NewsOctober 10, 2013 12:41 PM ET9,241 views

Aeon guitarist quits: "I can't afford doing this"

Daniel Dlimi, guitarist and co-songwriter of Swedish death metal band Aeon, has quit the group. Dlimi cites lack of income as the impetus behind his departure. He has issued the following statement:
"It's with a heavy heart that i finally have decided to call it quits. Why?!? I simply cant afford doing this no more. To tour with a band in our size, you actually lose money on each and every tour. For us, the expenses is always higher then the income, and if that wasn't enough, I also need to take time of from my daytime job which means absolutely no income at all during the period of a tour plus the extra expenses I get from the tour that does not get covered by the tour-income. You see where this is going? "We have done four tours this year alone and each one of them have made us lose money. I have actually NEVER done a single tour and made a single dime in the end of the day. I am actually paying money to do shows for you guys. And the saddest thing about this is that the industry expects you to do so. Something must be seriously fucked up when for example the driver, the sound guy, the merch guy, the tour manager etc. makes more money on a tour compared to bands on the bill that is not headlining?!? "The one thing I love doing the most with my band is actually being on stage performing for you guys. But my passion for the music simply won't pay my bills. And as we all know, the record industry is suffering as hell and the record sales are lower then ever. So the only way to grow your band bigger is to do new albums and tour like hell… If you are lucky enough, one day you will be at a level where you actually get paid for you job, And like I said, I can't afford doing all the tours required to maybe one day be a big enough name to do headline tours and actually make money out of it. "Neither do I see an option to stay with Aeon and only record albums since the reward for me with doing an album is to actually perform the songs on stage. And if I can't do that, there is simply no point for me to go on. "So with this being said, I am now leaving the world as a 'professional' musician. Because you are considered to be a professional musician if you have released 4 albums world wide and toured Europe, US, and Japan right?!? It's ironic in many ways… It's pure charity. "A big thanks from me to all the fans that has been supporting us through the years, Metal Blade Records for being a super professional label and not least, all the crazy and awesome guys in all the bands we have had the honor to toured with. Cheers!!!!"

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anonymous 10/10/2013 9:51:58 AM

!?!? Needs more exclamation points

anonymous 10/10/2013 9:53:15 AM

good morning dude.

anonymous 10/10/2013 9:57:21 AM

trind is not stoked

SuckMeBeautiful 10/10/2013 10:04:14 AM

Like the band, but save the sob story. Everyone knows you don't make any money playing music nowadays

Mitt__Romney 10/10/2013 10:07:06 AM

This c-ck buffer wants a pity party.

sfthizz 10/10/2013 10:10:16 AM

this guy sucks at words

anonymous 10/10/2013 10:12:19 AM

"Everything was going so well until I was prompted to email a man by the name of Defonce"

anonymous 10/10/2013 10:13:36 AM

I think it's an understandable perspective and also a bummer. Aeon is one of the only metal bands that has actually stood out to me and made a fan out of me in the last 10 or so years. Cheers, dude! At least you'll go down a legend to some of us! -Chad Fjerstad

anonymous 10/10/2013 10:26:39 AM

sometimes business owners don't make money for a considerable period of time, but they still have to pay their employees (driver, tour manager, merch guy). i dont understand why he is surprised that the people he hires to work for him get paid and he doesn't. its fairly common for small businesses to be be in debt for a long timebefore they turn a profit.

anonymous 10/10/2013 10:45:49 AM

every gay has to move out of mummy and daddy's

anonymous 10/10/2013 11:03:00 AM

God forbid they not bring a tour manager and a driver, and a sound guy, and just go out alone. Then, they may make some money.

menfuckyeah 10/10/2013 11:07:53 AM

Too bad. Aeons Black slays

anonymous 10/10/2013 11:20:17 AM

This sucks, but the guy should be grateful for what he's been able to do in Aeon. Most bands don't even get that far.

anonymous 10/10/2013 11:58:40 AM

^ true

anonymous 10/10/2013 12:05:28 PM

"Everything was going so well until I was prompted to email a man by the name of Defonce" lulz.

anonymous 10/10/2013 12:05:54 PM

What a whiny little bitch. Maybe don't tour in a fcking bus then, pssy.

ineedmoresalt 10/10/2013 12:06:59 PM

cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more cant afford doing this no more

anonymous 10/10/2013 12:22:56 PM

uhhh learn how to manage your fcking band loser. This is a joke.

anonymous 10/10/2013 12:31:22 PM

Emmure is stoked

anonymous 10/10/2013 12:44:32 PM

Romney with c-ck Buffer. L-O-fcking-L

yeastxrising 10/10/2013 12:49:46 PM

what a boring, whiney sob story.

