ELVENKING Announces Temporary Violinist

September 10, 2007

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have issued the following update:

"Last week Elyghen [violinist/keyboardist] has temporarily moved to Ireland for working reasons. Don't worry: he won't leave the band! He'll try to be here with us as much as possible, but of course this won't be easy all the time. That's why in this period, Eleonora (a girl who has played the violin in the quartet that played in ELVENKING albums),will help the band with the live gigs where Elyghen cannot be present. She played with us Friday night and the result was great! The same gig saw also the debut of our new live guitarist Raffaello (Luca was forced to leave his duties with the band for personal reasons) and the impact on stage has been wonderful for all of us!

"In other news, we want to [say] a couple of words for Greg 'Super-G' Marchak, the sound engineer and producer of JON OLIVA'S PAIN, who sadly [passed away] Thursday night. This was a very sad news for all of us, since we spent so much great time together on tour last year and he has been incredibly kind with ELVENKING, helping us out with sounds each and every night! Like all the other guys from Jon's crew he has been a friend to us those days, and as a friend he will be remembered. R.I.P. Greg."

ELVENKING has announced the worldwide release dates for its new album, "The Scythe":

Europe: September 14 (AFM Records)
USA: November 6 (Candlelight Records)
Japan: November 21 (Soundholic Records)

The European limited digipack version will include one bonus audio track ("Horns Ablaze") and one bonus video track ("The Divided Heart").

The Japanese bonus track will be "The Open Beach" from "The Winter Wake" sessions.

ELVENKING has released the video for its song "The Divided Heart". The clip was shot with director Mirco Andreis (ELDRITCH, MACBETH, DISARMONIA MUNDI). Watch the video below.

"The Divided Heart" comes off "The Scythe", which was mixed at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The mastering took place on April 10 at Finnvox Studios with Mika Jussila and Nino Laurenne.

"The Scythe" track listing:

01. The Scythe
02. Lost Hill of Memories
03. Infection
04. Poison Tears
05. A Riddle of Stars
06. Romance & Wrath
07. The Divided Heart
08. Horns Ablaze (digipack bonus track)
09. Totentanz
10. Death and the Suffering
11. Dominhate

"The Scythe" features a guest appearance on two tracks by Swedish guitarist Mike Wead (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, FIREGOD, ABSTRAKT ALGEBRA, CANDLEMASS).

ELVENKING released its third album, "The Winter Wake", in Europe in January 2006 via AFM Records.

A nine-and-a-half-minute collection of video clips shot during ELVENKING's 2006 European tour has been posted at YouTube.

"The Divided Heart" video:

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