– second track-by-track video released
Swiss folk metal stars ELUVEITIE are going to release their new studio album »Ategnatos« on April 5th 2019 via Nuclear Blast.
Today, the band presents the second track-by-track video. Check it and find out more about the songs ‘The Raven Hill’, ‘The Silvern Glow’, ‘Ambiramus’ and ‘Mine Is The Fury’: https://youtu.be/U1v6d1o44t0
The first part can be seen here: https://youtu.be/JWFXaCAnCu4
ELUVEITIE already released the new single ‘Ambiramus’ The song can be heard and watched in the form of a music video over on YouTube. The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 in January 2019 and can be seen here:
Chrigel Glanzmann states:
“Here you go – the next single off our upcoming album: AMBIRAMUS!
It’s definitely one of the most exceptional songs from our discography! AMBIRAMUS comes in quite groovy and with a light-hearted, yet racing folk reel in the chorus and a very accessible overall appearance; easily the brightest song we’ve ever written. Yet at the same time it goes to where the actual magic of traditional Celtic folk music exists: a place where cheerfulness and melancholy, hardship and hope, glee and deep mysticism meet to become one! And this deep, wistful yet hopefull mysticism is also found in the song’s lyrics, which will take you to the very core of the Celtic mythology the album contemplates. AMBIRAMUS (gaulish for “Voyage”) is based on a late Celtic literary tradition – the so-called Immrama tales.
AMBIRAMUS is the last song we wrote for the album and it’s probably the result of and a testimony to the very inspiring and creative atmosphere, in which we created ATEGNATOS! The song basically ‘fell into place’ after Alain finished the drum tracking, and it was written and arranged in just a few hours. We hope you enjoy it!”
Pre-order »Ategnatos« here:
http://nblast.de/EluveitieAtegnatos
The music video of the title track can be seen here: https://youtu.be/BG6en2WyAsw
The first album trailer here: https://youtu.be/JcoOZjwss0c
RELEASE-SHOWS:
05.04. CH Lausanne – Les Docks
06.04. CH Winterthur – Gaswerk
Recently, Swiss folk metal leaders ELUVEITIE also announced a European tour. The band will join forces with the legendary metal-act LACUNA COIL from Italy and the nu-metal-newcomcers INFECTED RAIN from Moldavia.
TOURDATES:
02.11. I Bari – Demodè **
03.11. I Rome – Orion **
05.11. I Bologna – Estragon **
06.11. I Milan – Live Club **
08.11. D Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
09.11. D Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle II
10.11. B Antwerp – Trix
12.11 GB Manchester – Ritz **
13.11. GB Glasgow – Garage **
14.11. IRL Dublin – Academy **
15.11. GB Bristol – SWX **
16.11. GB London – The Forum **
17.11. NL Utrecht – Tivoli Ronda*
19.11. D Frankfurt – Batschkapp
20.11. D Hannover – Capitol
21.11. D Berlin – Huxleys
22.11. D Leipzig – Felsenkeller
23.11. D Munich – Tonhalle
24.11. A Dornbirn – Conrad Sohm
26.11. F Bordeaux – Le Rocher de Palmer
27.11. E Barcelona – Razzmatazz II
28.11. E Madrid – Mon Live
29.11. F Toulouse – Le Bikini
30.11. F Rennes – L’Etage
01.12. F Paris – Elysée-Montmartre
03.12. D Saarbrücken – Garage
04.12. D Nürnberg – Hirsch
05.12. SLO Ljubljana – Kino Siska
08.12. A Vienna – Arena
12.12. LV Riga – Melna Piektdiena
13.12. FIN Helsinki – Tavastia
14.12. FIN Tampere – Pakkahuone
15.12. EST Tallinn – Rock Cafe
17.12. S Stockholm – Klubben Fryshuset
18.12. N Oslo – Vulkan Arena
19.12. S Gothenburg – Trädgarn
21.12. D Hamburg – Docks
* without Lacuna Coil
** HEADLINER Lacuna Coil
Tickets: www.eluveitie.ch – on sale tomorrow, 23.01.2019
More Live-Dates:
05.04. CH Lausanne – Les Docks
11.05. NZ Auckland – Galatos
12.05. NZ Wellington – Valhalla
15.05. AU Adelaide – The Gov
16.05. AU Sydney – Manning Bar
17.05. AU Brisbane – The Zoo
18.05. AU Melbourne – Croxton Bandroom
19.05. AU Perth – Rosemount
13. – 15.06. CH Interlaken – Greenfield Festival
19. – 22.06. DK Copenhagen – Copenhell
23.06. B Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
25.06. PL Krakow – Mystic Festival
27.06. I Bologna – Sonic Park
10.07. H Dunaújváros – Rockmaraton
11. – 13.07. A Leoben – Area 53 Festival
11. – 14.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters of Rock
19./20.07. S Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
01. – 03.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air *SOLD OUT*
02. – 04.08. F Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans – Sylak Open Air
07. – 10.08. E Villena – Leyendas del Rock
11.08. UK Derby – Bloodstock Open Air
14. – 17.08. D Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
15.08. F St. Nolff – Motocultor Festival
08.09. D Selb – Festival Mediaval
Recordings of »Ategnatos« took place in their beloved New Sound Studio with their engineer of choice Tommy Vetterli.
