ELYSIUM

Stuart Prickett (guitars); Beau Dyer (bass); Hamish Gould (keys); Jamie Marsh (vocals); Neil Dyer (drums); Andrew Habib (guitar)

Massively slow and epic doom band from Sydney whose origins can be traced back to late 1994 with Prickett and Beau Dyer (then the band's drummer) progressing through various line-ups until Prickett and Gould settled down with another drummer and Rob Vickery on bass and vocals. A short time later the band folded, with Vickery later forming Decayed Divinity, but in time Elysium reformed. Beau rejoined as bass player and Marsh from Lord Kaos linked up as the band's vocalist at the same time. Over time, the rest of the line-up came into place until it became the band listed above. A long-form recording titled Dreamscapes was recorded as long ago as 1998 but has only just surfaced late 2000. Lachlan Donaldson from Lycanthia was the drummer on this release and Judy Chiara from Avrigus also supplied vocal tracks. The Dyer brothers also play in Grenade and Across the Scarlet Moat and Marsh is also a member of Lord Kaos and Crucible of Agony. As from August 2002, this band became known as Stone Wings.

Discography:

Dreamscapes (Crestfallen) 2001

Stuart Prickett (guitar)
Beau Dyer (bass)
Lachlan Donaldson (drums)
Jamie Marsh (vocals)
Hamish Gould (keyboards)

Judy Chiara (guest vocals)
  1. Darkwoods and Willows Wild
  2. Graven Bay
  3. Elysium (Gallery of the Fallen)
  4. These Bleak Enshrined Emotions
  5. Remorse at Dusk
  6. Leafy Tendrils (Part One)
  7. Millenia Gone

Compilation track: Darkwoods and Willows Wild -- S.O.D. Vol.10 (S.O.D./Warhead) 1998 (US)

Related entries: Bludgeoner, Crucible of Agony, Decayed Divinity, Grenade, Isaacaron, Lord Kaos, Lycanthia