''The Winter Wake'' is the third studio album by Italian
folk/
power 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, folklore, fairy tales, and feeling alone and being an outsider or an outcast as well as hints at the music industry with songs such as the Skyclad cover, "Penny Dreadful".
Track listing
All songs written by Aydan, except where noted.
# "Trows Kind" – 5:57
# "Swallowtail" (Damnagoras) – 4:26
# "The Winter Wake"
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# "The Wanderer" – 4:54
# "March of Fools" – 5:46
# "On the Morning Dew" – 3:30
# "Devil's Carriage" (Damnagoras) – 4:04
# "Rats Are Following" (Aydan, Damnagoras) – 4:37
# "Rouse Your Dream" – 4:48
# "Neverending Nights" (Damnagoras) – 7:01
# "Disillusion's Reel" (Damnagoras) – 2:19
Bonus Songs
# "Penny Dreadful" – 3:11 (
Skyclad cover) (European Bonus)
# "Petalstorm" – 4:49 (Aydan, Damnagoras) (Japanese Bonus)
Personnel
*
Damnagoras – vocals, additional lead guitars on "Neverending Nights"
* Aydan – guitars, backing vocals
*
Gorlan – bass guitar
*
Elyghen – violin, keyboards
* Zender – drums
Guest musicians
*
Marcel Schirmer
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(
Destruction) – vocals on "The Winter Wake"
*
Nino Laurenne
Nino or Niño may refer to:
*Nino (name)
*Niño (name)
* Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino"
*El Niño, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean
*NINO, an abbreviation for National Insurance number in th ...
(
Thunderstone) – 2nd solo on "Trows Kind"
* Jarpen (after leaving) – 2nd solo on "The Winter Wake"
*
Pauline Tacey Pauline may refer to:
Religion
*An adjective referring to St Paul the Apostle or a follower of his doctrines
*An adjective referring to St Paul of Thebes, also called St Paul the First Hermit
*An adjective referring to the Paulines, various reli ...
– soprano vocals on "March of Fools" and "Disillusion's Reel"
*
Laura De Luca
Laura may refer to:
People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay o ...
– vocals on "On the Morning Dew"
*
Isabella "Whisperwind" Tuni
Isabella may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Isabella (surname), including a list of people
Places
United States
* Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpo ...
– fairy voice on "Trows Kind"
*
Umberto Corazza Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include:
* King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900)
* King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983)
* Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918)
* Umbert ...
– flutes
Choirs
* Pauline Tacey, Laura De Luca, Giada Etro, Isabella Tuni, Claudio Coassin, Damnagoras, Aydan, Elyghen
String quartet
* Arranged by Elyghen
* Eleonora Steffan – violin
* Attilio Zardini – violin
* Elyghen – viola
* Marco Balbinot – cello
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter Of Discontent, The
Elvenking (band) albums
2006 albums
AFM Records albums