Illyria

Based in Perth, Western Australia, 'Illyria' was founded by Ilija Stajić in late 2013.

Illyria's goal is to captivate gracious melodies and pulsating rhythms of extreme metal genres and challenge new listeners around the world. Over the years the five-piece act have earnt several opportunities supporting international bands such as Cattle Decapitation, Alcest and Wolves In The Throne Room along with national acts such as Ne Obliviscaris, Polaris and Make Them Suffer.

The band incorporated traditional post-black metal conventions and more into their 2016 self-titled debut album. Illyria released their sophomore album “The Carpathian Summit” in 2019. The album retains Illyria’s identifiable style, but with more progressive elements. The second full-length was well received by local and global audiences allowing the band to reach over 275,000 streams with supported singles ‘Kenopsia’ and ‘Wilderness’ leading the front. 

After an intense pandemic period in 2020, the band released a new single "Frostbite" which has amassed over 100,000 streams across all platforms. In 2021, Stajić had relocated to Humpty Doo, Northern Territory due to work and family commitments. The band was restructured as a solo-project again which saw all Perth-based members moving on. "In The Arms Of Persephone" was released in February 2022 to celebrate the 'end of an era' as a band as well as to brace listeners for Illyria's future musical endeavours.

The band's third full-length "Take Me Somewhere Beautiful" released in October 2022. It was a bold move steering away from heavier beginnings with less influence from black metal territory and solely embracing post-hardcore & punk influences. With Stajić moving back to his home state in Western Australia, Illyria forged a new line-up reuniting with Andre Avila returning on rhythm guitar, welcoming Harry Prosser on lead guitar, Jeffrey Anderson playing bass and Cam Stone-Griffin with percussion duties. 

Illyria released their fourth album “Wanderlust” in June 2024. It saw the band return to their heavier roots leaning closer towards a mix of blackened sub-genres and progressive deathcore. Lead singles “Pragma” and “Sirens” amassed over 30,000 views and streams respectively over multiple platforms whilst the entire album is approaching 100,000 streams on spotify alone.

The Australian act announced their first EP, “The Walk Of Atonement”, to be released in April 2025 containing a 23 minute song partitioned into 4 tracks. The EP is seen as a continuation of the sound of their previous album, “Wanderlust”. It was later announced that the band’s guitarist, Avila, had taken hiatus to complete his study and work commitments which saw new guitarist/keyboardist James Barr return Illyria to a five-piece line-up as they embark national touring for the first time in their career.

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