| Ashley Ellyllon | |
| Birth Name: | Ashley Jurgemeyer |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1984 |
| Origin: | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Keyboards, piano |
| Genre: | Experimental rock, symphonic black metal, extreme metal |
| Occupation: | Musician, songwriter |
| Years Active: | 2005–present |
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 Cradle of Filth.
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. She 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]
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]
Jurgemeyer along with Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) and Adam Fisher (Fear Before the March of Flames) formed Orbs. The band began in fall 2007[6] 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 is the group's debut studio album.[7] 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.[8] Orbs entered the studio at The Basement recording studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in February 2009. 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.[9] 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."[10] A tour in support of the album began on August 19, 2010 in Greensboro, North Carolina.[11]
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.[12]
Jurgemeyer joined Cradle of Filth in 2009 after Rosie Smith's departure from the band.[13] She then joined to play keyboards and do backing vocals for the group.[14]