Aethellis entwines punchy, contemporary rhythms with funky guitar, silky synthesizers, passionate vocals, electronic effects and the forms and feel of classic progressive rock.

The Aethellis album (the moniker derived from the Old English antecedent of keyboardist Ellsworth Hall's first name Aethellis-worth), was recorded in 2002 as a collection of songs (and an instrumental) that Ellsworth performed and composed himself. The music he created was influenced by his progressive rock keyboard heroes and their bands, Tony Banks of Genesis, Keith Emerson of ELP, and Rick Wakeman of Yes.

Aethellis was listed from June '03 through March '04 in the Best Bands of the Week in the Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal E-Zine.

The song "Hubris" from the album 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.

Ellsworth has assembled a phenomenal group of musicians to perform the album live:
Mark Van Natta - Guitar, Vocals
Erik Marks - Bass, Vocals
Chris Marks - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Harrington - Drums, Vocals

Classically trained on piano beginning at age six, Ellsworth also formally studied cello, guitar and voice. He is now a composer creating soundtrack music for film and multimedia projects and is active in video production.