Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie will release their new album, Helvetios, on February 10, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. Artwork and tracklist can be seen below.
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.”
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
In other news, Eluveitie will hold the first edition of its own festival, Eluveitie & Friends on December 30, 2011 at the Volkshaus in Zurich. Other bands scheduled to participate in the event include Coroner and Korpiklaani.
Eluveitie are taking part in the next North American run of the Finnish metal legends Children Of Bodom in early 2012! These dates will be part of the first leg of their 2012 Helvetios World Tour, with more to be announced within the next weeks and months. [Tourdates listed below].
CHILDREN OF BODOM
ELUVEITIE
Revocation
Threat Signal
January 30 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
January 31 Detroit, MI Harpo’s
February 1 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
February 3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
February 4 St. Louis, MO Pops
February 6 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
February 7 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
February 9 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
February 10 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
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
Related articles:
Eluveitie – Everything Remains (as it never was) [CD review, 2010]
‘Eluveitie’ Recording New Album (Details and Album Title Unveiled) + Fall 2011 Tourdates [Sept. 2011]
‘Eluveitie’ ‘NeckBreacker’s Ball’ Tour Over + Video Shoot [Nov. 2011]