Eternal Elysium

Infobox musical artist
Name = Eternal Elysium


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Origin = Japan
Genre = Doom metal
Stoner metal
Years_active = 1991 - present
Label = MeteorCity Diwphalanx Records Cornucopia Records
Associated_acts = Ran-Ja
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Current_members = Yukito Okazaki Tana Haugo Antonio Ishikawa
Past_members = Atsutoshi Tachimoto Jiro Murakami Jun Kawasaki Yashuhiro Okada Eiichi Okuyama Takashi Kuroda Tom Huskinson Toshiaki Umemura

nihongo|Eternal Elysium|エターナル・エリシウム|Etānaru Erishiumu are a Japanese stoner/doom metal band founded in 1991.

History

Eternal Elysium has recorded four albums and two split EPs over their career. They were formed in 1991 by guitarist/vocalist Yukito Okazaki and have gone through numerous line-up changes over the years. [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,3022.sm Eternal Elysium at RockDetector] ] Okazaki was joined by bassist Atsutoshi Tachimoto and drummer Jiro Murakami for some demo recordings and the first album, "Faithful". [http://www.cornucopiarecords.com/ee/bio_e_history.html Cornucopia Records bio] ] In 1993 both Tachimoto and Murakami departed in Okazaki enlisted a new rhythm section consisting of bassist Jun Kawasaki and drummer Yashuhiro Okada. This line-up soon folded and Okaziki brought in Eiichi Okuyama on bass and Takashi Kuroda on drums. This line-up was put on hold when Okazaki fell ill and had to cancel tour plans. By 1997 the band was back and recorded songs for a slew of compilation albums, including "At the Mountains of Madness" and "I Am Vengeance".

In 2000 Eternal Elysium signed to MeteorCity and released their second album, "Spiritualised D". Okuyama left in mid 2000 and was replaced by bassist Toshiaki Umemura and Kuroda left in 2002 shortly before the recording the band's third album, "Share". Rio Okuya was brought in to record some percussion for the album before drummer Tom Huskinson was found and brought in to finish the recording. The band released a split with Of the Spacistor in 2003. The band re-emerged in 2005 with a new bassist, Tana Haugo, and new drummer, Antonio Ishikawa and released their most recent album, "Searching Low & High", on Diwphalanx Records. They also appeared on the live DVD "" alongside fellow Japanese bands Boris, Church of Misery and Greenmachine. In 2007 the band released a split CDEP with Black Cobra.

Members

* Yukito Okazaki - vocals and guitar
* Tana Haugo - bass
* Antonio Ishikawa - drums

Discography

Albums

* "Faithful" CD (1995 Cornucopia Records)
* "Spiritualised D" CD/LP (2000 MeteorCity)
* "Share" CD (2002 MeteorCity)
* "Searching Low & High" (2005 Diwphalanx Records)

ingles/EPs

* split with Of the Spacistor (2003 Cornucopia Records)
* split CD with Black Cobra (2007 Diwphalanx Records)
* Eternal Elysium EP (Features material from the Black Cobra split & a jam) (2008)

Live

* "" DVD (2005 Diwphalanx Records)

Compilation tracks

* "Easygoin'" on "At the Mountains of Madness" (1998 Miskatonic Foundation)
* "Easygoin'," "Zen" & "Splendid, Selfish Woman" on "Doomsday Recitation" (1998 Cornucopia Records)
* "Innocent Exile" (Iron Maiden cover) on "Slave to the Power" (2000 MeteorCity Records)
* "Seduction" (Black Widow cover) on "King of the Witches" (2001 Black Widow Records)
* "Burning a Sinner" (Witchfinder General cover) on "I Am Vengeance" (2001 MeteorCity Records)
* "Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult cover) on "Not of This Earth" (2004 Black Widow Records)

References

External links

* [http://www.cornucopiarecords.com/ee/home_e2.html Eternal Elysium at Cornucopia Records]
* [http://www.diwphalanx.com/ Diwphalanx site]