The Scythe (album)
| The Scythe | ||||
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| Released | September 14, 2007 (Europe) November 7, 2007 (US) | |||
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| Length | 55:19 | |||
| Label | AFM (Europe) Candlelight (US) | |||
| Producer | Damnagoras and Aydan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20020524141917/http://www.metalreview.com/ |   [3] |
| http://www.metalstorm.net | [4] |
The Scythe is the fourth studio album by Italian folk metal band Elvenking. The Scythe was released on September 14, 2007, through AFM Records in all European countries, and November 7 in the US by Candlelight Records.
This is the first concept album by Elvenking, with lyrics centered on the death of a beautiful woman along with themes of revenge and deceit. This is also illustrated in the video to "The Divided Heart".
Track listing[edit]
All music by Aydan and Damnagoras except "The Open Breach" by Jarpen. All lyrics noted below.
- "The Scythe" – 5:36 (Aydan)
- "Lost Hill of Memories" – 4:58 (Aydan)
- "Infection" – 5:05 (Damnagoras)
- "Poison Tears" – 4:30 (Damnagoras)
- "A Riddle of Stars" – 5:22 (Aydan)
- "Romance & Wrath" – 8:14 (Damnagoras)
- "The Divided Heart" – 4:39 (Damnagoras)
- "Horns Ablaze" (Digipak version bonus track) - 4:21 (Aydan)
- "Totentanz" – 2:28
- "Death and the Suffering" – 5:11 (Damnagoras)
- "Dominhate" – 8:57 (Aydan)
- "The Open Breach" (Jarpen) (Japanese bonus track) - 4:55
- The digipak version also includes the video for the song "The Divided Heart"
Personnel[edit]
- Damnagoras – vocals
- Aydan – guitars
- Gorlan – bass
- Zender – drums
- Elyghen – violin, keyboards
Guest musicians[edit]
- Mike Wead – 1st solo on "The Scythe," 2nd solo on "A Riddle of Stars"
- Laura De Luca – female vocals on "Romance & Wrath" and "Dominhate"
- Jared Shackleford – narration
- Mauro Bortolani – piano
- Isabella Tuni – female voice on "Romance & Wrath"
- Laura De Luca, Pauline Tacey, Claudio Coassin, Aydan – backing vocals
- Claudio Coassin, Damna, Aydan and Jarpen – shouts
String quartet[edit]
- Arrangement by Elyghen
- Eleonora Steffan – violin
- Valentina Mosca – violin
- Elyghen – viola
- Marco Balbinot – cello
References[edit]
- ^ a b Alex Henderson. "The Scythe - Elvenking | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Elvenking | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Review of Elvenking - the Scythe - Last Rites". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Elvenking - The Scythe review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
