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	Elvenking (band) Information
		Elvenking was formed in October 1997 by two guitarist friends, Aydan and Jarpen, both sharing a passion for metal music and folklore.
		In March 1998, Damnagoras joined the band as a lead singer, and was followed by the arrival of the drummer Zender in September.
		Elvenking has declared itself to be a band highly influenced by a lot of folk music and dances from all over the world, but also from all the metal scene.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Elvenking_(band) (647 words)

	Elvenking (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elvenking is a folk/power metal band from Italy.
		Elvenking was formed in October 1997 by two guitarist friends, Aydan and Jarpen, both sharing a passion for metal music and folklore.
		Elvenking has declared itself to be a band highly influenced by a lot of folk music and dances from all over the world, but also from all the metal scene.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elvenking_(band) (676 words)

	HEAVY METAL FORCES (English) -- Demos/Indies
		The band for this recording included three guitarists, but it's not really apparent in the songs; the music is not overly heavy and doesn't seem to take full advantage of the extra set of strings to offer many layered guitar melodies or complex harmonies.
		Elvenking are a welcome addition to the Italian metal scene, and the band certainly stands apart from the seemingly countless "symphonic metal bands" that are all trying to become the next Rhapsody.
		The three tracks on this CD showcase different sides of the band's songwriting skills and musical personality, and the tunes were clearly written with a focus on the overall song instead of on useless instrumental solos or ego-induced complexities and time changes.
	home.att.net /~kelz/hmf/demos/hmf-demos.html (2537 words)

	BNR Metal Pages -- Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elvenking was formed in October 1997 by two friends (guitarists Aydan and Jarpen) with the goal of mixing traditional metal with folk melodies.
		Both bands are clearly in the same ballpark, with the differences being Damnagoras' vocals here, as his high-pitched melodic voice is a marked contrast to Martin Walkyier's venomous rapid-fire delivery that he had in Skyclad.
		Elvenking's folk influences are more prominent as well, with well-integrated flutes, violins, and acoustic guitars complementing mid-to-fast-paced guitar melodies.
	www.bnrmetal.com /groups/elve.htm (121 words)

	AFM Records Bands Elvenking
		The band that has almost not happened extensively in the media has the interest of everyone on it s side for sure.
		Whenever the five Elvenkings were playing somewhere (for instance at Sziget/Hungary, Bloodstock/UK, DOA/Germany, Tradate Iron Fest/Italy), they have allured the people in front of the stage.
		So be prepared for a very unique band with a unique charme giving the music something that it has been waiting for since ages: enchanting melodies, freshness, heavy metal groove and catchy choruses.
	www.afm-records.de /en/bands/bands-Elvenking-bio.html (478 words)

	Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We are two years later and the folk metal band of Northern Italy has released their third album ‘The Winter Wake’ in January 2006.
		Elvenking went on tour with Jon Oliva’s Pain and the last gig of that tour was supposed to be in Belgium, at the Pestpop festival in Wieze.
		This was the latest news from the Elvenking clan, we were updated and lucky that things are going fine with the band and their success.
	www.prog-nose.org /metal-nose/engels/interviews/elvenking_interview2.htm (1898 words)

	Accueil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elvenking was formed in October 1997 by the guitarists Aydan and Jarpen who were old friends and who share the same passion for metal music and folkloristic traditions.
		In the early months the band was faced with numerous line-up problems and the changes in formation impede the following activity of the band.
		Right from the beginning, Elvenking set themselves the objective of finding a formula which can combine power metal, medieval folk music and extreme sounds in a unique mixture, with lyrics based on the pagan worship of nature and on the tradition of folkloristic fairy-tales.
	www.underclass-music.com /bio-groupes.php?id=130 (619 words)

	Tartarean Desire Webzine - mp3 archive - band page
		Elvenking are formed in October 1997, iniziative of the guitarists Aydan and Jarpen (once known as Dag'or'dil), old friends who share the same passion for metal music and for folkloristic traditions.
		After considerable live experience, the band realises that the time is right to start thinking about recording a "promo" that may arouse the interest of record labels.
		On the other hand, the new compositions of the band which will appear on the debut album "Heathenreel" show an "extreme" evolution inasmuch as the new sound-development focuses on the contrast between folk melodies (with the use of classical instruments such as flutes and fiddles) and aggressive riffs.
	www.tartareandesire.com /music/band.php?id=166 (559 words)

