Eluveitie | |
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Eluveitie, 2023 | |
Background information | |
Oreigin | Winterthur, Swisserland |
Genres | Fowk metal[1][2] Melodic death metal[3] Celtic metal [4] 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 (pronoonced El-Vay-Tee IPA: [ɛlˈveɪti]) is a Celtic metal baund frae Winterthur, Swisserland. The baund formit in 2002 an thair first EP, Vên came oot in 2003. The baund then released a full-lenth 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 eften in the extinct leid Gaulish. Eluveitie is Helvetic Gaulish for "I am the Helvetian", referring tae an inscription datin tae the earliest record o the Celtic Helvetii tribe frae what is nou Swisserland.
Eluveitie infuses traditional Celtic fowk melodies wi Gothenburg-styled melodic daith metal. Eluveitie uises traditional fowk instruments in thair muisic, sic as fiddles, tin whistles an flutes, an hurdy gurdies. The traditional fowk tunes in thair sangs hae been drawn frae various soorces, sic as traditional Erse reels. While mony o thair leerics ar in Inglis, some ar in the auncient extinct Gaulish leid. Aw o the leerics on thair 2009 release Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion ar in Gaulish. Thair leerics ar based on texts written in Gaulish sic as prayers, invocations o the gods an ither spirits.
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