Eluveitie – ‘Helvetios’ CD

Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The founder of this band was Chrigel Glanzmann. The band formed in 2002, and their first EP, ‘Vên’ came out in 2003. They describe themselves as “the new wave of folk metal”.

‘Helvetios’ is their fifth full-length album, being the band’s first concept album. It focuses on the Gallic Wars from the perspective of the ancient Helvetians.

The album features melodic death metal combined with Celtic folk music instruments like fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, flutes, whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodhran, and hammered dulcimer.

Band member Anna Murphy has been more involved in songwriting and has been given more vocal parts than in previous releases.