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Elysium is a Progressive/Heavy Metal band. The founding members Ghazanfar, Aftab and Jibran, all good friends, had been gigging in the underground for a while with one act or another. It finally came up in late 2006, that why not make a band with their own favorite musical direction & traits. So they got together, and seeing as they all had common influences such as Rush, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Slayer etc., it was decided to make a Progressive/Heavy Metal super-group. The standards were defined, the goals set, and things started to move ahead in early 2007.
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Elysium is a Progressive/Heavy Metal band founded by Ghazanfar and Aftab. After being part of various band line-ups they decided to converge to form Elysium in late 2006, deciding on a common musical direction that inspired them. The standards were defined, the goals set, and things started to move ahead in early 2007.  
  
They started to look for a drummer that would fulfill their requirements. After much searching and
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Influences ranging from classic rock to the most extreme metal genre present and legendary bands like Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Megadeth, Children of Bodom, Rush, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Judas Priest, etc.,  they decided the genre of the band as Progressive/Heavy Metal. The search to complete the line-up commenced.
auditioning Zawar joined in as the fourth member of Elysium. But he couldn't stay long, and had to  
 
leave for UK in pursuit of higher studies.
 
  
Meanwhile, they met up with Rafay Khan, and after a couple of jams, Rafay was taken up as the  
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After much effort and dead ends Elysium met up with Raafae Khan, and after a couple of jams Raafae was taken up as the vocalist for the band.
vocalist for the band. At the moment, the band is in the writing phase, and their first original
 
will be out by October inshallah.
 

Latest revision as of 05:28, 23 April 2008

Elysium is a Progressive/Heavy Metal band founded by Ghazanfar and Aftab. After being part of various band line-ups they decided to converge to form Elysium in late 2006, deciding on a common musical direction that inspired them. The standards were defined, the goals set, and things started to move ahead in early 2007.

Influences ranging from classic rock to the most extreme metal genre present and legendary bands like Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Megadeth, Children of Bodom, Rush, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Judas Priest, etc., they decided the genre of the band as Progressive/Heavy Metal. The search to complete the line-up commenced.

After much effort and dead ends Elysium met up with Raafae Khan, and after a couple of jams Raafae was taken up as the vocalist for the band.



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