ELVENKING has signed a new multi-album record deal which is good news for both the artist and the label. The Italian band has had a relationship with AFM Records dating back to 2000. Now, after such a long period, the artist re-newed the contract for a successive third time, joining artists including Evergrey, Danko Jones, Gus G., Brothers Of Metal, U.D.O. or Danzig on AFM's roster.
While celebrating this event with a special award for more than 80,000 albums sold, the band is already in rehearsal sessions for a follow-up album of their 2017 output "Secrets of the Magick Grimoire".
Aydan and Damna state: "We are very happy to celebrate our 18th year at AFM Records with a brand new multi-album contract! We had different options and offers on the table, but when AFM came up with their new deal and the will to work with us and yet give us an even greater support, we couldn't ask for more. A dedicated and trustful team that is with us since we were kids - that helped us start and create what is the band nowadays - couldn't be more entitled in this new important phase of our career. We are now more focused than ever and we, together with AFM, are ready to unleash the best and strongest version of Elvenking. We are working on a new album which will be part of a wider idea we are currently developing day by day. We have previously never done something like this and we are damn sure the new songs will excite you as they are exciting us. Cheers to another 18 years of METAL!!!."
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LINEUP
Damna - vocals
Aydan - guitar)
Rafahel - guitar)
Jakob - bass
Lethien - violin
Lancs - drums
BIOGRAPHY
With now nine studio albums under their belts (the newest one, ‘Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire’ included), Italian folk power band ELVENKING surely are veterans and one of the most unique bands of the scene. The band fronted by vocalist Damna, was founded in 1997 and signed their first record deal with AFM at a very young age in 2000.
Since then, ELVENKING have toured the world, released excellent albums (the latest one being the “The Night Of Nights – Live” DVD/CD in late 2015) and have established themselves among the leading bands of the European scene. ‘Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire’ now takes ELVENKING’s artistic visions to another level though: no doubt, this is their most epic and elaborate release so far.
This time, the band was joined in the studio by Snowy Shaw (Dream Evil, King Diamond, Memento Mori) who appears as guest vocalist on “At The Court Of The Wild Hunt”, while Angus Norder (singer of Witchery and Nekrokraft) took care of the growls and screams in four songs. ‘Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire’ was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (DGM).
The Digipak- and Vinyl editions come with four bonus tracks, which provide the fan a chance to complete his ELVENKING collection: “Petalstorm”, “The Open Breach” and “Jigsaw Puzzle (2010)” were previously only available earlier albums’ Japanese editions, while “Skywards (2008)” was even completely unreleased so far.
DISCOGRAPHY
Heathenreel - 2001
Wyrd - 2004
The Winter Wake - 2006
The Scythe - 2007
Two Tragedy Poets (...and a Caravan of Weird Figures) - 2008
Red Silent Tides - 2010
Era - 2012
The Pagan Manifesto - 2014
Secrets of the Magick Grimoire - 2017