The Winter Wake

by Elvenking

The Winter Wake cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 January 2006
  • Label: AFM
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 54:53
  • Community rating: 2.76/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Gorlan, musician, Nils Wasko, Laura De Luca, Attilio Zardini, Sandra Eichner, Pauline Tacey, Nino Laurenne, Eleonora Steffan, Marco Balbinot, Damnagoras, Aydan, Zender

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Italian quintet Elvenking fully realized their unique blend of high-speed heavy metal and Celtic instrumentation on 'The Winter Wake'. The highly energetic album is defined by its massive power metal guitar riffs effortlessly intertwined with prominent, sweeping violin melodies and Damna's soaring, fantasy-driven vocals.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, forest, folklore, fantasy, pagan, narrative

Tracklist

  1. Trows Kind (5:57)
  2. Swallowtail (4:26)
  3. The Winter Wake (4:19)
  4. The Wanderer (4:53)
  5. March of Fools (5:45)
  6. On the Morning Dew (3:29)
  7. Devil's Carriage (4:03)
  8. Rats Are Following (4:37)
  9. Rouse Your Dream (4:48)
  10. Neverending Nights (6:58)
  11. Disillusion's Reel (2:19)
  12. Penny Dreadful (European Bonus) (3:13)

Credits

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