Elvenking
Formed: 1997
From:
Sacile,
Italy
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Elvenking News
Below is our complete Elvenking news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Elvenking To Release New EP In May
A new chapter closes – and a new path begins.
With "Rites Of Disclosure," Elvenking unveils the ceremonial epilogue to their celebrated Reader of the Runes era. Conceived as a companion and closing act to the trilogy, the release is not a traditional full-length album, but a special collection that bridges past and present while pointing toward the band’s future. "Rites Of Disclosure" will be released on May 22nd, 2026 via Reaper Entertainment. The first single taken from the EP is the new, previously unreleased song "The Past Is Forever," which will be released on March 6th, 2025. A pre-save link will be available soon.
"Rites Of Disclosure" gathers standalone singles recorded between the trilogy chapters, two brand-new compositions – "Blizzards Of Anger" and "Rite Of Passage" – and a selection of cover versions honoring the artists that shaped Elvenking's musical DNA. More...
Paganfest Going Full Steam Ahead
Following a ten year absence, the travelling Paganfest event is back on the road in Europe. Headlined by Scottish pirate metal icons Alestorm, the trek also features Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk and Elvenking and this week will be visiting England and Scotland, before returning to Germany, with additional shows booked for Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Czechia, Hungary and Croatia.
The remaining tour dates are as follows:
January 16 - Birmingham, UK
January 17 - Edinburgh, UK
January 18 - Manchester, UK
January 19 - London, UK
January 20 - Brussels, Belgium
January 21 - Wiesbaden, Germany
January 22 - Paris, France
January 23 - Pratteln, Switzerland
January 24 - Geiselwind, Germany (also featuring Einherjer & Waylander)
January 25 - Munich, Germany (Sold out)
January 26 - Liege, Belgium
January 28 - Milan, Italy
January 29 - Lyon, France (Sold out)
January 30 - Lausanne, Switzerland
January 31 - Meisenthal, France
February 1 - Leipzig, Germany
February 2 - Tilburg, Netherlands (Sold out)
February 3 - Hanover, Germany
February 5 - Krakow, Poland
February 6 - Warsaw, Poland
February 7 - Zlin, Czechia
February 8 - Budapest, Hungary
February 9 - Zagreb, Croatia
Elvenking Posts New Music Video Online
April 28, 2023 will see the masters of heavy metal, pagan, folk and melodic death metal, Elvenking, return to fantasy with their epic, new album "Reader Of The Runes – Rapture," through AFM Records! The band's eleventh studio album marks the sequel to their 2019 magnum opus "Reader of the Runes – Divination."
Following previously-released album singles, "Rapture" and the epic anthem "The Hanging Tree," today, Elvenking have premiered a music video for "Bride Of Night", featuring former Draconian vocalist Heike Langhans! Says the band:
"We are proud to present our new song and video "Bride of Night". It surely represents the more melodic side of our sound, yet dark and melancholic. We know that a lot of our fans love this side of Elvenking, so this is also a gift to you. “Reader of the Runes – Rapture” will collect all of the shades of our sound from the more aggressive ever, to songs like Bride of Night so, by listening to the entire album you will travel through a multitude of nuances and atmospheres - we cannot wait for you to hear it in all its epicness!
"Heike Langhans offered her beautiful voice in the chorus backing Damna vocals. The amazing video is once again directed by Matteo Ermeti who did with us "Silverseal" and he couldn't better envision the story – a glimpse of painful romance that captures one of the chapters of the story." More...
Hypocrisy Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2023
Swedish death metal veterans Hypocrisy has been announced as the final name for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The festival will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas ship and will sail from Port Miami in Florida on January 30th, heading to Bimini, Bahamas before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Another Four Bands Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The lineup for this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise is almost complete with the announcement that slam pioneers Internal Bleeding, Chile thrash metal veterans Nuclear, Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight Of Emptiness and Skiltron from Argentina have all been added to the lineup, leaving only more announcement. The cruise is set to sail on January 30th from Miami, Florida and head to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Dragonforce Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail a week from today on January 30th from Miami, Florida, have announced that British power metal veterans Dragonforce are the latest name to be confirmed for the floating festival.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Bodyfarm
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Destruction
Dragonforce
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Vicious Rumors
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Wormed
Bodyfarm Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2023
Dutch death metal band Bodyfarm has been announced by the organisers of 70000 Tons Of Metal has the latest name for this year's edition of the festival, which will set sail in just over a week on January 30th and last until February 3rd. It will be a special voyage for the band as one of their two performances will be a new album live world premiere of their upcoming release, "Ultimate Abomination" where they will play this album from front to back.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Elvenking Shares "The Hanging Tree" Lyric Video
April 28, 2023 will see the masters of heavy metal, pagan, folk and melodic death metal, Elvenking, return to fantasy with their epic, new album “Reader Of The Runes – Rapture”, through AFM Records! The band's eleventh studio album marks the sequel to their 2019 blockbuster record “Reader of the Runes – Divination”.
