Elvenking is an Italianfolk metal band fromSacile. They have released one demo and twelve full-length studio albums.

Elvenking
Elvenking in 2015
Background information
Origin	Sacile,Italy
Genres	Power metal[1][2][3] folk metal[1][2] progressive metal[3] symphonic metal[4] hard rock[4]
Years active	1997–present
Labels	AFM
Members	Aydan Damnagoras Headmatt Lethien Jakob Symohn
Website	www.elvenking.net

Elvenking has declared itself to be a band highly influenced by folk music and dances from all over the world, drawing inspiration from different genres such asmetal,folk,hard rock,pop,prog, andclassical music. The vocal style is usually clean singing, though harsh vocals were provided by former guitarist Jarpen who left the band in 2005.^[5]

Guitarist Aydan was quoted in an interview in 2001 as stating, "Well, our influences come from all the metal scene and obviously from a lot of folk music and dances from all over the world. For what about the metal part, from power to thrash or death metal, we listen all! To name you a few bandsSkyclad,Blind Guardian,In Flames,Soilwork,Helloween,Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, Annihilator,Cradle Of Filth,Dark Tranquillity..."^[6]

• Federico "Aydan" Baston – guitars(1997–present)
• Davide "Damnagoras" Moras – vocals(1997–2002, 2004–present)
• Fabio "Lethien" Polo – violin(2009–present)
• Alessandro "Jakob" Jacobi – bass(2012–present)
• Simone "Symohn" Morettin – drums(2011–2017, 2022–present)
• Mattia "Headmatt" Carli – guitars(2022–present)

• Massimo "Kleid" Bottiglieri – vocals(2002–2004)
• Jarpen – guitars, unclean vocals(1997–2005)
• Luca Luison – guitars(2005–2007)
• Raffaello "Rafahel" Indri – guitars(2007–2022)
• Sargon – bass(1997–1999)
• Gorlan – bass(2000–2011)
• Zender – drums(1997–2011)
• Marco "Lancs" Lanciotti – drums(2017–2022)
• Elyghen – violin(2002–2010)

Timeline

• Heathenreel (2001)
• Wyrd (2004)
• The Winter Wake (2006)
• The Scythe (2007)
• Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures) (2008)
• Red Silent Tides (2010)
• Era (2012)
• The Pagan Manifesto (2014)
• Secrets of the Magick Grimoire (2017)
• Reader of the Runes trilogy (2019–2025)
  • Part 1: Divination (2019)
  • Part 2: Rapture (2023)
  • Part 3: Luna (2025)

• The Divided Heart – 2007
• The Cabal – 2010
• Your Heroes Are Dead – 2011
• Poor Little Baroness (Lyric Video) – 2012
• The Loser – 2012
• Elvenlegions – 2014
• The Solitare (Lyric Video) – 2015
• Draugen's Maelstrom (Lyric Video) – 2017
• Invoking the Woodland Spirit – 2017
• The One We Shall Follow – 2018
• Under the Sign of a Black Star (Lyric Video) – 2019
• Silverseal – 2019
• Divination – 2019
• No Prayer for the Dying – 2020 – cover of theIron Maidensong of the same name, recorded during the sessions ofReading the Runes – Divination^[7]
• The Moon And Magic - 2021
• Rapture – 2022
• The Hanging Tree (Lyric Video) – 2023
• Bride of Night – 2023
• Ethel (Lyric Video) – 2024
• Throes Of Atonement (Visualizer Video) – 2024
• Luna - 2025
• Gone Epoch - 2025
• The Ghosting (Lyric Video) - 2025

• Elvenking official website