Elvenking - Swallowtail

[PsyphaX09]

emo sounding vocals but otherwise a brilliant song and band!!!

[SixMagicNumbers]

Stumbled across this.... fantastic!

[OhSoGrimm]

This would be on my list of my favorite Elvenking songs, If not my all time favorite song from them.

[blacksheep806]

aaah finally I found a folk metal band with non-growling vocals! wohoo ^^

[AIienschnitzler]

@blacksheep806

try alestorm, turisas, an korpiklaani, they're mostly clear voices

[InNomineEnsiferum]

@blacksheep806 if you want clear folk, go witth falconer; awesome voice.

[Odders3000]

Who cares about its classification? If it sounds good, then listen to it. If it doesn't sound good, then don't listen to it. It's only music people.

And in my opinion, this is bloody good music.

[NiggeliNG]

they need to get a new singer... apart from that it's good

[ShugoxDDDD]

@NiggeliNG New singer? his voice is fucking awesome!

[NiggeliNG]

@ShugoxDDDD not really, no

[Prophint]

3 people stayed up aaaall night and didnt see a swallowtail

[Ombra1983]

What's that shit about Elvenking are emocore ?

By the way, emocore is a great kind of music and Tokio Hotel don't play emocore

[CidGuerreiro1234]

Awesome song and extremely awesome album cover.

[WAHOOsful]

3 people were shaking so hard from the awesome that they missed the like button.

[Amneil1]

i wanna like this song twice :D

[Bladeofdeath311]

This genre needs soo much more publicity! The contemporaries that I scornfully admit that my generation listens to... If I may quote Oscar Wilde "Why was I born with such contemporaries?". and this music actually takes talent to play, whereas just about anyone can put together a rap, and well pop doesn't take much skill... And I swear everyone I have had listen to any folk/power metal has LOVED it... (thank you for putting up with my ranting.)

[enzoheartbreak]

Kick ass violin!

[ShirtNLeaf]

yes really nice Genre. i like this kind :D

[Andrey2865]

This is like a medieval metal

[Buttonmasher50]

@Andrey2865 Folk Metal. One of the greatest Genres, in my opinion.

[yago1618]

i agree what you say folk and power metal is a fucking great combination i like that

[julia17long]

So...good............

[ErikdaMusic]

ah, such a lovely song.

[TheSandChris]

Got to love the online language, our ancestors would be proud of the way we've bastardised the english language.

The music is quite nice aswell.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@TheSandChris - Bwahahahahaha <3 your comment. And agree on both ends. This is a great song... <3 the compelling lyrics/story.

[Ithilwen22]

Wow! I just now found this band, ridiculously awesome. Another thing to save up money for I suppose =D

[38jmmjamm]

nice music

[Metalujo]

is the best bitch

[Zebusto]

If you like Elvenking, listen "In Extremo" ;)

[SirKavilut]

great band... combination of folk and metalcore... grace and brave

[Moeppstar]

@SirKavilut

METALCORE? holy shit wtf shut up moron... DUDE this is definetly NO emocore

[SirKavilut]

@Moeppstar ow stfu i dont care about u u are nothing fckin retard.. i never say emocore fuckin retard blind so i dont give a fuck abot you fckin moron i know its nor metalcore the drund remind me a little of metalcore so stfu and do a favor for society DIE fcin son of a b!tch justin bieber lover

[Moeppstar]

@SirKavilut

haha ur cute sirRageKid :D more flames plx btw whos justin bieber? an animal?

[Llaveroja27]

@SirKavilut favor society by dying?

thats the wussiest thing any one would ever do.

society should commit suicide

[SirKavilut]

@Llaveroja27 stfu mother fucker no one talk with u.. plz do a favor to society and die

[Llaveroja27]

@SirKavilut society can suck my dick...

while it fucks you in the ass, and you liking it..

conformer slave you

[dragonspire440]

@SirKavilut Dude you have a fucking qwerty keyboard spell shit out and ps you are horrable at insulting people and he is rite this is Folkmetal

[SirKavilut]

@dragonspire440 i dont give a fck

[noik666]

awsome song great stuff i just love folk metal \m/

[Lostwinddragon]

Swallowtail Swallowtail do like butterfly's?

