The Winter Wake

The Winter Wake
Studio album by Elvenking
Released January 27, 2006
Recorded Mauro Bortolani, Aydan and Damnagoras at Sherpa Studios, Italy
Genre Folk metal
Power metal
Length 51:46
Label AFM
Producer Damnagoras and Aydan
Elvenking chronology
Wyrd
(2004)
The Winter Wake
(2006)
The Scythe
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]
http://www.metalreview.com[3]
http://www.metalstorm.net[4]

The Winter Wake is the third studio album by Italian folk/power metal band Elvenking. It features the return of original vocalist, Damnagoras, and the departure of guitarist, Jarpen. The lyrical content of the album centers around fantasy, folklore, fairy tales, and feeling alone and being an outsider or an outcast as well as hints at the music industry with songs such as the Skyclad cover, "Penny Dreadful".

Track listing

All songs written by Aydan, except where noted.

  1. "Trows Kind" – 5:57
  2. "Swallowtail" (Damnagoras) – 4:26
  3. "The Winter Wake" [feat. Marcel Schirmer]– 4:19
  4. "The Wanderer" – 4:54
  5. "March of Fools" – 5:46
  6. "On the Morning Dew" – 3:30
  7. "Devil's Carriage" (Damnagoras) – 4:04
  8. "Rats Are Following" (Aydan, Damnagoras) – 4:37
  9. "Rouse Your Dream" – 4:48
  10. "Neverending Nights" (Damnagoras) – 7:01
  11. "Disillusion's Reel" (Damnagoras) – 2:19

Bonus Songs

  1. "Penny Dreadful" – 3:11 (Skyclad cover) (European Bonus)
  2. "Petalstorm" – 4:49 (Japanese Bonus)

Personnel

Guest musicians

Choirs

String quartet

References

  1. Alex Henderson (2006-03-21). "The Winter's Wake - Elvenking | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  2. "Elvenking - The Winter Wake (album review )". Sputnikmusic. 2006-02-10. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  3. "Elvenking - The Winter Wake review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.