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About Me

The Swiss/Liechtenstein formation ELIS featuring front lady Sabine Duenser began their musical career under the name ERBEN DER SCHÖPFUNG. In 2001 they released their first single Elis as well as their debut album Twilight, thrilling the hearts of gothic metal fans worldwide. The music found on the aforementioned releases oscillates from clear vocal lines to the sharp attacks of guitars and the driving beats of the rhythm section. A mélange of classical and electronic elements compliment the gothic metal concoction, adding a distinctive feature to the already memorable compositions. The band has appeared live at the Wave Gotik Festival in Leipzig, among others, has held on to favourable positioning on the DAC-Charts, and has remained well represented in the scene’s press. Germany’s Orkus Magazine, for example, featured ERBEN DER SCHÖPFUNG as their top newcomer act of the month. This choice was later more than confirmed by the publication’s readership, who extended the honour by choosing the band as their NEWCOMER of 2001. Following their split with Oliver Falk, Sabine Duenser and co. re-emerged in 2003 under the new alias ELIS, yet still quite capable of an impressive showing, as their debut proved. Skilfully produced at Mastersound Studio by Alexander Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES´ EYES), God's Silence, Devil's Temptation, boasts of a heavy yet clear production. The album was simultaneously released on NAPALM RECORDS with the re-release of ERBEN DER SCHÖPFUNG’s 2001 debut, Twilight. Soon after the release of God's Silence, Devil's Temptation, ELIS focused their energy on writing new material for their second offering. Between their song writing and recording duties, they found time to tour in a headlining capacity with label mates EISHEILIG and THE VISIONS BLEAK. The tour took them to Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium. In March they returned to the studio, under the guidance of band manager and producer Alexander Krull , to record the twelve new tracks featured on their second release Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky. ELIS’ October 04 release is a collection of exceptional bombastic songs that find a perfect balance between heavy riffs, varied arrangements, multi-faceted vocals, and heavily exploited guitar work. Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky perfectly documents the band’s musical development and growth, and emerged as an energy-laden, sophisticated work. A videoclip for the album’s opener “Der Letzte Tag” and an European headliner tour with VISIONS OF ATLANTIS followed the release. After changes in the line-up following the release of Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky, ELIS focused on writing new tracks for their third album, to be produced once again by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studios. During the recordings, the tragic death of frontlady Sabine Dünser, shortly after the completion of her vocal tracks, interrupted production. Only because Sabine had always referred to Griefshire as her “baby”, did the band decide to complete it in her honour. The tracks on Griefshire form part of a concept album that tells the story of two brothers, their religious fanaticism, their search for salvation, and their longing for eternal truth and love. This concept is reinforced musically by the use of classical arrangements in the form of strings, harps, and choirs and graphically by the CDs artwork from exceptional artist Ingo Römling. Yet ELIS continues to explore the extremes, pushing forth with even more aggressive riffs and faster songs, while still emphasizing midtempo tracks like the Gothic Metal Anthem Show Me The Way and a refined ballad-like feel as in Forgotten Love. In this regard, Griefshire is the next logical step in the history of ELIS: A compact and mature Gothic Metal album that is never monotonous, nor pretended.

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Member Since: 9/17/2006
Band Website: elis.li
Band Members: Sandra Schleret - Vocals

Pete Streit - Guitars

Chris Gruber - Guitars

Tom Saxer - Bass, Additional Vocals

Max Naescher - Drums

Past Members:
Sabine Duenser (†) - Vocals
Juergen Broger - Guitars
Rene Marxer - Drums
Franky Koller - Drums

Record Label: www.napalmrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pete not at WGT

Sadly we have to announce, that Pete can't play at the 'Wave Gotik Treffen'.So Chris will be the one and only on guitar....
Posted by Elis on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:44:00 PST

Festival for Free

Hi everybody!We just would like to thank everybody who was there for the great show yesterday! The crowd was incredible, we had so much fun playing in Innsbruck!!!For some impressions check our pictur...
Posted by Elis on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST

100 000 hits and a free concert!

Hi everybody!We'd really like to thank you so much for these 100 000 myspace-hits! Thanks for your interest in us and for caring about us, for all the nice messages and comments, making our days brigh...
Posted by Elis on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:33:00 PST

Elis at WGT (Wave Gothic Treffen) and Mera Luna!!!

Hi everybody!We proudly announce that we are going to play this year at WGT and M'era Luna We are very happy to be part of the line-up, and can't wait to play! Hope to see you there!!!Have a wonderfu...
Posted by Elis on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:39:00 PST

A little late: Happy new year + news from us!

Hi everybody,I know we're a little late but we want to wish you all a happy 2008 full of music and cool events!We are coming with good news: At the moment we are working feverishly on new songs for th...
Posted by Elis on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:43:00 PST

Merry Christmas

Hello everybody out there, we want to thank you for your big support during the past year! We hope, we can also count on you in 2008!We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!...
Posted by Elis on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:19:00 PST

Endorsement for Max

Not so long ago, Max has signed a Endorsement deal with the Swiss drumstick manufacturer Agner. Thanks to Paul 'The Stick' Agner!...
Posted by Elis on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:37:00 PST

Statement from Sandra to the tour

"Hi everybody, tomorrow we will start touring with ASP, and I'm looking very much forward to that - I can't wait to be on stage again! I hope to see you there!Tomorrow is also the release date of...
Posted by Elis on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:19:00 PST

Show me the way-MCD

The wait is over, the release of the 'Show me the way'-MCD comes closer!Release date for the single will be the 2.Nov. in Europe and the 6.Nov. in the US. The MCD will contain following songs:1. Show ...
Posted by Elis on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

Mexico rocks

One week later!We're safe back home and now it's time to thank the Mexican fans. It was a pleasure to play in your country, you're one of the best audience in the world!...
Posted by Elis on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST