Red Silent Tides

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Red Silent Tides
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Studio album by
Elvenking
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2010 (2010-09-17)
RecordedPiranha Studio, Karsdolf, Germany
Genre
Length49:59
Label AFM
Producer Dennis Ward
Elvenking chronology
Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures)
(2008)		Red Silent Tides
(2010)		 Era
(2012)
Singles from Red Silent Tides
  1. "The Cabal"
    Released: 6 September 2010
  2. "Your Heroes Are Dead"
    Released: 14 January 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
metal.de 7/10 [2]

Red Silent Tides is the sixth studio album by Italian folk metal band Elvenking. It was released on 17 September 2010 through AFM Records in both standard and deluxe editions. [3] The deluxe edition included a second disc which contained the band's first demo album To Oak Woods Bestowed as a bonus disc.

Contents

The album features Raffaello "Rafahel" Indri on guitars alongside Aydan. It does not feature Elyghen on violins due to his trip out of Italy; he was replaced by session player Fabio "Lethien" Polo for the remainder until Elyghen's return.

Two singles from the album were released: "The Cabal" and "Your Heroes Are Dead".

Reception

Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic called Red Silent Tides "an extremely well-crafted collection of melodic power metal with prog/folk/gothic benefits." [4] Metal.de gave it a score of 7/10, saying it was an improvement over the band's previous releases. [2]

David E. Gehlke of Dead Rhetoric gave the album a mostly positive review, but criticized the band's "untapped potential". [5] Trevor Portz of Hard Rock Haven called it "well-written, fun heavy metal." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dawnmelting"4:09
2."The Last Hour"4:38
3."Silence de Mort"4:27
4."The Cabal"4:20
5."Runereader"5:23
6."Possession"4:07
7."Your Heroes Are Dead"3:54
8."Those Days"4:06
9."This Nightmare Will Never End"4:46
10."What's Left of Me"4:39
11."The Play of the Leaves"5:30
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Jigsaw Puzzle (2010)"3:47
13."Another Awful Hobs Tale"3:11
14."From Blood to Stone"4:11
15."Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle cover)4:01
Digipak special edition
No.TitleLength
1."To Oak Woods Bestowed"1:33
2."White Willow"6:23
3."Banquet of Bards"4:51
4."Oakenshield"6:36
5."Under the Tree of Us'dum"6:41

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Sagt, Philphil. "Elvenking – Red Silent Tides Review • metal.de". metal.de. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Blabbermouth (4 August 2010). "ELVENKING: 'Red Silent Tides' Release Date Confirmed". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Red Silent Tides – Elvenking | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 23 August 2021
  5. ↑ Gehlke, David E. (21 March 2013). "Elvenking – Red Silent Tides (AFM Records)". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Elvenking Red Silent Tides | hardrockhaven.net". hardrockhaven.net. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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