The Progressive Rock of Aethellis

Click on bold song title to hear sample.

1. Tie and Handkerchief
2. Saint Augustus
3. Hubris
4. Portal
5. Djibouti
6. Final Affinity

Aethellis: Aethellis (2003)
catalog no. AML CD 30ar

The Aethellis album was listed from June 2003 through March 2004 in the Best Bands of the Week: "Indispensable work, highly recommendable..." - Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal E-Zine

"The album is the rare stone overturned that reveals a bounty of new revelations." - The Music Street Journal

"The result of this debut was one magnificent work of symphonic rock that transmits an optimism beyond the common.....Very recommended and essential in your progressive library." - Descubre La Caja Pandora

BUY NOW! Aethellis is available at such fine online stores as

1. Northumbria
2. The Awakening
3. Dire Need
4. The Penal Colony
5. Without A Sound
6. Celui Qui Soit La Bosse
7. Exchequer Prague
8. The Peace Path
9. Sounds Good

Aethellis: Northumbria (2011)
catalog no. MRR 13002

A departure in some ways from the style of the first album, Northumbria features dissonant pyrotechnical virtuoso displays tempered with subtle nuances and sweet vocal harmonies.

Aethellis: Northumbria is currently available as a CD at CD Baby and as a digital album download from Melodic Revolution Records.

Coming in 2012: a wide release on the Melodic Revolutions Records label. Melodic Revolution Records

See below to listen to an excerpt of the title track "Northumbria" from the CD.

The album features Ellsworth (keyboards / vocals / guitar) along with Mark Van Natta (guitars / vocals), Erik Marks (bass), Chris Marks (guitar), Joseph Dwyer (sax) and Mike Harrington (drums). For more information on the album, click on What's New, which will take you to the Aethellis blog.

	"Hubris" video (revised version 2010) Words and music by Ellsworth Hall. The video version of the song "Hubris" from the first eponymously titled Aethellis album. The video features Ellsworth Hall, Mark Van Natta, Chris and Erik Marks, and Mike Harrington. The music in the video differs somewhat from the album version, features Frances Swarthington, footage shot by Cheryl Hall and quirky band members attempting to synch to the music. The song remained in the Broadjam.com Progressive Rock Top 10 chart for 6 months, debuting at #1 on March 23, 2003. It also appeared in the Rock (#7), Maryland (#1) and Mid-Atlantic (#5) Top 10 charts.
	"Saint Augustus" video (2010) Words and music by Ellsworth Hall. The video version of the song "Saint Augustus" from the first eponymously titled Aethellis album. The video features Ellsworth Hall, Mark Van Natta, Chris and Erik Marks, and Mike Harrington. Saint Augustus/Augustinus was the Bishop of Hippo (in Western North Africa, one of the regional councils along with Carthage and Rome) in the 4th and 5th centuries who witnessed Rome's collapse and watched the governing bodies wax and wane with astonishing rapidity. A Neoplatonist, he was struck by the corruption and commented, "Without justice, what is sovereignty but organised brigandage?" The lyrics are written from the viewpoint of those who followed the Bishop and were questioning their place in the calamitous events.
	"Djibouti" (live end section) video (2010) Music by Ellsworth Hall. The end section of the live version of the instrumental "Djibouti" from the first Aethellis album. Mark Van Natta takes a lead on guitar which is nothing like the studio version! The video also features Ellsworth Hall, Erik and Chris Marks.
	"Northumbria" teaser video (2011) Music by Ellsworth Hall A short clip from the title track of the second Aethellis album, Northumbria featuring Ellsworth Hall, Mark Van Natta, Erik and Chris Marks, and Mike Harrington.
	CarBreaker video (2011) A video by auteur Gerrit Marks featuring as its soundtrack "The Awakening" from Aethellis' Northumbria album. Music by Ellsworth Hall and Mark Van Natta. Video copyright 2011 Gerrit Marks.