Audio CD review:
Elvenking - Wyrd

Elvenking - Wyrd

Band: Elvenking Title: Wyrd Rating: Release Date: 26 April, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Loser's Ball 2: Pathfinders 3: Jigsaw Puzzle 4: Silk Dilemma 5: Disappearing Sands 6: Moonchariot 7: Perpetual Knot 8: Another Haven 9: A Fiery Stride 10: Midnight Circus 11: A Poem For The Firmament

Customer Reviews Best folk metal album out there The vocals are great, the songs are very imaginative and creative, and the sound is really refreshing and great. It really is. There really is no weak point of this CD. It sounds similar to their first one, and a bit more melodic than The Winters Wake. Its somewhat heavy at times but at the same time carries a lot of melody. The best tracks here are Pathfinders, Disappearing Sands, Jigsaw Puzzle, and the Perpetual Knot. They also have a very long song which is cool, called "A Poem for the Firmament. " I'm fairly confident to say that if you buy this album, you won't be disappointed, especially if you've heard the first Elvenking album. Ground Breaking Folk Metal Release For Sure The sound is power metal but the instruments and songwriting has a strong folk element. Elvenking play a style of folk metal you do not hear too often. A lot of times I don't like folk influenced power metal because the folk elements are too strong and don't mix well with the metal influences. In the case of Elevenking that is not true at all. They seem to sound just about perfect. The first Elvenking release Heathenreel was quite good. For Wyrd they change singers although at first listen I didn't even notice. Another thing is Wyrd is produced with a little better sound than Hethenreel. In fact, perfect IMO. This is such a breath of fresh air I really can't say enough about these guys. Just the other day I went to the website because I was really hoping they were working on another release. I kind got good news and bad news. They are working on the next release but they got rid of the vocalist they used for Wyrd and went back to their first singer. I guess it is not really bad news since I do like the first singer but I like the album Wyrd so much that I am a little disappointed to hear of a linup change. Oh yeah, make sure you get the limited edition version with the 2 bonus tracks. Disappearing Sands is the first bonus track and it is as good as any track on the album and possibly the best track. A Fiery Stride is the second bonus track and although not a standout is still quite good. I'm not kidding here folks. This is one of my favorites of all my CD's and I have a ton of Power, Death, Goth and related metal CD's. The great thing is that it is unique. I mean I love an album such as Edguy's Vain Glory Opera or Gamma Ray's Somewhere Out In Space but there are a lot of similar albums out there. I promise if you pick this one it is quite unique but still your power metal ear will pick things up right away as they don't go off in funky directions at all. Must buy at any cost. Buy or burn in hell! God I'm praying they don't make any significant changes in the songwriting for the next album. this album might need more than 5 stars incredible, hands down, don't listen to the negative review that mentions the bands breakdowns seem forced or contrived, this band is able to change directions so flawlessly it should astound you, after hearing this cd and their first, heathenreel, the easily became my favorite band ever, i wouldn't really call it folk metal, because when folk comes to mind alot of people might get scared away by it, its not slow or lame sounding by any stretch, its an upbeat album, with a sound i can say you've probably never heard the likes of before, don't let the price scare you, believe me, some dude you've never met, buy this album with no hesitation. . You can see a complete list of all Elvenking discography, or go back to the Elvenking tabs