An eight-and-a-half-minute audio preview of Helvetios, the new album from Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie, is available below. Due in Europe on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli [a.k.a. Tommy T. Baron; Coroner/ex-Kreator guitarist]. According to the band, Vetterli“record[ed] drums, guitars and vocals and also produc[ed] and mix[ed] the record. Most folk instruments and also vocals [were] recorded by Anna Murphy and Marco Jencarelli at the Soundfarm studios in Lucerne.”
Eluveitie‘s last album, Everything Remains [As It Never Was], sold around 1,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 23 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Eluveitie has joined Children Of Bodom on the Finnish metallers’ North American headlining tour in celebration of the band’s 15th anniversary. The trek kicked off on January 30 in Rochester, New York and will run through March 4, hitting 26 cities over the course of the five-week jaunt. Boston-based extreme metal band Revocation and Canada’s Threat Signal are also on the bill. Tour dates are listed below.
Helvetios track listing:
01. Prologue
02. Helvetios
03. Luxtos
04. Home
05. Santonian Shores
06. Scorched Earth
07. Meet The Enemy
08. Neverland
09. A Rose For Epona
10. Havoc
11. The Uprising
12. Hope
13. The Siege
14. Alesia
15. Tullianum
16. Uxellodunon
17. Epilogue
ELUVEITIE
Revocation
Threat Signal
February 11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
February 13 Santa Ana, CA Yost Theatre
February 15 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
February 17 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
February 18 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
February 19 Lubbock, TX Pavilion
February 21 Austin, TX Emo’s East
February 22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
February 24 Louisville, KY Expo 5
February 25 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
February 26 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
February 27 Montreal, QC Metropolis
February 29 Quebec City, QC Imperial
March 1 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
March 2 Huntington, NY The Paramount Theatre
March 3 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
March 4 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
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‘Eluveitie’ ‘NeckBreacker’s Ball’ Tour Over + Video Shoot [Nov. 2011]
New ‘Eluveitie’ Song Available For Streaming ‘Meet The Enemy’ [Dec.2011]
Another New ‘Eluveitie’ Song Available For Streaming [Jan. 2012]