Eluveitie

Eluveitie
Eluveitie at Cernunnos Fest
Background information
Oreigin	Winterthur, Swisserland
Genres	Fowk metal Melodic death metal Celtic metal Pagan Metal, Fowk Rock
Years active	2002 - present
Labels	Nuclear Blast Fear Dark
Members	Merlin Sutter Simeon Koch Chrigel Glanzmann Meri Tadic Ivo Henzi Anna Murphy Päde Kistler Kay Brem

Eluveitie (pronounced El-Vay-Tee IPA: [ɛlˈveɪti]) is a Celtic metal baund frae Winterthur, Swisserland. The baund formit in 2002 an their first EP, Vên came oot in 2003. The baund then released a full-length album, Spirit in Juin 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie wis signed bi Nuclear Blast.

Eluveitie uise traditional instruments amidst guitars an loud vocals. The leerics ar often in the extinct language Gaulish. Eluveitie is Helvetic Gaulish for "I am the Helvetian", referring to an inscription dating to the earliest record o the Celtic Helvetii tribe frae what is now Swisserland.

Characteristics

Eluveitie infuses traditional Celtic fowk melodies with Gothenburg-styled melodic daith metal. Eluveitie uises traditional fowk instruments in their muisic, such as fiddles, tin whistles an flutes, an hurdy gurdies. The traditional fowk tunes in their sangs hae been drawn frae various sources, such as traditional Erse reels. While many o their leerics ar in Inglis, some ar in the ancient extinct Gaulish leid. All o the leerics on their 2009 release Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion ar in Gaulish. Their leerics ar based on texts written in Gaulish such as prayers, invocations o the gods an other spirits.

Members

Current 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)

Umwhile members

• Sevan Kirder – bagpipes, flutes, whistles, vocals (2003–2008)
• Rafi Kirder – bass guitar, vocals (2004–2008)
• Severin Binder – bagpipes, flutes, whistles, vocals (2004–2006)
• Linda Suter – fiddle, vocals (2003–2004)
• Sarah Kiener – hurdy gurdy, crumhorn, accordion, vocals (2005–2006, guest 2009)
• Dani Fürer – lead guitar (2003–2004)
• Dide Marfurt – hurdy gurdy, bagpipes (2003–2004)
• Gian Albertin – bass, vocals, sound effects (2003–2004)
• Dario Hofstetter – drums (2003–2004)
• Yves Tribelhorn – rhythm guitar (2003–2004)
• Philipp Reinmann – Irish bouzouki (2003–2004)
• Mattu Ackerman – fiddle (2003–2004)

Guest muisicians

• Fredy Schnyder – guitar (2009)
• Mina the fiddler – 5string viola (2009)
• Oliver Sa Tyr – nyckelharpa (2009)
• Alan Averill – vocals (2009)
• Torbjörn "Thebon" Schei – vocals (2010)
• Brendan Wade – uilleann pipes (2010)
• Dannii Young – spoken voice (2010)

Discography

Studio albums

• Spirit (2006)
• Slania (2008)
• Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion (2009)
• Everything Remains as It Never Was (2010)

EPs

• Vên (2003)

Compilation Albums

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

Live albums

• live @ Metalcamp 2008 (2008)

Singles

• Omnos (2009)
• Thousandfold (2010)

Videos

• Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom (2006)
• Inis Mona (2008)
• Omnos (2009)
• Thousandfold (2009)

External links

• Eluveitie's Official Website
• May 2008 Interview with Chrigel Glanzmann
• Official MySpace