Clonaeon rose out of the ashes of Vaticide in December 2002. The change came about since from the original Vaticide line-up the only ones left were Anders and Johan and during the many changes the sound had drastically changed. It was time. A few months after the change, long time drumer Mikael decided to leave the band due to injuries sustained playing the drums. Bassist Jonas who had played the drums in a previous band stepped up and took over. Mattias Nilsson was recruited as a new bassist.