Until Dawn



In 2010 the founding members Pascal and Martin laid the foundation for what later should become Elvellon. The writing of the music was not a planned process but a natural one and at first was a undefined development from many sources of inspiration. After Martin met their soon-to-be singer Nele by sheer coincidence on a party in late summer of the same year the band was able to find their own musical way. In 2012 they came to know Gilbert, who played in an other Band from their hometown Moers named „Ravian“ with whom they just shared a rehearsal room. First he helped out the band by recording some demos and became a regular member on new year’s eve. Since then the band felt more than ever complete and the progression accelerated at a great pace. The main reasons for that were an extended period of hard working on new songs, a lyrical concept and suitable artwork. An early outcome of this process was their very first concert, which they played in front of 250 people with an unusual high level of professionalism. The reactions were so overwhelming and numerous that Elvellon put all that gained motivation in the work for their first CD. On The 18th of October 2013 they released the single „Oraculum“ via Bandcamp.com . A 5-Track EP named „Spellbound“ has followed on the 30th of January 2015 as a digital release as well as physical CD. Elvellon was founded in 2010 by Nele Messerschmidt, Martin Klüners and Pascal Pannen. During an initial phase of discovery, Gilbert Gelsdorf joined the band in 2012 and Phil Kohout in 2013. Both had previously played together in Ravian, a symphonic power metal band with whom Elvellon shared the first rehearsal room. In 2015, the self-produced EP Spellbound was released. The music video for the song Born from Hope reached almost a million views on YouTube within the first year after its release. At the beginning of 2018, the band signed a record deal with the label Reaper Entertainment. In June of the same year, the debut album Until Dawn was released. Reviews in magazines such as Metal.de, Metal Hammer and stormbringer.at were very positive and predicted that the band had a great future, attesting to the album's independence and catchy qualities, as well as ambitious guitar playing and orchestral arrangements that were perfectly matched to it. After a tour as the opening act for Visions of Atlantis and appearances at major open-air festivals (including Rockharz Open Air and Rockfest Barcelona) in 2019, the band signed a contract with Napalm Records. A live DVD was also released independently in 2019. The band released their second album Ascending in Synergy in May 2024. Three music videos, A Vagabond's Heart, My Forever Endeavour, and The Aftermath of Life, were released beforehand. Critics called the album outstanding symphonic metal, among other things, and a really strong record. In June 2024, the German Metal Hammer magazine announced that Elvellon were among the nominees in the Rising Star category of the Metal Hammer Awards 2024 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.