[DARKSTARR111]

who the hell are the two idiots that disliked this???

[luxxdusk]

@DARKSTARR111 i dont know, but they deserve a couple of punches and kicks..

[ChainGuN2]

The Winter Wake, Heathenreel, and The Scythe are my top 3 favorite albums by Elvenking, but of course I love all their work :)

[elcarale]

e il bello che sono italianissimiiiiiiiiii si sono veramente forti

[Surielis]

I don't know, search for them on Amazon, or maybe search FYE online---You should b able to find them pretty easily!

[SykoSaint]

because it's actually good music that makes the majority of record lables signed "musicians" sound like crap which they are for the most part but there are a few good ones here and there

[Hcosl]

que voz de este nuey

[sylmeria27]

I like the violin

[qeinar]

hmm the lyrics on most of the elvenking songs just boggles my mind.

[MASACREAZTECA]

excelente banda de epic folk metal por que no hay bandas asi en mexico

[BLITScraig20]

elven king fucks my shit UPP! swallow tail is always in my head.. so beautiful.. like I said fucks my shit up!

[Nazghoul23]

Folk + Power Metal. one of the best combination's ever.

[SolaceBySolitude]

Folk + Black too

[chrisdevil101]

whats black metal?

[SolaceBySolitude]

Deathspell Omega - The repellant scars of Abandon and Election

perfect example

[TokyoXplorer]

THE best combination

[Gaariel]

@Nazghoul23 its progressive + folk. Theyr principal influence is Angra from Brazil. Power is more like Iced Earth...

[Ombra1983]

@Gaariel I know Elvenking and they consider their band as power\folk

[Gaariel]

@Ombra1983 well, they could consider pop, that doenst mean that it is true, right? power is more rhythm, EK change the timing of the musics all the time, and the compasses, just consider what u understand about music and analise it, thats all what i ask... if u got good arg. to prove so, i ll acept it.

[Ombra1983]

@Gaariel in Elvenking's music you can not find the long guitar's solos that characterize progressive. Their music is more similar to Blind Guardian (power) than Dream Theatre (progressive)

[KeikotheCutie]

Some asswipe went on my friends channel and said this was emo music!!! This music rocks far too much and sounds WAY too happy to be emo! 100 stars!

[SolaceBySolitude]

Scythe is emo unfortunately. All others power + folk

[SlyDevil13]

It's not emo. Listen to Tokio Hotel and you will hear what emo sounds like

[SchokoladeShake]

I absolutely adore Tokio Hotel! Listen to some of the songs on their new album, Humanoid. It's not emo in the slightest.

[ComandantreM]

you are emo!

[SchokoladeShake]

Haha, I'm not emo at all. The number of "thumbs down" on my comment actually makes me laugh.

[Coolboy25]

@SlyDevil13 What the hell! Calling Tokio Hotel Emo is an isult to the genre!

Tokio Hotel is just pop-music for teen girls

[MasterofStickpplz]

@SlyDevil13 don't need to know, most of my school was emo.

[tigerglory]

@SlyDevil13

I totally agree with you lol.

My first opinion on Bill was, a girl, and so thought my mum (and she is beautician)

[Ibiomatj]

@SlyDevil13 Tokio Hotel? I know one fagot name Justin

[Clairmarie96]

@SlyDevil13 you are stupid!

[unix1991]

@SlyDevil13 who think that? its a power metal no emos songs (this sucks) hello from italy :)

[heathenflame]

This was stuck in my head all day so I'm listening to it now.

[YokoHimura08]

Haha, I know the feeling.

ElvenKing for the win!!!

