Swiss melodic-folk-death-metallers, Eluveitie, has just launched a brand new and completely redesigned website and has taken the occasion to announce the title and production status of their upcoming album Helvetios. Commented the band:
“We have made good use of the time between the shows of our Everything Remains World Tour and are therefore able to announce that as of today, September 1st, Merlin has begun drum tracking for our new album titled Helvetios at Newsound Studios in Pfäffikon, Switzerland. We are again working with Tommy Vetterli (Coroner, ex–Kreator) who will record drums, guitars and vocals and will also be producing and mixing the record this time around. Most folk instruments and vocals will be recorded by Anna Murphy & Marco Jencarelli at the Soundfarm studios in Lucerne.
All that’s left to say for now is that we are extremely excited about the new material, and we cannot wait for the release in early 2012. Further updates will appear regularly on our website, both in news as well as in a studio blog in which the bandmembers themselves will keep you up to date.”
Eluveitie’s latest album, Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (CD review) 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.
Everything Remains (As It Never Was) registered the following first-week European chart positions:
Switzerland: #8
Germany: #19
Austria: #22
Everything Remains (As It Never Was) was released on February 19, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was mixed at Nott-In Pill studios in Wales with Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Kreator, Behemoth, Bullet For My Valentine) and Martyn “Ginge” Ford.
Check out the band’s new website
Upcoming Tourdates:
| 2011-10-28 | München (Backstage) | DE |
| 2011-10-29 | Linz (Posthof ) | AT |
| 2011-10-30 | Bratislava (Majestic Music Club) | SK |
| 2011-10-31 | Wien (Arena) | AT |
| 2011-11-01 | Budapest (Club 202) | HU |
| 2011-11-02 | Ljubljana (Cvetlicarna) | SI |
| 2011-11-03 | Milan (Live Club) | IT |
| 2011-11-04 | Klagenfurt (Messehalle) | AT |
| 2011-11-05 | Stuttgart (LKA Longhorn) | DE |
| 2011-11-06 | Antwerp (Trix) | BE |
| 2011-11-07 | London (Electric Ballroom) | GB |
| 2011-11-08 | Paris (Bataclan) | FR |
| 2011-11-10 | Lille (Aeronef) | FR |
| 2011-11-10 | Saarbrücken (Garage) | DE |
| 2011-11-11 | Pratteln (Z7) | CH |
| 2011-11-12 | Geiselwind (Music Hall) | DE |
| 2011-11-13 | Hengelo (Metropol) | NL |
| 2011-11-14 | Frankfurt (Batschkapp) | DE |
| 2011-11-15 | Hamburg (Markthalle) | DE |
| 2011-11-16 | Leipzig (Hellraiser) | DE |
| 2011-11-17 | Warsaw (Progresja) | PL |
| 2011-11-18 | Berlin (Postbahnhof ) | DE |
| 2011-11-19 | Dortmund (FZW) | DE |
| 2011-11-20 | Hannover (Faust ) | DE |
| 2012-01-23 | Miami, FL (Majesty of The Seas (Port of Miami)) | US |
| 2012-01-24 | Miami, FL (Majesty of The Seas (Port of Miami)) | US |
| 2012-01-25 | Miami, FL (Majesty of The Seas (Port of Miami)) | US |
| 2012-01-26 | Miami, FL (Majesty of The Seas (Port of Miami)) | US |
| 2012-01-27 | Miami, FL (Majesty of The Seas (Port of Miami)) |
Related articles:
Eluveitie – Everything Remains (as it never was) (CD review, 2010)