Jason De Ron (born 1973) is a

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from

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, Australia, most notable for being the former guitarist for the death/doom band

Paramaecium Paramaecium (sometimes typeset as Paramæcium) was an Australian death metal, death/doom metal, doom metal band formed in 1991. There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums. Paramaecium is one of the few doom ...

and co founder and guitarist of the

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band

Altera Enigma Altera Enigma is a Christian metal band formed by Melbourne, Australia-based Jason De Ron, the former guitarist and front man of Paramaecium, and Jakarta, Indonesia native Jefray Arwadi, former guitarist, vocalist, and front man of Kekal. ...

Biography

Jason De Ron was born in about 1973, he began playing guitar in 1987 after hearing a guitar solo by Dave Murray of

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, and joined

in 1992. Jason first met

Andrew Tompkins Andrew Tompkins is the lead vocalist and bassist for the Australian doom metal band Paramaecium, which was considered to be the biggest Christian doom metal band. Andrew has a daughter named Enara. Tompkins' cousin is Mark Orr, former drummer o ...

in a cemetery one night in 1991. He was there with Colin "Mosh" Mynard who was a friend of his, and Paramaecium's original guitarist. They were there to photograph the grave for the cover of the ''Silent Carnage'' demo.

Paramaecium

Jason got to know Andrew further when he attended a Paramaecium rehearsal as they prepared for an upcoming gig with

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. That same night Jason also met

Jayson Sherlock Jayson Sherlock (born 1970) is a Christian metal musician from Australia. He began his career in the Australian death metal band Mortification, which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Sherlock was the founder of the one-man pro ...

and the two have remained close friends ever since. When "Mosh" left Paramaecium in 1992, Andrew spoke to Jason about joining, and after a few meetings and songwriting sessions, they knew it would work. From there they began writing for what would become the album ''

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''. Jason recorded the albums ''Exhumed of the Earth'', ''

Within the Ancient Forest Paramaecium (sometimes typeset as Paramæcium) was an Australian death/ doom metal band formed in 1991. There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums. Paramaecium is one of the few doom metal bands that focus ...

'', the '' Repentance'' EP, and has added some guitar recordings to the latest Paramaecium album ''Echoes from the Ground''. Along with Andrew, Jason transcribed all the music from the first two Paramaecium albums for the music scores.

Altera Enigma

After the recording of Echoes from the Ground with Paramaecium, Jason alongside

Jefray Arwadi Jefray Kurnia "Jeff" Arwadi (born 1974) is an Indonesian musician, music producer, and graphic designer. A native of Jakarta, Indonesia, he now resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is mostly known as a former guitarist, vocalist, and record pr ...

Kekal Kekal (sometimes stylized as KEKAL) is a heavy metal and electronic music band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to AllMusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and accordi ...

formed

and recorded a few songs. As both musicians are from different countries it became difficult to play together, both the musicians decided it would be best to send samples of their music to each other via the internet, so this means that both musicians could be recording the same song in two different countries at the same time. After a few months of playing the band invited Kenny Cheong who has once been a guest musician in

, and after recording a few more songs Altera Enigma released

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. The album met with success, and the following year drummer

, who also used to be in

, joined Altera Enigma at the band's invitation.

Other Projects

Jason is also in a

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band called Soundscape alongside

and Kenny Cheong, they have released an EP entitled Soundscape EP. After the disestablishment of

after Nordic Fest '06 the remaining members went on to form

InExordium Paramaecium (sometimes typeset as Paramæcium) was an Australian death/ doom metal band formed in 1991. There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums. Paramaecium is one of the few doom metal bands that focus ...

, in September 2008 InExordium released their self-titled album. As of 2009, Jason is no longer a member of inExordium.

Personal life

Jason has been a vegetarian since 1994, and in 2001 became a vegan.

Discography

Paramaecium

* ''

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1996) * '' Repentance'' (EP, 1996) * ''

Echoes from the Ground Echoes may refer to: * Echo (phenomenon) Film and television * ''Echoes'' (2014 film), an American supernatural horror film * ''Echoes'' (miniseries), a 2022 Netflix original drama series * "Echoes" (''Fear Itself''), an episode of ''Fear Its ...

'' (2004)

Altera Enigma

* ''

'' (2006)

Soundscape

* ''Soundscape EP'' (2007)

Kekal (guest musician)

* ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' - additional guitar on "Escapism" (2007)

References

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