Elvenking set sail to horizons more distant than ever before, boldly taking the world by storm with their quintessentially unique approach to heavy, powerful music. As guitarist Aydan and vocalist Damna recently revealed, "Part 2 is darker, it needed to be tragic and violent and this gave us the chance to fully breathe the soundscape we already had in mind as we started to write songs in early 2020. We feel that with this album, we have cast a milestone and set a further limit in what we can do by mixing wisely what we deeply love in metal. We are very satisfied with all the shades that compose these eleven songs; altogether they make a canvas we are very proud of."
Says the band: "The Hanging Tree is a song that sets a violent darker tone as we dive deep into the core of the story narrated in the second part of the “Reader of the Runes” trilogy. If “Rapture” was more epic, slow paced and filled with many different shades and textures, “The Hanging Tree” is a merciless fast cavalcade that goes straight to the point with a heavy fast riffing, melodic yet aggressive vocals, big choirs in the chorus, two insane guitar solos and a folk break in the middle that our dear EK fans will definitely love. It will surely be a highlight in our forthcoming live shows." More...
Vicious Rumors & Wormed Added To 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise has confirmed the addition of American power metal veterans Vicious Rumors and Spanish death metal outfit Wormed for this year's edition of the festival. Unfortunately, death metal stalwarts Decrepit Birth has had to pull out of the event due to a medical emergency.
The eleventh round of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise will set sail on January 30th from Miami, Florida and make its way to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Dark Tranquillity Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise have announced that Swedish melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity are the latest band to be confirmed for this year's edition of the festival. The cruise is scheduled to leave Miami on January 30th and head to Bimini, Bahamas before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Belphegor Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
Austrian blackened death metal stalwarts Belphegor has been announced as the latest addition for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The floating festival, which will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas, will sail out from Miami, Florida on January 30th and return to port on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Three More Bands Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise have confirmed a further three names for the 2023 edition of the event, which will launch in just over two weeks on January 30th from Miami, Florida, before returning on February 3rd. Now added to the lineup are Dutch outfit Dear Mother, Canadian progressive metal band Osyron and Colombian melodic death metal group Eshtadur.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Edge Of Paradise Announced For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the famous 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise has announced that Los Angeles, California based hard rock/heavy metal outfit Edge Of Paradise are the latest name to be confirmed for the floating festival, which is set to depart from Miami, Florida on January 30th and returns on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Hideous Divinity Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
Italian brutal death metal band Hideous Divinity has been announced as the latest name for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to launch of January 30th from Miami and make a stop in Bimini, Bahamas before docking in Florida once again on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Eleine Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise has brought the lineup one step closer to completion with the announcement that Swedish symphonic metal upstarts Eleine will be taking part in the floating festival. The ship will sail out of Miami on January 30th and head to Bimini, Bahamas before returning to Florida on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
70000 Tons Of Metal 2023 Adds Four More Bands
A further four bands have now been confirmed for the 2023 edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida on January 30th and head to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd. Joining the already impressive roster are Swedish doom metal veterans Isole, Italian heavy metal horrors Deathless Legacy, Philadelphia's own Empress and Slovenian post-progressive metal outfit Hei'An.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Atrocity Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal
German death metal veterans Atrocity are the latest band to be confirmed for the upcoming 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is scheduled to set sail on January 30th and head to Bimini, The Bahamas, before returning to Miami on February 3rd.
In addition, vocalist Alexander Krull returns to host Jamming In International Waters, the highly vaunted All-Star Jam that takes the best musicians in metal and puts them together for an unforgettable experience!
The lineup is now as follows: More...
70000 Tons Confirms Amberian Dawn And Nothgard
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise have now confirmed two more bands for this year's edition of the floating festival, which will set sail at the end of the month (January 30th) and return of February 3rd. Finnish symphonic power metal veterans Amberian Dawn, who recently released an ABBA tribute album named "Take A Chance," and German melodic death metal outfit Nothgard.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Elvenking
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Cancer And Wolfchant Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The announcements for the 2023 edition of 70000 Tons Of Metal are coming thick and fast with the organisers of the cruise confirming two more names for the voyage today. British death metal legends Cancer will be boarding the ship, as will German Viking metal band Wolfchant. Speaking on the announcement, Cancer said:
"We are beyond stoked to announce that we will be spreading this fatal disease called death fucking metal at the one and only 70000tons, the world's biggest heavy metal cruise in just a few weeks!
"We've definitely never played in a setting like this one, so you can imagine the four of us are quite excited about it! A good bunch of friends and bands that we love have been already announced and we'll all make a total of 60 artists playing two sets each when the whole line-up gets revealed!
Grab your tickets now before it is too late! See you in Miami and Bimini VERY soon! CFC."
The cruise will sail from Miami on January 30th and head to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning to Florida on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Batushka & Elvenking Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
Two more bands have now been confirmed for the 2023 edition of 70000 Tons Of Metal, the metal cruise which will set sail from Miami on January 30th and dock in Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd. Joining the lineup will be Polish black metal outfit Batushka, as well as Italian power metal group Elvenking.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amorphis
Batushka
Cryptosis
Cynic
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Elvenking
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer