Признаюсь, когда я слушаю музыку, меня абсолютно не интересует, кто эти люди, откуда, как они выглядят и сколько альбомов они выпустили. Так и с Elvellon, музыка группы мне очень понравилась, я с удовольствием её слушал, но по-настоящему заинтересовался, когда вдруг встретил в Instagram фотографию вокалистки. Фотография, честно говоря, не особо примечательная, но вот фамилия меня прямо-таки поразила. Да, девочки, вы будете смеяться, но это Мессершмидт! Nele Messerschmidt — рыжая красавица с прекрасными голосовыми данными из Германии, где в 2010 и образовалась эта интересная симфо-метал группа, на настоящий момент мы имеем один полноценный альбом Until Dawn 2018 года (ну, был ещё EP Spellbound в 2015-м) и кучу перспектив.
From its inception in 2010 on the quintet has stirred up the scene and has enthralled both its growing fan base as well as the music press with a captivating blend of catching guitars, thunderous drums and magnificent orchestration. As a result, renowned national magazines such as Orkus and Sonic Seducer took notice of the highly promising youngsters early on, while German Metal Hammer magazine even dubbed them “heroes of tomorrow”. Through their first online singles `Oraculum´ (2013) and `Born From Hope´ (2015) – which was accompanied by a masterfully crafted video clip by Mirko Witzki (Any Given Day, Caliban, Deadlock) that almost reached one million views on YouTube within the first year – the band proved that all premature praise had been well-deserved. The 2015 release of their self-produced 5-track EP “Spellbound” marked the first milestone of their career that sent critics from all over Europe into rapture.
Live on stage, the synergy of Elvellon’s powerfully performed soundscapes and vocalist Nele’s angelic voice always strikes home, too, with the result of a variety of celebrated festival gigs over the recent past, including shows at prestigious German M’era Luna Festival and Wacken Winter Nights.
After the first deal with the aspiring label Reaper Entertainment was inked, the course for Elvellon’s conquest was set and things came thick and fast for them:Thanks to a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign, which reached almost double the funding goal, the band was able to finance their debut album ‘Until Dawn’.
Within weeks of its release, it was sold about 2000 times so that re-pressing of ‘Until Dawn’ hat to commence only three months later. Uplifted by both the fans’ and the journalists’ outstandingly positive feedback Elvellon will carry on their conquest at this year’s Metal Hammer Paradise festival in November as well as at Rock Fest Barcelona 2019, Metalfest Plzeň in Czech Republic and many other concert venues all over Europe. As far as milestones are concerned, there’s no end in sight!