	DigitalMetal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the band's shaky history aside, the music is pretty much what you'd expect, a Blind Guardian-influenced collection of fantasy-themed power metal with some folk leanings.
		Elvenking plays up the folk side by including a violinist in the band -- an oft-tried and rarely successful folk metal convention.
		Elvenking succeeds better than most, though there are still quite a few times when the violin parts seem terribly out of place.
	www.digitalmetal.com /reviews.asp?cid=7418 (517 words)

	Elvenking : Wyrd - Review at Harvest Moon Music
		Not your typical Italian metal band, Elvenking falls firmly in the Skyclad school of folk metal - folk melodies and instrumentation combined with elements of thrash and power metal.
		The melodies are still present in abundance, and the band fully incorporates the violin and flute into the mix, but the symphonic and uplifting qualities found in today's Euro metal are just as prevalent.
		Instead, Elvenking treats the listener to a rapid paced, galloping barrage of addictive riffs punctuated by operatic female vocals during the choruses.
	www.harvestmoonmusic.com /reviews/elvenking_02.html (675 words)

	Amazon.com: Heathenreel: Music: Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elvenking are a really interesting band from Italy who differ from all of the Rhapsody-clones native to that country.
		Elvenking takes some of the best things from folk metal and some of the best things from power metal and combines it into an eclectic masterpiece of epic proportions.
		Elvenkings first full lenght recording (following up their debut EP 'To Oak Woods Bestowed') is an absolute masterpiece in this genre, there are absolutely NO weak songs to be found on this disc.
	www.amazon.com /Heathenreel-Elvenking/dp/B00005M1CO (2038 words)

	ELVENKING
		The band is formed in October 1997, initiative mine and Jarpen's, old friends who share the same passion for metal music and folkloristic traditions.
		Then all the band together valuates each single song and decides what is good and what instead has to be changed.
		Well, to tell you the truth, in the CD there is the writing "Produced by Elvenking" simply because there isn't a real producer of the album, somebody who followed the work from the beginning to the end.
	www.truemetal.org /metal-heart/elvenking-interview.htm (1502 words)

	Doomish.Com - ELVENKING Part Ways With Guitarist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jarpen's decision to leave the band was announced to the other members of the group two months ago, but the band waited to make it official in order to organize their internal affairs.
		It was a long time he was talking with us about [it] and when [singer Damnagoras came back to the band], knowing the direction we wanted to go, he told us [about] his [desire] to leave.
		ELVENKING recently completed the songwriting process for their upcoming third album and are expected to enter the studio shortly to begin recording the effort.
	www.doomish.com /newsdetails.asp?id=157 (230 words)

	Interview with Damnagoras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As soon as the demo was sent worldwide, AFM-Records decided to offer the band a record deal and the year after, Elvenking was sent once again to New Sin Studios to record the debut album.
		If the first things Damnagoras wrote, were very power metal influenced and a little naive, for Heathenreel, the singer himself and the band wrote their best material ever, giving to the songs a particular feeling and leaving the passion for folkloristic tunes and legends influence the whole process.
		The friends RAINDANCER and SOILMASTER (who both play for the power metal band Raintime) accepted as well, and to this line-up, WHISPERWIND, female vocalist and keyboard player was added, giving a particular celtic touch to the songs with her lovely voice.
	www.leprechaun.it /Html/biography.htm (1146 words)

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		Elvenking now present us with their jubilant, piquant and more polished poem for the firmament - 'The winter wake'.
		The band has definitely matured and invented their own style of music without imitating those bands which ealier motivated them.
		Elvenking are not a band concerned with epic or fantasy type themes, but they do create intriguing percipient stories which blend so well with their stlye of music.
	www.angelfire.com /music5/metalcdratings/pageELVENKINGMFREVIEW.html (1239 words)

	The Great Nothing - Interviews - Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elvenking bring the power like few bands are able to these days.
		With "The Winter Wake" half of the material was ready when I got back in the band, and the process to write the remaining songs was quite fast.
		I think that when you look at Elvenking from now on, you'll have to get a mix of songs like "The Wanderer" representing the most melodic side, "The Winter Wake" representing the will of the band to do always something new and strong, and "Neverending Nights" for its slight more complicated structure and heavy riffs.
	www.thegreatnothing.com /interviews/view.php?interview_no=215 (1340 words)

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		Elvenking are not afraid to include some "flend death metal" vocals.
		After playing live with this line-up for some time the band decided it was time to record a promo album to generate label interest in the band.
		The writing for the new album focused on an "extreme" evolution in the band's sound concentrating on the contrast between folk melodies (with the use of classical instruments such as flutes and fiddles) and aggressive riffs.
	www.angelfire.com /mech/divinty/elvenking.htm (904 words)

