Elenium (band)

{{Short description|Finnish death metal band}} '''Elenium''' is a Finnish melodic death metal band. They became known for their debut album ''For Giving – For Getting'' in 2003, and also released ''Caught in a Wheel'' in 2007.

The band was founded in 1995 in Vantaa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/elenium-mn0000139183#biography|title=Elenium Biography|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref> On back of the 2002 demo ''Them Used Gods'', Elenium was signed by Eenglish label Rage Of Achilles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/elenium-set-release-date-for-full-length-debut|title=ELENIUM Set Release Date For Full-Length Debut|date=23 August 2003|work=Blabbermouth|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref> Jukka Pelkonen also became the singer of Omnium Gatherum, and guitarists Kasperi Heikkinen and Tommi Leinonen left in 2007;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/elenium-parts-ways-with-guitarists|title=ELENIUM Parts Ways With Guitarists|date=6 June 2007|work=Blabbermouth|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/elenium-new-lineup-announced|title=ELENIUM: New Lineup Announced|date=15 October 2007|work=Blabbermouth|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref> Heikkinen joined several large bands abroad.

==Discography== *''For Giving – For Getting'' (2003)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/elenium-for-giving-for-getting|title=ELENIUM - For Giving - For Getting|date=18 February 2004|magazine=Rock Hard|type=review|issue=202|language=de|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-giving-for-getting-mw0000331392#review|title=For Giving - For Getting Review|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/elenium-for_giving|title=Elenium For Giving For Getting|type=review|last=Taylor|first=Laura|date=1 February 2004|work=Exclaim!|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Øien|first=Frode|title=ELENIUM "For Giving, For Getting"|magazine=Scream Magazine|type=review|language=no|year=2003|issue=81|page=43|quote=Score: 4 out of 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/elenium-for-giving-for-getting-3968/|title=Elenium - For Giving – For Getting|type=review|last=Mildner|first=Peter|date=24 March 2004|work=Metal.de|language=de|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-3490|title=Elenium - _For Giving - For Getting_|type=review|last=Meloon|first=Brian|date=7 June 2004|work=Chronicles of Chaos|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise.fi/levyarvostelut/?id=1441|title=Levyarvostelut Elenium – For Giving – For Getting|type=review|last=Peltola|first=Toni|date=20 November 2003|work={{ill|Noise.fi|fi}}|language=fi|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soundi.fi/levyarviot/elenium-giving-getting/|title=ELENIUM: For Giving – For Getting|type=review|last=Mattila|first=Antti|date=2003|issue=11|work={{ill|Soundi|fi}}|language=fi|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/elenium-for-giving-for-getting/|title=ELENIUM: For Giving – For Getting|type=review|date=1 March 2004|author=Christoph|work={{ill|Vampster|de}}|language=de|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref> *''Caught in a Wheel'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/elenium-caught-in-a-wheel-7932/|title=Elenium - Caught In A Wheel|type=review|date=22 May 2007|author=Matthias|work=Metal.de|language=de|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://desibeli.net/arvostelu/2923|title=Elenium: Caught In a Wheel|type=review|last=Panula|first=Jarmo|date=8 May 2007|work={{ill|Desibeli.net|fi}}|language=fi|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/elenium-caught-in-a-wheel/|title=ELENIUM: Caught in a wheel|type=review|last=Huguenin|first=Arlette|date=29 October 2009|work=Vampster|language=de|access-date=14 March 2026}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Further reading=== *[https://stormbringer.at/reviews/4473/elenium-caught-in-a-wheel Review] of ''Caught in a Wheel'' by Stormbringer.at

Category:Finnish death metal musical groups Category:People from Vantaa