The Scythe (album)

The Scythe
Studio album by Elvenking
Released	14 September 2007 (Europe) 7 November 2007 (US)
Genre	Folk metal power metal progressive metal [1] [2]
Length	55:19
Label	AFM (Europe) Candlelight (US)
Producer	Damnagoras and Aydan
Elvenking chronology
The Winter Wake (2006) The Scythe (2007) Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures) (2008)

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The Scythe is the fourth studio album by Italian folk metal band Elvenking. It was released on 14 September 2007 through AFM Records in all European countries and 7 November in the US 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 lyrics are written by Aydan and Damnagoras; all music is composed by Aydan and Damnagoras except "The Open Breach" by Jarpen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Scythe"	5:36
2.	"Lost Hill of Memories"	4:58
3.	"Infection"	5:05
4.	"Poison Tears"	4:30
5.	"A Riddle of Stars"	5:22
6.	"Romance & Wrath"	8:14
7.	"The Divided Heart"	4:39
8.	"Horns Ablaze" (Digipak version bonus track)	4:21
9.	"Totentanz"	2:28
10.	"Death and the Suffering"	5:11
11.	"Dominhate"	8:57
12.	"The Open Breach" (Japanese bonus track)	4:55

Notes

• The digipak version also includes the video for the song "The Divided Heart"

Personnel

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

Additional musicians

• Mike Wead – 1st solo on "The Scythe", 2nd solo on "A Riddle of Stars"
• Laura De Luca – female vocals on "Romance & Wrath" and "Dominhate"
• Jared Shackleford – narration
• Mauro Bortolani – piano
• Isabella Tuni – female voice on "Romance & Wrath"
• Laura De Luca, Pauline Tacey, Claudio Coassin, Aydan – backing vocals
• Claudio Coassin, Damna, Aydan and Jarpen – shouts
• Elyghen – arrangement
• Eleonora Steffan – violin
• Valentina Mosca – violin
• Elyghen – viola
• Marco Balbinot – cello

References

1. Alex Henderson. "The Scythe – Elvenking | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 September 2015.
2. Monger, James Christopher. "Elvenking | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. "Review of Elvenking – the Scythe – Last Rites". Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
4. "Elvenking – The Scythe review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 18 September 2015.