On April 28th, 2023, Elvenking will continue their epic quest with “Reader Of The Runes – Rapture”, the sequel to their 2019 blockbuster record “Reader of the Runes – Divination”! Forging a potent magic stronger than ever by evoking the essence of heavy metal, pagan metal, folk and melodic death metal, they set sail to horizons more distant than ever before, boldly taking the world by storm with our quintessentially unique approach to heavy, powerful music.
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Elvenking – ‘Reader Of The Runes – Rapture’ (2023)
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 28 April 2023Label: AFM Records Elvenking is an Italian band that, since its inception in 1997, has walked the road to its musical identity with courage and bravado, before reaching the audience with “The Pagan Manifesto”.With this chapter, the Italian band presents the second part of the … Continue reading →
Interview with Elvenking
Inspired by strong feelings
Congratulations on your latest release “Reader of the Runes –Rapture”. My first experience with your music was back in 2015 when I found “Era” at my local record store. I picked it up and found the cover was intriguing. I also saw Jon Oliva was a guest vocalist on the song, “I am the monster”. Since then I have been following the band and the music and I find it a great honor to interview you.
Elvenking – ‘Reader of the Runes – Divination’ (2019)
Rating: 7.7/10 Release: 30 August 2019 Label: AFM Records For objectivity’s sake I will only be summarizing the general tone of Elvenking’s new album, in addition to the good and the bad. Before I start a bit of background: my first exposure to Elvenking’s music was with one of their … Continue reading →
Elvenking – ‘Secrets of the Magick Grimoire’ (2017)
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 November 2017 Label: AFM Records Hearing some new material from the Italian power/folk-metal band it’s always good news, and in its 9th album, they are bringing us the very well known Elvenking style from the very beginning. According to band’s singer Damna or Damnagoras “a full … Continue reading →
Elvenking – ‘Night of Nights’ (CD/DVD 2015)
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 4 December 2015 Label: AFM Records What would you like to have, when you’re a fan of a band? Loads of good stuff from this band? Sure, I would! Well, you better join the elvenlegions and become a fan of Elvenking. They just released a DVD/2CD, when … Continue reading →
Elvenking – ‘The Pagan Manifesto’ (2014)
Rating: 9/10 Release: 9 May 2014 Label: AFM Records 2 years after releasing Era, I find myself in the fortunate possession of having another Elvenking record on my desk. The Italians who bring the metal-world their unique mix of power- and folk-metal are ready to bestow us with their eighth … Continue reading →
Elvenking of all Times
With their new album ‘Era’ released we at Folk-metal thought it’s time for a nice chat with Aydan of Elvenking. Elvenking has released quite a number of albums, but it’s not a band which produces an album every year. We wonder if they find it difficult to write enough new … Continue reading →
Elvenking – ‘Era’ (2012)
Rating: 9/10 Release: 14 September 2012 Label: AFM Records One of the bands walking on the lines of folk and powermetal. Elvenking has a very catchy sound and sometimes it’s almost popmusic. Never the less is it one of my favourites and so I was very happy I got the … Continue reading →