	Metal Rules!!: Interview with Elvenking - Folk Metal From Italy
		The band is formed in October 1997, by an initiative of mine and Jarpen's, old friends who share the same passion for metal music and folkloristic traditions.
		Yes, this two bands are the one more credited, but the great thing is that everyone has underlined the fact that Elvenking sounds like no one else.
		Well, some of us plays in other bands or have some personal projects, but we are all involved 100% in Elvenking and everything else passes in the background.
	www.metal-rules.com /interviews/Elvenking.htm (3630 words)

	Elvenking at Harvest Moon Music
		Original vocalist Damnagoras departed the band in 2002 due to health reasons and was replaced on tour by none other than Martin Walkyier of Skyclad.
		For their sophomore album, Elvenking not only introduced new vocalist Kleid but also increased the emphasis on the power metal elements of their music, placing them more in the realm of bands such as Falconer and Dark Moor.
		Still on the rise, Elvenking is a band that will appeal to all fans of folk-inspired power metal.
	www.harvestmoonmusic.com /bands/elvenking.html (145 words)

	Elvenking News
		ELVENKING Finishes Recording New Album - Mar. 31, 2007 Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has finished recording its new album and is about to leave for Helsinki, Finland to begin the mixing the effort at...
		ELVENKING Completes Acoustic Guitar Parts For New Album - Dec. 25, 2006 Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has finished recording the acoustic guitar parts for its new album, tentatively due in early 2007...
		ELVENKING: Studio Diary Launched - Dec. 12, 2006 Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has launched a studio diary covering the recording sessions for its new album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM...
	www.topix.net /who/elvenking?scoring=d (261 words)

	Encyclopaedia Metallum - Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Until Summer 2000, Zender and Jarpen's nicknames were respectively Stormgald and Dag.
		Vocalist Damnagoras rejoined the band in 2004 a few months after the release of the second album, but guitarist/growler Jarpen then left.
		The band plans to continue as a five piece at least in the short term.
	metal-archives.com /band.php?id=387 (73 words)

	Elvenking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elvenking mixed this folk tradition with metal on their second album ‘Wyrd’.
		When I formed the band it came out naturally, both on the lyrical side as on the musical part, that the folkloric stuff I loved since I was very young could be mixed with my metal passion.
		Since all Elvenking members are great Skyclad fans we took our chance and he decided to do at least a couple of concerts together with us.
	www.prog-nose.org /metal-nose/engels/interviews/elvenking_interview.htm (2177 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY GARY CARSON
		The band have written so many lyrics that Damnagoras is literally speeding through them at the speed of sound so listening to Elvenking makes you feel like you are working at enjoying it rather than just enjoying it.
		Elvenking also make use of death vocals (or death screams) every now and again.
		Unfortunately though, it never really comes together to form a cohesive unit although all of the skills are there and I'm very much looking forward to their next disc to see what they come out with.
	www.progressiveworld.net /elvenking.html (450 words)

	Heavy-Metal.it - Elvenking: fuori Jarpen
		The decision to leave the band has been announced by Jarpen to the other members 2 months ago but the band have waited to make it official in order to organize things within.
		For the time being the band will go on as a 5-piece with one guitar.
		This comes as the closing circle around the revolution happened in Summer 2004 with the return of singer Damnagoras in the band.
	www.heavy-metal.it /news/news_templ.php?id=1789 (260 words)

	Nocturnal Horde - All Reviews
		Elvenking plays a hybrid of power and folk metal that works very well.
		Most of the melodies are played on the violin and gives the band their unique sound.
		Elvenking embraces the folk aspects just as much as the metal stuff, unlike other bands that simply add folk elements to a guitar-riff here and there.
	www.nocturnalhorde.com /review358.html (476 words)

	Metal Storm - Elvenking - Biography
		After a period of decisions, arrangemets and few news, Elvenking are finally proud to announce the setting of the new line-up.
		Everyone in the group is happy to have these folks on board, we're sure they are totally fit for the band, both as musicians and as individuals.
		Elvenking ended the songwriting process for the new album, which is truly what everyone in the band hoped for.
	www.metalstorm.ee /bands/biography.php?band_id=247&bandname=Elvenking (866 words)

	Elvenking - Heathenreel
		However, I feel Elvenking's approach is more varied and still a bit less folky and also includes plenty of power metal influences.
		According to the bio, the music of this band is similar to that of Skyclad.
		I have to admit noticing a lack in distinctiveness in the music: the style of the band dominates the music very much and the heavy rocking parts tend to sound alike after a while.
	www.cs.uu.nl /people/jur/reviews/heathenreel.html (939 words)

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