BLACK SUN AEON is a "dark death doom" project from Tuomas Saukkonen, of BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST and DAWN OF SOLACE. The group's debut album, 'Darkness Walks Besides Me', was released in Europe on 27th March 2009 via Cyclone Empire Records.

For the project, Tuomas Saukkonen handled guitars, acoustic Guitars, drums, bass, keyboards and "Dark vocals" whilst Mikko Heikkilä, of HALFLIFE and SINAMORE delivered lead vocals. Additional studio vocals were supplied by Tomi Koivusaari, of AMORPHIS, Ville Sorvali, from MOONSORROW, and Mynni Luukkainen of SOTAJUMALA.

The group featured on the 'Summer Breeze' festival billing in August 2009 held in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.