are a Japanese

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band founded in 1991.

History

Eternal Elysium have recorded six albums and six splits/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.Eternal Elysium at MusicMight
/ref> Okazaki was joined by bassist Atsutoshi Tachimoto and drummer Jiro Murakami for some demo recordings and the first album, ''Faithful''.
/ref> 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

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''. 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 2005 album, ''Searching Low & High'', on

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. They also appeared on the live DVD '' Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase'' alongside fellow Japanese bands Boris,

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and

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. In 2007 the band released a split CDEP with Black Cobra. In 2009 they released the album ''Within the Triad''. After 7 years since album Within the Triad the band released new album

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label.

Members

Yukito Okazaki Yukito is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yukito can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *幸人, "happiness, person" *幸斗, "happiness, Big Dipper" *行人, "to go, person" *行斗, ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and

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** He has worked as an engineer with the bands such as

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, Nepenthes and Deadclaw. *

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Discography

Albums

* '' Faithful'' CD (1996

) * ''

'' CD/LP (2000

) * '' Share'' CD (2002

) * ''

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'' (2005

) * '' Within the Triad'' (2009

) *

(2016

)

Singles/EPs

* split with Of the Spacistor (2003

) * split CD with Black Cobra (2007

) * Eternal Elysium EP (Features material from the Black Cobra split & a jam) (2008)

Live

* '' Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase'' DVD (2005

)

Compilation tracks

* "Easygoin'" on ''At the Mountains of Madness'' (1998 Miskatonic Foundation) * "Easygoin'," "Zen" & "Splendid, Selfish Woman" on ''Doomsday Recitation'' (1998 Cornucopia Records) * "Behind" on ''Survive List'' (1998 Survive Records) * "What A Difference A Day Makes" on ''Survive List 2'' (2000 Survive Records) * "Innocent Exile" (

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cover) on ''Slave to the Power'' (2000

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) * "Seduction" ( Black Widow cover) on ''King of the Witches'' (2001 Black Widow Records) * "Burning a Sinner" (

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cover) on ''I Am Vengeance'' (2001

) * "

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" (

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cover) on ''Not of This Earth'' (2004 Black Widow Records) * "White Witch" (

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cover) on ''Earthquake A.G.M.'' (2005 Sub-Effect Records) * "Agent of Doom" and a short sample of another song appears on a 2008 Japanese compilation.

References

External links

Eternal Elysium at Cornucopia RecordsDiwphalanx siteMeteorCity site
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