OrgCore 10/10/2013 12:59:49 PM

"It's ironic in many ways… It's pure charity." Well how fcking charitable of you.

anonymous 10/10/2013 1:03:52 PM

This is a completely self indulgent and unnecessary update. Also, suck it up pssy.

anonymous 10/10/2013 1:04:30 PM

im broke nígga sell crack to the kids

anonymous 10/10/2013 1:22:06 PM

Lol at the asshat who said small businesses are in debt for many yrs.....um yea the ones nobody uses and ego driven fckers fail to realize their DREAM ain't that special

anonymous 10/10/2013 1:32:50 PM

who???

anonymous 10/10/2013 1:34:25 PM

heres a thing....do your own fcking merch! be your own fcking tour manager! have the house sound guy do the sound....whoa way to be all rockstar jerk. is it really that hard to stand behind your table and sell shirt?

anonymous 10/10/2013 2:00:21 PM

A small to mid-level (at biggest) band of 5 guys has a 4 member crew on tour. What a complete doofus. Doesn't Sweden have national artist grants, too??

anonymous 10/10/2013 2:06:35 PM

I am leaving this world I am leaving this world I am leaving this world I am leaving this world I am leaving this world I am leaving this world I am leaving this world

anonymous 10/10/2013 2:28:38 PM

International touring oftentimes requires a good portion of that crew. They are not legally allowed to drive in most cases, drivers portion is usually a package deal when you have to rent transport. Then you also have fest tours with headliners that require you to merch match, and provide a sound engineer by contract. But, bitching about it is weak. It's a part of the game. I don't let trind blow me without expecting a hairlip sack tickle. It's an occupational hazard.

anonymous 10/10/2013 2:43:46 PM

Islander is stoked.

anonymous 10/10/2013 3:27:10 PM

Islander is taking notes.

anonymous 10/10/2013 3:29:45 PM

"They are not legally allowed to drive in most cases, drivers portion is usually a package deal when you have to rent transport. " I've toured there twice, and that was the case, but, he also acted as the tour manager and merch guy.

i_am_fuck 10/10/2013 3:54:58 PM

lol, where's your anti-messiah now?

anonymous 10/10/2013 5:05:13 PM

My cousin's husbande told me about day37.com I said to here I gotta try this an hope 2 hell it works I got 4 children (ages 2, 4, 5 and 6) who use grunt noises to communicate with each other. I gotta raise on my own in an apartment filled with flies piles of animal feces urine soaked carpet and the odor of a decomposing body. I endid up making $302 in my first week here's the site day37.com

anonymous 10/10/2013 5:08:47 PM

Islander is out on a cruise w/ Tony Victory and have yet to check out this news item.

anonymous 10/10/2013 5:13:02 PM

you fcking troll scum bag snobs are truly idiots. sit at home and don't have a band and complain about bands until no one cares you died. because believe me, dip shit, there will be no story on lambgoat when its most hilariously demeaning comment slut bites the dust. fck you.

anonymous 10/10/2013 5:57:15 PM

oh man, we salivate over headlines like this. A Lambgoaters dream come true

anonymous 10/10/2013 6:03:37 PM

Mitt_Romney listens to Islander

anonymous 10/10/2013 6:04:48 PM

I know this is Lambgoat and I am supposed to be an jerk, but I like this band, and meanwhile tons of shit acts survive and make plenty of cash. It just isn't fair. Game over, man. Game over.

anonymous 10/10/2013 6:29:29 PM

Such a bullshit "european" reason to quit. What did he think flying to the states and opening up summer slaughter for 100 bucks a night would cover the travel expenses?

anonymous 10/10/2013 7:19:35 PM

blah blah blah, ive done three euro tours, never once did we have a tour manager, sound guy, or merch guy, drivers are a package deal, but the other guys are not needed, you screwed yourself fcktard.

anonymous 10/10/2013 7:49:43 PM

Islander will have the exact same headline in Lambgoat. I give the gay pieces of shit 3 months.

anonymous 10/10/2013 10:59:05 PM

Who are Islander and why does everyone keep mentioning them? Or is it the same commenting over and over again?

anonymous 10/10/2013 11:35:05 PM

Welcome to being in a band, jerk.

anonymous 10/11/2013 12:08:53 AM

I love fcking Missy Kimbro (zoe voss) in the ass. MN Rulzz!! - Chad Fjerstad

estep 10/11/2013 4:04:14 AM

Charlatans

anonymous 10/11/2013 2:49:02 PM

Nigerian scammer. No one fall for this.

anonymous 10/11/2013 5:19:00 PM

Also, I am not a homosexual

anonymous 10/11/2013 11:03:08 PM

Looks like his stepdad finally moved in.

brokenhero 10/12/2013 6:43:37 PM

Where is your Satan now?

anonymous 10/13/2013 10:59:33 AM

ill tell you why your shitbag band loses fcking money, how about stop staying in fcking hotels every night and driving a big ass tour bus you fcking c-ck buffer. im sure thatll pay your fckin swedish ass rent

anonymous 10/13/2013 11:04:16 AM

Good luck in your post-band life, sir. I support your logic and decision as making music as a career is often a thankless, anxiety-driven effort. You need to be able to find stability to ease your mind and take care of #1. -Town Goodie Goodie

queguey 10/14/2013 5:24:26 AM

Haha!




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