“Yet it was radically different as we only had four weeks to record this time around – as compared to the eight weeks we had for ‘Origins’.”
By taking mixing duties to the skilled hand of renowned studio wizard Jens Bogren in his Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden, ELUVEITIE returned to the very spot where they mixed their now legendary »Slania« album more than ten years ago.
With »Ategnatos«, the dedicated nine-piece not only worked with a real string quartet (a premiere!) and granted Fabienne Erni’s sublime mastery of the harp the room it deserved; they also undertook a holistic upgrade resulting in some of the most catchy, most aggressive or most epic tunes the Swiss Metal nobility has ever offered.
ELUVEITIE are:
Jonas Wolf | guitars
Matteo Sisti | whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodhran
Nicole Ansperger | fiddle
Alain Ackermann | drums
Chrigel Glanzmann | vocals, whistles, mandola, bagpipes
Fabienne Erni | vocals, celtic harp
Kay Brem | bass
Michalina Malisz | hurdy gurdy
Rafael Salzmann | guitars
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– first track-by-track video released
Swiss folk metal stars ELUVEITIE are going to release their new studio album »Ategnatos« on April 5th 2019 via Nuclear Blast.
Today, the band presents the first track-by-track video. Check it and find out more about the songs “Ategnatos”, “Deathwalker”, “Black Water Down” and “A Cry In The Wilderness”: https://youtu.be/JWFXaCAnCu4
Last week, ELUVEITIE released the brand new single “Ambiramus”
The song can be heard and watched in the form of a music video over on YouTube.
The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 in January 2019 and can be seen here:
Chrigel Glanzmann states:
“Here you go – the next single off our upcoming album: AMBIRAMUS!It’s definitely one of the most exceptional songs from our discography! AMBIRAMUS comes in quite groovy and with a light-hearted, yet racing folk reel in the chorus and a very accessible overall appearance; easily the brightest song we’ve ever written. Yet at the same time it goes to where the actual magic of traditional Celtic folk music exists: a place where cheerfulness and melancholy, hardship and hope, glee and deep mysticism meet to become one!
And this deep, wistful yet hopefull mysticism is also found in the song’s lyrics, which will take you to the very core of the Celtic mythology the album contemplates. AMBIRAMUS (gaulish for “Voyage”) is based on a late Celtic literary tradition – the so-called Immrama tales. AMBIRAMUS is the last song we wrote for the album and it’s probably the result of and a testimony to the very inspiring and creative atmosphere, in which we created ATEGNATOS! The song basically ‘fell into place’ after Alain finished the drum tracking, and it was written and arranged in just a few hours. We hope you enjoy it!”
Pre-order »Ategnatos« here: http://nblast.de/EluveitieAtegnatos
The music video of the title track can be seen here: https://youtu.be/BG6en2WyAsw
The first album trailer here: https://youtu.be/JcoOZjwss0c
RELEASE-SHOWS:
05.04. CH Lausanne – Les Docks
06.04. CH Winterthur – Gaswerk
Recently, Swiss folk metal leaders ELUVEITIE also announced a European tour.
The band will join forces with the legendary metal-act LACUNA COIL from Italy and the nu-metal-newcomcers INFECTED RAIN from Moldavia.
