Era (Elvenking album) explained

Era
Type:studio
Artist:Elvenking
Cover:Era (Elvenking Album) released September 25th, 2012.jpg
Released:September 14, 2012
Length:45:57
Label:AFM Records
Producer:Nino Laurenne, Aydan
Prev Title:Red Silent Tides
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Pagan Manifesto
Next Year:2014

Era is the seventh studio album released by the Italian folk/power metal band, Elvenking. The album returns more to the band's traditional sound of folk metal and power metal incorporating more folk elements into the songs that were more so lacking from previous albums such as The Scythe and Red Silent Tides. Guest appearances on vocals by Jon Oliva (Savatage), (Trans-Siberian Orchestra), (Jon Oliva's Pain) and Netta Dahlberg as well as a guitar solo performed by Teemu Mantysaari of (Wintersun) can be heard on the album. Prior to the album's release, Damna and Aydan did a sit down via YouTube going through the album track-by-track describing to fans where each song is coming from and what went into writing and recording the songs.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Track listing

  1. "The Loser" - 4:58
  2. "I Am The Monster" - 5:12 Guest appearance: Jon Oliva
  3. "Midnight Skies, Winter Sighs" - 4:33
  4. "A Song For The People" - 1:46 Guest appearance: Netta Dahlberg
  5. "We, Animals" - 4:07
  6. "Through Wolf's Eyes" - 3:19
  7. "Walking Dead" - 3:44 Guest appearance: Teemu Mäntysaari
  8. "Forget-Me-Not" - 5:39 Guest appearances: Jon Oliva & Netta Dahlberg
  9. "Poor Little Baroness" - 5:19
  10. "The Time Of Your Life" - 4:20
  11. "Chronicle Of A Frozen Era" - 6:40
  12. "Ophale" - 2:44
  13. "Grey Inside" - 4:16 (digipack bonus track)
  14. "Khanjar" - 4:26 (Instrumental) (digipack deluxe i-tunes bonus track)
  15. "I Am The Monster" - 5:13 (Only Damna's vocals) (digipack bonus track)

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elvenking - "Era" CD Review - in Metal Reviews (Metal Underground.com). metalunderground.com. 2014-04-30.
  2. Web site: Elvenking - Era review - MetalStorm. metalstorm.net. 2014-04-30.
  3. Web site: ELVENKING - ERA (2012) - ELVENKING Official Site. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017055818/http://www.elvenking.net/albums/era/. 2012-10-17. dead. 2014-04-30.
  4. Web site: YouTube - ELVENKING - ERA track-by-track part 1 (2012). youtube.com. 2014-04-30.
  5. Web site: YouTube - ELVENKING - ERA track-by-track part 2 (2012). youtube.com. 2014-04-30.