Queen Elephantine is a Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

/doom

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band from New York City

New York City

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. The band was formed in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 in 2006 by Indrayudh Shome and Danny Quinn but the lineup has changed several times and Shome is the only remaining original member.

They have produced two splits

Split album

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...

, one with Sons of Otis

Sons of Otis

Sons of Otis are a stoner rock/doom band from Toronto, Canada. Sons of Otis was formed by Ken Baluke in Toronto sometime around the years 1992 and 1993. Strongly influenced by the underground heavy music of the time , their first release, "Paid To Suffer", came out in 1994...

 and one with Elder, three full length albums, Surya, Kailash and Garland of Skulls, and several non-LP releases.

Discography

• Garland of Skulls (2011 Concrete Lo Fi, CD)
• Kailash (2010 Concrete Lo Fi, CD; 2009 Abandon Ship, cassette)
• 8XI08 Live in Brooklyn (2010 Faunasabbatha, CDr and cassette)
• Alunah/Queen Elephantine Split (2009 Catacomb, 7" vinyl)
• To Tartarus (2008 e-release)
• Yatra (2008 e-release)
• Surya (2008 Concrete Lo Fi, CD)
• Sons Of Otis/Queen Elephantine Split (2007 Concrete Lo Fi, CD)
• Queen Elephantine/Elder Double EP (2006 Concrete Lo Fi, CDr)
• Queen Elephantine (2006 Elephantrader, CDr)