Rating: 9/10 Release: 11 April 2025 Label: Reaper Entertainment taly’s premier Folk-influenced Power Metal outfit, Elvenking, are now on their twelfth album and this is the third, and I assume, final part of their Reader of the Runes series. While I’m not and never have been a fan of Power Metal in general, I … Continue reading →
Today Italian pagan/folk metal masters Elvenking released their highly anticipated new album “Reader of the Runes – Luna” via Reaper Entertainment. This album marks the spectacular conclusion to the Reader of the Runes trilogy, immersing listeners in a magical universe filled with mystery, hope, and darkness.With today’s announcement, Elvenking also … Continue reading →
Paganfest returns after 10 years with the strongest line-up (Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr, Heidevolk & Elvenking) and the most and biggest shows ever! Created by RTN-Touring (Rock The Nation) between 2008-2015 with seven editions in Europe and two more in the USA, Paganfest was the most successful festival tour of the … Continue reading →
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 →
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.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
