Described by Metal Injection as “the masters of combining gloomy atmosphere with head-bobbing grooves”, Elephant Tree have spent the past 5 years delivering their heavy, yet melodic sound to audiences across the UK, Europe and the USA. Their self titled album recorded at The Church Studios in 2016 won them praise from critics and fans alike.
Formed in early August 2013, Elephant Tree began life int the dingy back streets of London’s answer to Tin Pan Alley. Nestled behind the the now demolished 12 Bar Club, in a hot and humid piss soaked alley, the rehearsal space that saw the very first notes of Attack Of The Altaica (AOTA) could be found. Jack Townley, then on bass guitar, and Sam Hart would meet here each week in an attempt to cobble together some semblance of a band with original material. It wouldn’t take long before one of their many post-rehearsal trips to the local Crowbar saw them encounter the almost mythical Peter Holland. After talking for a few hours the tree agreed that they should get together to jam, an idea later cemented at a viewing of OM in the Village Underground venue, with Holland taking over the role of bass guitarist and Townley moving into the more familiar territory of electric guitar.