TOURDATES:
02.11. I Bari – Demodè **
03.11. I Rome – Orion **
05.11. I Bologna – Estragon **
06.11. I Milan – Live Club **
08.11. D Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
09.11. D Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle II
10.11. B Antwerp – Trix
12.11 GB Manchester – Ritz **
13.11. GB Glasgow – Garage **
14.11. IRL Dublin – Academy **
15.11. GB Bristol – SWX **
16.11. GB London – The Forum **
17.11. NL Utrecht – Tivoli Ronda*
19.11. D Frankfurt – Batschkapp
20.11. D Hannover – Capitol
21.11. D Berlin – Huxleys
22.11. D Leipzig – Felsenkeller
23.11. D Munich – Tonhalle
24.11. A Dornbirn – Conrad Sohm
26.11. F Bordeaux – Le Rocher de Palmer
27.11. E Barcelona – Razzmatazz II
28.11. E Madrid – Mon Live
29.11. F Toulouse – Le Bikini
30.11. F Rennes – L’Etage
01.12. F Paris – Elysée-Montmartre
03.12. D Saarbrücken – Garage
04.12. D Nürnberg – Hirsch
05.12. SLO Ljubljana – Kino Siska
08.12. A Vienna – Arena
12.12. LV Riga – Melna Piektdiena
13.12. FIN Helsinki – Tavastia
14.12. FIN Tampere – Pakkahuone
15.12. EST Tallinn – Rock Cafe
17.12. S Stockholm – Klubben Fryshuset
18.12. N Oslo – Vulkan Arena
19.12. S Gothenburg – Trädgarn
21.12. D Hamburg – Docks
* without Lacuna Coil
** HEADLINER Lacuna Coil
Tickets: www.eluveitie.ch – on sale tomorrow, 23.01.2019
More Live-Dates:
05.04. CH Lausanne – Les Docks
11.05. NZ Auckland – Galatos
12.05. NZ Wellington – Valhalla
15.05. AU Adelaide – The Gov
16.05. AU Sydney – Manning Bar
17.05. AU Brisbane – The Zoo
18.05. AU Melbourne – Croxton Bandroom
19.05. AU Perth – Rosemount
13. – 15.06. CH Interlaken – Greenfield Festival
19. – 22.06. DK Copenhagen – Copenhell
23.06. B Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
25.06. PL Krakow – Mystic Festival
27.06. I Bologna – Sonic Park
10.07. H Dunaújváros – Rockmaraton11. –
13.07. A Leoben – Area 53 Festival
11. – 14.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters of Rock
19./20.07. S Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
01. – 03.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air *SOLD OUT*
02. – 04.08. F Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans – Sylak Open Air
07. – 10.08. E Villena – Leyendas del Rock
11.08. UK Derby – Bloodstock Open Air
14. – 17.08. D Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
15.08. F St. Nolff – Motocultor Festival
08.09. D Selb – Festival Mediaval
Recordings of »Ategnatos« took place in their beloved New Sound Studio with their engineer of choice Tommy Vetterli.
“Yet it was radically different as we only had four weeks to record this time around – as compared to the eight weeks we had for ‘Origins’.”
By taking mixing duties to the skilled hand of renowned studio wizard Jens Bogren in his Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden, ELUVEITIE returned to the very spot where they mixed their now legendary »Slania« album more than ten years ago.
With »Ategnatos«, the dedicated nine-piece not only worked with a real string quartet (a premiere!) and granted Fabienne Erni’s sublime mastery of the harp the room it deserved; they also undertook a holistic upgrade resulting in some of the most catchy, most aggressive or most epic tunes the Swiss Metal nobility has ever offered.
ELUVEITIE are:
Jonas Wolf | guitars
Matteo Sisti | whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodhran
Nicole Ansperger | fiddle
Alain Ackermann | drums
Chrigel Glanzmann | vocals, whistles, mandola, bagpipes
Fabienne Erni | vocals, celtic harp
Kay Brem | bass
Michalina Malisz | hurdy gurdy
Rafael Salzmann | guitars
]]>Once the first (instrumental) track is over I start to hear elements of Children Of Bodom, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow and Sabaton, especially in the way heaviness is merged with melody. In fact, apart from the lyrics and some melodies, there’s not much here that I’d solidly place in the ‘Folk Metal’ category.
The sound is a bit overpolished for my taste. I get the nagging suspicion that the album was designed for a live delivery and this, at least in part, would explain the music’s immediacy. There’s some excellent material here and the epic ‘Revenge’ and ‘Allah’s Tagides’ are perfect examples of this.
So “Thirteen” has got me interested in Gwydion but I’m still reluctant to fully embrace the band. The quality of the keyboards didn’t impress me too much and I get the impression that “Thirteen” lacks a strong identity in a genre where musical identity is quite important.
Fans of Tyr, Alestorm, Sabaton….this one’s for you.
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