Elysium

Elysium
Origin	Sydney, NSW
Genres	Black metal
Years active	1994 - 2001
Labels	Warhead
Associated acts	Stone Wings, Across the Scarlet Moat, Lord Kaos, Grenade, Crucible of Agony, Lycanthia, Decayed Divinity, Avrigus
Past members	Lachlan Donaldson, Beau Dyer, Neil Dyer, Roy Fratini, Hamish Gould, Andrew Habib, Jamie Marsh, Guy Moore, Stuart Prickett, Rob Vickery

Band members

• Final line-up
  • Stuart Prickett (guitar)
  • Hamish Gould (keys)
  • Jamie Marsh (vocals)
  • Neil Dyer (drums)
  • Beau Dyer (bass)
  • Andrew Habib (guitar)

• Former members
  • Rob Vickery (bass, vocals) (1994 - 1997)
  • Lachlan Donaldson (drums) (1997 - 1998)
  • Guy Moore (keys) (1994 - 1995)
  • Roy Fratini (drums) (1994 - 1996)

Formed

Sydney, NSW, 1994

Band information

Elysium was a Sydney band that played massively slow and epic doom metal. The group formed in 1994, originally with Beau Dyer on drums but it was the line-up of Gould, Prickett, Vickery and Fratini that released a self-titled demo in 1996. A short time later the band folded, with Vickery later forming Decayed Divinity, but before long Elysium reformed. Beau rejoined as bass player and Marsh from Lord Kaos linked up as the band's vocalist at the same time. Guy Moore served briefly as second keyboard player.

Dreamscapes was recorded in 1998 and featured Donaldson from Lycanthia as the drummer and Judy Chiara from Avrigus supplied some vocal tracks. The album was finally released in 2001, long after the final line-up had solidified. Almost all the band's members featured in other acts at the time. The Dyer brothers were play in Grenade, Marsh was also a member of both Lord Kaos and Crucible of Agony; and Beau Dyer was also with Lord Kaos. In 2001 Prickett and Habib joined Decayed Divinity.

Due to a name conflict with several other bands, including another two from Sydney and one from Perth, Elysium became known as Stone Wings in mid-2002.

Discography

Albums:

	2001	Dreamscapes	De Profundis