Former MARDUK Frontman Issues Update On ELIZIUM Project

September 23, 2006

Former MARDUK vocalist Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted) has issued the following update on his ELIZIUM project (formerly REBELANGELS),which also features ex-MARDUK bassist B.War (a.k.a. Roger "Bogge" Svensson):

"First off, we have a lineup change. Our guitarist Jimmy Larsen is no longer in our ranks, which sucks since the guy is awesome, but we all agreed that it was all for the best since he has not enough time to make it work and he rather see us getting somewhere than feeling like a break pad that cannot fully commit. The decision is mutual and we still remain good friends and we wish him all the best for the future.

"Secondly, we changed the name from the original REBELANGELS to ELIZIUM since our music now has nothing to do with what was going on when this project was put together.

"The REBELANGELS was a journey that was really cool to do and for me absolutely necessary since I as a completely dedicated black metal nerd missed out on most other music during the Nineties, which cornered the shit out of me. Just embracing and absorbing so many new sounds was what was really needed to come full circle and have fun with the music again. Nevertheless, the only thing that sounded right and together in the rehearsal room was the kind of sounds I've been doing for the last fifteen years, and at the end of the day, the hunger to keep on doing extreme metal was there again and now we are on the prowl for real and we are loving it!!

"We have now added two songs from the first recording as ELIZIUM [on our MySpace page] and this is the sound we are going to keep building on. Some more developed and complex songs are underway. I am currently working on two titles, called 'Gemini is the Snake' and 'Lizardking', that has the Scandinavian black metal touch but crossed over with RUSH and VOIVOD and it really sounds promising!

"The circle is closed and we find ourselves back where we left off, with a new appetite to make some evil sounding heavy noise!

"Hope you'll like the tracks. We are really satisfied with the way things are going and the lust to raise hell is as strong as ever before!"

ELIZIUM is:

Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted) - Vocals
B.War (a.k.a. Roger "Bogge" Svensson) - Bass
Marcus Lundberg - Rhythm Gutar
Jonas Mattson – Lead Guitar
Emil Dragutinovic (MARDUK, THE LEGION) - Drums

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