[Iarwenbn]

One of my Elvenking's favorite song (my favorite band)

I wonder what is the tale the lyric speechs...

Awesome

[quadrupleplay]

What I heard about this song is that there's a witch in the woods that everyone's afraid of because of myths, and the narrator dares to go and meet her. She proves to be not what everyone thinks, but she is so alluring that he stays away forever in order to avoid *never* being able to leave.

[Iarwenbn]

Thenks, friend

[quadrupleplay]

This album is so full of great stories that are structured in such a way as to be extremely accessible (the music) but still requiring effort to understand (the lyrics). The contrast between this and the different instruments is unexplainable, and it's why I love Elvenking so much.

[ChunkyPirate]

And he won't go back because he knows then he won't be able to leave, thus becoming one of the "swallowtails"

[TokyoXplorer]

Elvenking are so fucking good.:DIts awesome that you can call them your favourite band.I dont own any albums so I cant really prove my love for them.Have you seen the price of their albums on amazon?So expensive :(

[MaliceD0Urden]

This is the song that got me into Elvenking. It is one awesoem song, thanks for posting :)

[RacheengelKratos]

I just noticed that you are back, VonnLaymann, lol. I'm somehow slow. xD (you where banned from youtube once, right?)

[Waylander08]

Awesome song

[BlueDragonscale]

love it!

[u0750]

unbelievevable song!

[MasterAngelWarrior00]

I love the lyrics in this Song, Thank you for posting ElvenKing!! ^_^

"Brimstone eyes she hath,

Black in colour looking sad

The hair like straw, her skin so raw...

A debauchery decadent"

Grandmother used to tell

"beware do not go near the hut - I say!"

It was believed to be the home of a witch

- a house left in decay

[MasterAngelWarrior00]

[Bridge:] They speakest alright 'Cause I went one night And saw the old house Ivy all around Suddenly I was bound And fell in darkness People brave enough went And faced the things they said They never came back, neither to be, Sorry for their misbelieve Only pieces of their bodies hanging up On the strangest trees they found Forming shapes that may have linked To whom the parts belonged in a whole lifetime

[MasterAngelWarrior00]

In her arms you'll crackle like fire

In the night you'll see her Swallowtail

When she's near you'll hear hell's choirs

Run (as) fast as you can, right in the arms of the unknown

Swallowtail Swallowtail

They told me that your evil would prevail on me,

But now I know you are not what they say

Swallowtail Swallowtail

[MasterAngelWarrior00]

Your beauty comes like sunshine after rain, so warm, An unexpected spark to wash away the dark She was supposed to be so old, deceitful, Not deceivable Death she'd exhale from her never Ending rings hanging on her nose [Bridge:] They speakest no right 'Cause I went one night And saw the old house Butterflies around Suddenly I was bound And fell in beauty

[MasterAngelWarrior00]

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2:]

All the things they told me - liars!

All because she is too beautiful

I know I won't go back 'cause

At the end I'll be a butterfly

Swallowtail Swallowtail...

Swallowtail Swallowtail...

[Nungael]

THANK YOU!!!!! i have been waiting for this to be on youtube for forever! This is one of EK's best songs (though I think as a whole The Winter Wake is nowhere near as great as Heathenreel, and The Scythe also tops it, which is saying something)

[xv8]

i love this song /me encanta esta cancion

is more better than wizard of oz(es mejo que mago de oz... solo hay que ver el violin este , con los violines que hace moja...

[imbuc]

we no es necesario poner el nombre en ingles de mago de oz la banda se llama asi y asi la conocen jeje pero igual concuerdo contigo elvenking es mejor que mago al menos en sus cds antes del ultimo que parece mas musica emo.... -_- como sea

salu2

[metallian84]

"Swallowtail Swallowtail your beauty

comes like sunshine after rain" :)

One of the best songs from the third album ;)

I hope one day I'll manage to see again this band!