Eternal Elysium

Eternal Elysium are a Japanese doom metal band founded in 1991.

They have 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.[1] Okazaki was joined by bassist Atsutoshi Tachimoto and drummer Jiro Murakami for some demo recordings and the first album, Faithful.[2] In 1993 both Tachimoto and Murakami departed in Okazaki enlisted a new rhythm section consisting of bassist Jun Kawasaki and drummer Yashuhiro Okada.[2] This line-up soon folded and Okaziki brought in Eiichi Okuyama on bass and Takashi Kuroda on drums.[2] This line-up was put on hold when Okazaki fell ill and had to cancel tour plans.[1] 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.