Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie will release their new album, “Origins”, on August 1 Worldwide, August 4 U.K./Ireland & August 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Eluveitie frontman Chrigel Glanzmann and can be seen below. The effort was once again 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).
The lyric video for ‘King’ can be seen in the clip below.
Says Chrigel: “‘Origins’ deals in depth with Celtic mythology, or, to be more precise, with aetiological tales from Gaul in particular. Hence we’re facing strongly mythical as well as spiritual subjects on this album, topics which we have approached very scientifically and in cooperation with several scientists and diverse universities.
“Many aspects of Gaulish mythology and spirituality remain in the dark nonetheless, while others run through the theme like a golden thread — like this eminent, yet innominate god, for instance, of which the Gauls claimed to be direct descendants and which was compared to the Roman chtonic deity Dis Pater.
“Today we cannot say which Gaulish god this was exactly. But according to all we know, it’s likely that we’re dealing with Sucellos here. Throughout space and time he appears over and over again — from very old spiritual customs of ancient Gaulish tribes in today’s northern Spain all the way to later statues in today’s Switzerland, France and elsewhere.
Perhaps he is this mysterious nameless one.
“The album cover of ‘Origins’ is designed after the hammer/club-shaped ‘halo’ of Sucellos, as seen on a statue, that was found in a shrine of a gallo-roman household in today’s France. It was created under the scientific supervision of experts from the university of Zürich.”
Eluveitie recently announced the addition of violinist Nicole Ansperger to the group’s ranks.
Eluveitie‘s latest album “Helvetios” sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 143 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 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.
Tracklist:
01. Origins
02. The Nameless
03. From Darkness
04. Celtos
05. Virunus
06. Nothing
07. The Call Of The Mountains
08. Sucellos
09. Inception
10. Vianna
11. The Silver Sister
12. King
13. The Day Of Strife
14. Ogmios
15. Carry The Torch
16. Eternity
Upcoming Shows:
Jun 14 Greenfield Festival Interlaken, Switzerland
Jun 19 Metalfest Germany Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
Jun 21 Hellfest Clisson, France
Jun 28 Graspop Metal Meeting Dessel, Belgium
Jul 13 Masters Of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic
Aug 08 ARTmania Festival Sibiu, Romania
Aug 09 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain
Aug 16 Summer Breeze Open Air w/ Thyrfing Dinkelsbuhl, Germany
Sep 19 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD
Sep 20 Chop Shop Charlotte, NC
Sep 21 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Sep 22 The Orpheum Tampa, FL
Sep 23 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sep 25 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Sep 26 Backstage Live San Antonio, TX
Sep 27 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
Sep 29 Club Red Phoenix, AZ
Oct 02 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
Oct 03 Ramona Mainstage San Diego, CA
Oct 04 Assembly Music Hall Sacramento, CA
Oct 05 Oakland Metro Opera House Oakland, CA
Oct 06 Hawthorne Theater Portland, OR
Oct 07 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Oct 08 Rickshaw Vancouver, Canada
Oct 10 Union Hall Edmonton, Canada
Oct 11 McEwan Ballroom Calgary, Canada
Oct 13 The Garrick Winnipeg, Canada
Oct 14 Mill City Nights Minneapolis, MN
Oct 15 House of Blues Chicago, IL
Oct 16 St. Andrews Detroit, MI
Oct 17 Phoenix Theater Toronto, Canada
Oct 18 Corona Theatre Montreal, Canada
Oct 19 Imperial Quebec City, Canada
Oct 21 Royale Boston, MA
Oct 22 Irving Plaza New York, NY
Oct 31 New Age Treviso, Italy
Nov 01 Rock’n’Roll Romagnano, Italy
Nov 02 Ninkasi Kao Lyon, France
Nov 04 Salamandra 1 Barcelona, Spain
Nov 05 Asla Arena Madrid, Spain
Nov 06 METRONUM Toulouse, France
Nov 07 Antipode Mjc Rennes, France
Nov 08 Le Trabendo Paris, France
Nov 09 Biebob Vosselaar, Belgium
Nov 11 O2 Academy Islington London, United Kingdom
Nov 12 Sound Control Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Audio Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 14 Mandela Hall Belfast, United Kingdom
Nov 15 The Button Factory Dublin, Ireland
Nov 16 Bierkeller Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 18 Hellraiser Leipzig, Germany
Nov 19 X Herford, Germany
Nov 20 Tivoli Bremen, Germany
Nov 21 Matrix Bochum, Germany
Nov 22 Gruenspan Hamburg, Germany
Nov 23 De Effenaar, Kleine Zaal Eindhoven, Netherlands
Nov 25 Essigfabrik Koln, Germany
Nov 27 Fabryka Krakow, Poland
Nov 28 Progresja Warsaw, Poland
Nov 29 Slowianin Szczecin, Poland
Nov 30 K17 w/ Skálmöld, Arkona Berlin, Germany
Dec 02 Steinbruch Darmstadt, Germany
Dec 03 KULTURFABRIK Esch Alzette, Luxembourg
Dec 04 Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, Germany
Dec 05 Backstage Munchen, Germany
Dec 06 Music Hall Geiselwind, Germany
Dec 07 Vaudeville Lindau, Germany
Dec 09 Kino Siska Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dec 10 Club 202 Budapest, Hungary
Dec 11 Majestic Music Club Bratislava, Slovakia
Dec 12 Szene Wien, Austria
Dec 13 Rockhouse Salzburg, Austria
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Lyric Video ‘King’
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