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The Winter Wake

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Released
  
January 27, 2006

The Winter Wake(2006)
  
The Scythe(2007)

Release date
  
17 January 2006

Genres
  
Folk metal, Power metal

Length
  
51:46

Artist
  
Elvenking

Label
  
AFM Records GmbH

Producers
  
Damnagoras, Aydan

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Recorded
  
Mauro Bortolani, Aydan and Damnagoras at Sherpa Studios, Italy

Similar
  
Elvenking albums, Power metal albums

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".

Contents

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

  • Damnagoras – vocals, additional lead guitars on "Neverending Nights"
  • Aydan – guitars, backing vocals
  • Gorlan – bass guitar
  • Elyghen – violin, keyboards
  • Zender – drums

    • Guest musicians

  • Marcel Schirmer (Destruction) – vocals on "The Winter Wake"
  • Nino Laurenne (Thunderstone) – 2nd solo on "Trows Kind"
  • Jarpen (after leaving) – 2nd solo on "The Winter Wake"
  • Pauline Tacey – soprano vocals on "March of Fools" and "Disillusion's Reel"
  • Laura De Luca – vocals on "On the Morning Dew"
  • Isabella "Whisperwind" Tuni – fairy voice on "Trows Kind"
  • Umberto Corazza – flutes

    • Choirs

  • Pauline Tacey, Laura De Luca, Giada Etro, Isabella Tuni, Claudio Coassin, Damnagoras, Aydan, Elyghen

    • String quartet

  • Arranged by Elyghen
  • Eleonora Steffan – violin
  • Attilio Zardini – violin
  • Elyghen – viola
  • Marco Balbinot – cello

    • Songs

    1Trows Kind5:58
    2Swallowtail4:26
    3The Winter Wake4:19

    References

    The Winter Wake Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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