Ashley Ellyllon

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Ashley Ellyllon
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Background information
Birth nameAshley Jurgemeyer
Born (1984-07-30) July 30, 1984 (age 39)
Origin Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
GenresPiano rock, experimental rock, symphonic black metal, extreme metal
Occupation(s)Pianist, keyboardist, songwriter
Instrument(s)Keyboards, piano
Years active2005–present
Labels Candlelight
Website myspace.com/ellyllon

Ashley "Ellyllon" Jurgemeyer [1] (born July 30, 1984) is an American pianist, keyboardist and songwriter for the band Orbs and was the former pianist of symphonic black metal bands Abigail Williams and of Cradle of Filth.

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Biography

Ashley Jurgemeyer was classically trained on piano since age six. She got her bachelor's degree in Music Composition and Theory from Arizona State University and then started her career as a founding member of the band Abigail Williams in 2005. Jurgemeyer left the band in 2009 after becoming the new keyboardist for Cradle of Filth, replacing Rosie Smith. She recorded two releases with Abigail Williams, which are In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns and Legend . Ellyllon is also a part of the supergroup Orbs along with Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and Me and Adam Fisher of Fear Before (Fear Before the March of Flames). She is also working on a solo classical piano album. [2]

Abigail Williams

Jurgemeyer was the keyboardist for the Abigail Williams from 2005 to 2008. During that time, she recorded two albums with the band. [3] In early 2007, the band split. They later decided to resume Abigail Williams that same year, with Plaguehammer returning to bass guitar, Zach Gibson and Bjorn Dannov rejoining, and also Kristen Randall (Winds of Plague) joining the band. [4] After a tour in late 2007, Kristen Randall left the band and joined Winds of Plague, to which Jurgemeyer rejoined them. She toured with the band in Europe and the United Kingdom in summer 2008. [5]

Orbs

Jurgemeyer along with Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) and Adam Fisher (Fear Before the March of Flames) formed Orbs. The band released their debut album, Asleep Next to Science, on August 17, 2010. [6]

History

The band began in fall 2007 [7] as an online project working across the United States in a similar fashion of The Postal Service. The band has a similar sound to the progressive rock of Between the Buried and Me and the later experimental sound of Fear Before the March of Flames.

According to their official site, the sound and lyrics represent space and nature.

Asleep Next to Science was released on August 17, 2010, on Equal Vision Records with a tour to accompany it.

Orbs released a single entitled "These People Are Animals" on October 20, 2014. A second album, Past Life Regression , was released on July 15, 2016. [8]

Band members

Current members
  • Adam Fisher – vocals, guitar
  • Dan Briggs – guitar, bass guitar
  • Ashley Ellyllon – keyboards, vocals
  • Chuck Johnson – bass guitar, vocals
  • Matt Lynch – drums
Previous members
  • Clayton "Goose" Holyoak – drums

Discography

Asleep Next to Science

Asleep Next to Science is the debut studio album by American progressive rock band Orbs. It was released on August 17, 2010 through Equal Vision Records and was produced by Jamie King, known for producing Between the Buried and Me and Alesana. [10]

Background

Orbs entered the studio at The Basement recording studio in Winston-Salem, N.C. in February 2009. It was produced by Jamie King, who worked with Between the Buried and Me on Colors and The Great Misdirect. On April 4, 2010, the band released a free download of two songs from the album to fans who signed up to their mailing list. [11]

The band describes the album as "the product of long-distance friendships linked through an appreciation for music, nature, and a mutual desire to defy common song structure." [12]

A tour in support of the album began on August 19, 2010 in Greensboro, N.C. [13]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 3 stars stating "Asleep Next to Science, the group's first full release, is both a familiar enough supergroup-styled effort thanks to the bandmembers' various backgrounds in acts like Between the Buried and Me and Abigail Williams and a modern version of it given that their work grew out of Internet-based collaboration. The album almost resists criticism in a way, though, because it is exactly all that – come in expecting theatrical compositions, metal-tinged and emo-tinged and more besides, and you'll get it down to the concluding piano flourishes on 'Sayer of the Law,' not to mention plenty of keyboard breaks throughout courtesy of Ashley Ellyllon. The descending break and coda to 'Something Beautiful' show that the quintet can hit the epically melancholy heights with the best of them, and if such moments aren't always constant throughout the album, they happen enough times to set a good tone. Adam Fisher's vocals are the make-or-break point throughout – there's something sweetly, strangely inspirational about hearing his thin, almost dorky whine riding the arrangements on songs like 'A Man of Science,' and a few times he makes it work unexpectedly, much like Billy Corgan did with his own out-of-place singing. At other points it's more hair-pulling, however, though song titles like 'Megaloblastic Madness' and the two-part 'The Northwestern Bearitories' might cause more double takes in the end – or the line 'Chupacabras on the wing' in 'People Will Read Again.' " [14]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Lush BeatStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [15]
Rock Sound (8/10) [16]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sayer of the Law"7:21
2."A Man of Science"5:45
3."Megaloblastic Madness"7:53
4."The Northwestern Bearitories"
  • I. "We the Animal" (5:48)
  • II. "Kid Cancer" (4:17)"
10:05
5."People Will Read Again"10:10
6."Something Beautiful"5:38
7."Lost at Sea"5:45
8."Eclipsical"14:05
Total length:1:06:42
Personnel

Orbs

  • Adam Fisher – vocals, electronic programming
  • Dan Briggs – guitar, bass [17]
  • Ashley Ellyllon – keyboards, piano
  • Clayton Holyoak – drums, percussion
  • Chuck Johnson – Additional vocals on "We the Animal" and "Lost at Sea" [17]

Production

[17]

Cradle of Filth

Jurgemeyer joined Cradle of Filth in 2009 after Rosie Smith's departure from the band, [18] Jurgemeyer then joined to play keyboards and do backing vocals for the group. [19]

Discography

Abigail Williams

Orbs

Cradle of Filth

Carnifex

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