Cello/Viola//Backing Vocals: Aaron Gage 
Bass: Jens Marcelis 
Programming: Igor Stolarsky 
Dub Engineering: Matt Benoit


Travelling alone 
 I’m guided to a place that I have never seen 
The sum of all is none 
(or am I someone?)  
Climb the spire; look into the eyes of another   

Staring into the searing sea 
 I’ve never seen so many eyes staring back at me 

Burning like the sun  
Guide me to a place that I have never been 
 Labyrinthian (many ways to one)  
Does it ever make sense anymore? 
 Nothing ever makes sense anymore 

  So if you know what to believe  
And if you cannot see the sea 
 I can feel you in my brain 
 I can feel you in everything   

Gazing out into the sea 
 I’ve never seen so many eyes observing me 
 Their movement like a symphony 
 They’re twisting and swerving and absorbing all of me 

  And I embrace my  
Desire to reach for the sky 
 Feel it burn inside 
 As I’m taken by the tide 

  A voice behind the corner 
 Beckons me to follow (come with me)  
Ripples beneath the water 
 Smear into the burning sand (blow away)   
Elements colliding  
The senses cannot speak (cannot see) 
 I am becoming nothing 
 And I am everything, everything 

  I’ve stared into the sea 
A billion piercing eyes 
I feel them carry me way beyond the tide 
Caught in this maze of mirrors 
 Smiling back at me 
Labyrinthine consciousness 
Devouring me

Labyrinthian

Music written by Jens Marcelis 
Lyrics written by Jens Marcelis and Ondrej Tvarozek 
Vocals/Guitars/Synths: Ondrej Tvarozek 
Bass/Guitars: Jens Marcelis 
Cello/Viola/Backing Vocals: Aaron Gage 
Drums/Percussion: Matt Benoit


Iridescent lines connected to the structure’s eye 
 Monuments assembled by the serpent in the sky 
 Lights align against the columns grafted to the dirt  
Shapes connect obsidian transistors to the earth   

Wait, I’m dreaming in reverse  
The sky begins to burst 
 Falling through these eyes  
Lights collide 

  Serpent coil around me  
Feathers black like drowning 
 In the sky above the crater  
Of your mind’s voices sounding 

  I can feel the weight of  everything 
collapsing and bending   
distorting and rending  the nothingness of everything 
Is ending   

The stars begin to dance 
 Like water through the sand 
 Ascend this weathered skin 
 Awakening 

Serpent coil around me 
 Feathers black like drowning 
 In the sky above the crater  
Of your mind’s voices sounding 

(  I can feel the weight of  everything collapsing and bending  distorting and rending  the nothingness of everything is ending)

B'ak'tun

Music written by Jens Marcelis 
Lyrics written by Jens Marcelis and Ondrej Tvarozek 
Vocals: Ondrej Tvarozek 
Guitars/Bass: Jens Marcelis 
Drums/Percussion/Synths/Programming: Matt Benoit 
Piano: Aaron Gage 
Dub Engineering: Matt Benoit


I can see it now  
The light is coming 
 I can feel it all around me  
And I am becoming  
One 

Horizon 
 I cannot find you 
 Am I still really here?  
Cannot find my way  
My world has disappeared   

Home,  
Here is where you are  
Among , 
The deepest parts  
Home, 
 Here is where you are 
 Among , 
The farthest parts  of you   

When the waves stop, so do I 
 I never move myself, now do I?  

When the wind stops, so do I 
 I never move my own body, do I?   

One 
I am  
One with all   

Horizon 
 I cannot find you  
Am I still really here? 
 Cannot find my way 
 My world has disappeared   

Home,  
Here is where you are  
Among , 
The deepest parts 
 Home,  
Here is where you are  
Among , 
The farthest parts  of you   
Home.

Horizon

Music by Jens Marcelis 
Percussion/Programming: Matt Benoit 
Synths: Ondrej Tvarozek 
Guitars: Jens Marcelis

(instrumental)

Incantation

Music written by Ondrej Tvarozek 
Guitars/Programming: Ondrej Tvarozek 
Bass: Jens Marcelis 
Drums: Matt Benoit

(instrumental)

Edge Of The Earth

Recorded live at Clear Lake Recording Studios in North Hollywood, CA, June 11th, 2016. No overdubs.

Ondrej Tvarozek: Vocals/Guitar
Matt Benoit: Drums/FX
Igor Stolarsky: Guitar
Brandon Frenzel: Bass

Engineered and Mixed by Igor Stolarsky

Ascension (Live at Clear Lake Studios)

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8. Repression

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1. Loose Ends

A track from our debut album, "Aion". Contains a guest guitar solo by Aaron Marshall of Intervals.

Freefall (feat. Aaron Marshall)

Another cover of a Deftones track. I'm just having fun right now but it's leading to some bigger things. Really excited to share :)

Copyright 2010 by the Deftones.

Risk-Deftones (Lithium Dawn Cover)

It has been 10 years since the release of Lithium Dawn's debut release "AION", and they find themselves in a celebratory mode. The result is a fully revitalized, re-recorded, and revamped 10th Anniversary Edition of the record that put them on the map. 

The way the band approaches the craft has certainly improved since AION's original release and the songs now have a bit more attention paid to the smaller details that hide within the music - the drums have been given a facelift, the rhythm guitars have been re-recorded and some riff segments re-approached, the bass is fuller and more present, and the vocals have been re-done with some more flair and backing vocal support. 

All in all, the new release is a proper modern re-engineering of the band's beloved debut, one that long time fans will surely find new details to get lost in and appreciate.

AION - 10th Anniversary Edition will be released on October 21st, 2022 on the band's BandCamp page and will also be available for streaming on all major streaming platforms. Exclusive to BandCamp will be a full instrumental side of the album as well.

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