• Source: The Winter Wake

      • 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.

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

      "Penny Dreadful" – 3:11 (Skyclad cover) (European Bonus)
      "Petalstorm" – 4:49 (Aydan, Damnagoras) (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

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


      = String quartet

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


      References

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