The Scythe (album)

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The Scythe
The scythe.jpg
Studio album by
Elvenking
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2007 (Europe)
November 7, 2007 (US)
GenreFolk metal, progressive metal,[1][2] power metal, melodic death metal
Length55:19
LabelAFM Records (Europe)
Candlelight Records (US)
ProducerDamnagoras and Aydan
Elvenking chronology
The Winter Wake
(2006) 		The Scythe
(2007) 		Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures)
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.0/5 stars[1]
https://web.archive.org/web/20020524141917/http://www.metalreview.com/7.0/10 stars[3]
http://www.metalstorm.net6.8/10 stars[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 USA 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[]

All music by Aydan and Damnagoras. All lyrics noted below.

  1. "The Scythe" – 5:36 (Aydan)
  2. "Lost Hill of Memories" – 4:58 (Aydan)
  3. "Infection" – 5:05 (Damnagoras)
  4. "Poison Tears" – 4:30 (Damnagoras)
  5. "A Riddle of Stars" – 5:22 (Aydan)
  6. "Romance & Wrath" – 8:14 (Damnagoras)
  7. "The Divided Heart" – 4:39 (Damnagoras)
  8. "Horns Ablaze" (Digipak version bonus track) - 4:21 (Aydan)
  9. "Totentanz" – 2:28
  10. "Death and the Suffering" – 5:11 (Damnagoras)
  11. "Dominhate" – 8:57 (Aydan)
  12. "The Open Breach" (Japanese bonus track) - 4:55
  • The digipak version also includes the video for the song "The Divided Heart"

Personnel[]

  • Damnagoras – vocals
  • Aydan – guitars
  • – bass
  • Zender – drums
  • – violin, keyboards

Guest musicians[]

  • Mike Wead – 1st solo on "The Scythe," 2nd solo on "A Riddle of Stars"
  • – female vocals on "Romance & Wrath" and "Dominhate"
  • – narration
  • – piano
  • – female voice on "Romance & Wrath"
  • Laura De Luca, Pauline Tacey, Claudio Coassin, Aydan – backing vocals
  • Claudio Coassin, Damna, Aydan and Jarpen – shouts

String quartet[]

  • Arrangement by Elyghen
  • Eleonora Steffan – violin
  • Valentina Mosca – violin
  • Elyghen – viola
  • Marco Balbinot – cello

References[]

  1. ^ a b Alex Henderson. "The Scythe - Elvenking | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  2. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Elvenking | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Elvenking - The Scythe review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
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