Elvenking is an Italian

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. They have released one demo and twelve full-length studio albums.

Musical style and influences

Elvenking has declared itself to be a band highly influenced by folk music and dances from all over the world, drawing inspiration from different genres such as

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. The vocal style is usually clean singing, though harsh vocals were provided by former guitarist Jarpen who left the band in 2005. Guitarist Aydan was quoted in an interview in 2001 as stating, "Well, our influences come from all the metal scene and obviously from a lot of folk music and dances from all over the world. For what about the metal part, from power to thrash or death metal, we listen all! To name you a few bands Skyclad,

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Lineup

Current members

* Federico "Aydan" Baston – guitars (1997–present) * Davide "Damnagoras" Moras – vocals (1997–2002, 2004–present) * Fabio "Lethien" Polo – violin (2009–present) * Alessandro "Jakob" Jacobi – bass (2012–present) * Simone "Symohn" Morettin – drums (2011–2017, 2022–present) * Mattia "Headmatt" Carli – guitars (2022–present)

Former members

* Massimo "Kleid" Bottiglieri – vocals (2002–2004) * Jarpen – guitars, unclean vocals (1997–2005) * Luca Luison – guitars (2005–2007) * Raffaello "Rafahel" Indri – guitars (2007–2022) * Sargon – bass (1997–1999) * Gorlan – bass (2000–2011) * Zender – drums (1997–2011) * Marco "Lancs" Lanciotti – drums (2017–2022) * Elyghen – violin (2002–2010) Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Heathenreel'' (2001) * ''Wyrd'' (2004) * ''

The Winter Wake ''The Winter Wake'' is the third studio album by Italian folk 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, folklor ...

'' (2006) * '' The Scythe'' (2007) * '' Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures)'' (2008) * ''

Red Silent Tides ''Red Silent Tides'' is the sixth studio album by Italian folk metal band Elvenking. It was released on September 17, 2010, through AFM Records in both standard and Deluxe Editions. The Deluxe Edition of Red Silent Tides included a second disc w ...

'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''The Pagan Manifesto'' (2014) * ''Secrets of the Magick Grimoire'' (2017) * ''Reader of the Runes'' trilogy ** ''Part 1: Divination'' (2019) ** ''Part 2: Rapture'' (2023) ** ''Part 3: Luna'' (2025)

Singles/music videos

* ''The Divided Heart'' – 2007 * ''The Cabal'' – 2010 * ''Your Heroes Are Dead'' – 2011 * ''Poor Little Baroness (Lyric Video)'' – 2012 * ''The Loser'' – 2012 * ''Elvenlegions'' – 2014 * ''The Solitare (Lyric Video)'' – 2015 * ''Draugen's Maelstrom (Lyric Video)'' – 2017 * ''Invoking the Woodland Spirit'' – 2017 * ''The One We Shall Follow'' – 2018 * ''Under the Sign of a Black Star (Lyric Video)'' – 2019 * ''Silverseal'' – 2019 * ''Divination'' – 2019 * ''No Prayer for the Dying'' – 2020 – cover of the

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song of the same name, recorded during the sessions of ''Reading the Runes – Divination'' * ''The Moon And Magic'' - 2021 * ''Rapture'' – 2022 * ''The Hanging Tree (Lyric Video)'' – 2023 * ''Bride of Night'' – 2023 * ''Ethel (Lyric Video)'' – 2024 * ''Throes Of Atonement (Visualizer Video)'' – 2024 * ''Luna'' - 2025 * ''Gone Epoch'' - 2025 * ''The Ghosting (Lyric Video)'' - 2025

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elvenking Musical groups established in 1997 Italian power metal musical groups Italian folk metal musical groups