Musicians:
Damnagoras - vocals, harmonies and heathen inspirations
Jarpen - lead and acoustic guitars, growling incantations
Aydan - lead and acoustic guitars
Gorlan - 5 stringed bass
Zender - drums

Guest Musicians:
Cristiano Bergamo - keyboards arrangements
Paolo Torresani - keyboards arrangements
Pauline Tacey - soprano female vocals
Laura De Luca - backing vocals, "spring" vocals
Paolo Polesel - fiddles
Umberto Corazza - flutes
Luigi Stefanini - additional arrangements

Track listing:
1. To Oak Woods Bestowed
2. Pagan Purity
3. The Dweller Of Rhymes
4. The Regality Dance
5. White Willow
6. Skywards
7. Oakenshield
8. Hobs An' Feathers
9. Conjuring Of The 14th
10. A Dreadful Strain
11. Seasonspeech

Elvenking are an Italian band that is playing Medieval Folk Metal. In other words it's a blend of Power Metal, Folk Music and Progressive Rock. I can't say that they are that unique though, because if you take away some folk melodies here and there the main part of the album is still a mix between Edguy, Gamma Ray, Hammerfall, Helloween and Rhapsody.

"Heathenreel" is Elvenking's debut album, and even though some of the songs are not that strong, they're still a very competent and promising band with a big potential for the future. If all the songs were as good as the best ones this would have been one of the best albums in this genre.

Record Label: AFM Records
Catalogue #: AFM CD 047-2
Contact & Info:

Elvenking:
www.elvenking.net
info@elvenking.net

AFM Records:
www.afm-records.de
info@afm-records.de

Reviewer: Greger Rönnqvist
greger.ronnqvist@infodata.sema.se