Eluveitie

 Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Switzerland. Their sound can be described as Celtic folk with melodic death metal influences. The band formed in 2002 and their first EP, Vên came out in 2003. The band then released a full-length album, Spirit in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The first product of the collaboration, Slania, was released in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and number 72 in the German charts.

Eluveitie uses traditional instruments amidst guitars and screams. The lyrics are often in the extinct language Gaulish. Eluveitie is Helvetic Gaulish for "I am the Helvetian", referring to an inscription dating to the earliest record of the Celtic Helvetii tribe from what is now Switzerland.

Eluveitie infuses traditional celtic folk melodies with Gothenburg styled melodic death metal. Eluveitie uses traditional folk instruments in their music, such as Violin, tin whistles and flutes, and Hurdy Gurdy.

Their first album was the self financed “Vên,” released in 2003. After that they have released four full-length albums: “Spirit” (2006), “Slania” (2008), “Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion” (2009) and “Everything Remains As It Never Was” (2010). The penultimate of those is completely acoustic and contains various guest artists, such as Fredy Schnyder from Nucleus Torn playing the hammered dulcimer on two tracks, Oli S. Tyr from the German medieval band Faun contributing the sounds of the long-necked lute on the title track, Alan Nemtheanga from the Irish pagan metal band Primordial presents his vocals in two tracks, Mina The Fiddler from the experimental folk band Branâ Keternâ playing the 5-stringed viola on two tracks and Sarah Wauquiez, their former band member, playing Zugerörgeli (helvetic accordion) on one track.

Official website

Discography :

Studio albums

Spirit (2006)

Slania (2008)

Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion (2009)

Everything Remains as It Never Was (2010)

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EPs

Vên (2003)

Compilation Albums

Slania / Evocation I – The Arcane Metal Hammer Edition (2009)

Live albums

live @ Metalcamp 2008 (2008)

Singles

Omnos (2009)

Members

Chrigel Glanzmann – vocals, mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, bodhrán (since 2002)

Meri Tadic – violin, vocals (since 2003)

Merlin Sutter – drums (since 2004)

Siméon Koch – lead guitar (since 2004)

Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar (since 2004)

Anna Murphy – hurdy gurdy, vocals (since 2006)

Kay Brem – bass guitar (since 2008)

Päde Kistler – bagpipes, whistles (since 2008)