‘Eluveitie’ Releases Music Video for New Single ‘Ambiramus’

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Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie will release their new album, “Ategnatos”, on April 5 via Nuclear Blast. The video for their new single ‘Ambiramus’ can be watched below.

Chrigel Glanzmann states:
“Here you go – the next single off our upcoming album: “Ambiramus”! It’s definitely one of the most exceptional songs from our discography! “Ambiramus” comes in quite groovy and with a light-hearted, yet racing folk reel in the chorus and a very accessible overall appearance; easily the brightest song we’ve ever written. Yet at the same time it goes to where the actual magic of traditional Celtic folk music exists: a place where cheerfulness and melancholy, hardship and hope, glee and deep mysticism meet to become one! And this deep, wistful yet hopefull mysticism is also found in the song’s lyrics, which will take you to the very core of the Celtic mythology the album contemplates. “Ambiramus” (gaulish for “Voyage”) is based on a late Celtic literary tradition – the so-called Immrama tales. “Ambiramus” is the last song we wrote for the album and it’s probably the result of and a testimony to the very inspiring and creative atmosphere, in which we created “Ategnatos”! The song basically “fell into place” after Alain finished the drum tracking, and it was written and arranged in just a few hours. We hope you enjoy it!”…

Recordings for “Ategnatos” took at New Sound Studio with their engineer of choice Tommy Vetterli.

A work based on archaic archetypes and the ancient concept of renewal, “Ategnatos” unfolds an elemental force to be reckoned with. “These archetypes are still within us,” leader Christian “Chrigel” Glanzmann says. “People didn’t change that much during the last 3000 years — and men were always just men.” No wonder the album follows a decidedly darker, monumental tone that suits them very well.

Of course, Eluveitie has long had its very own trademark sound, a sonic adventure often copied but never overcome. With “Ategnatos”, the dedicated nine-piece not only worked with a real string quartet and granted Fabienne Erni‘s sublime mastery of the harp the room it deserved; they also undertook a holistic upgrade resulting in some of the catchiest, most aggressive and most epic tunes the Swiss metal nobility has ever offered.

Eluveitie recently announced a European tour with Lacuna Coil and Infected Rain. (dates below)

Tracklisting:
1. Ategnatos
2. Ancus
3. Deathwalker
4. Black Water Dawn
5. A Cry in the Wilderness
6. The Raven Hill
7. The Silvern Glow
8. Ambiramus
9. Mine Is the Fury
10. The Slumber
11. Worship
12. Trinoxtion
13. Threefold Death
Breathe
15. Rebirth
16. Eclipse

Upcoming Shows:

Nov. 02 – I – Bari – Demodè **
Nov. 03 – I – Rome – Orion **
Nov. 05 – I – Bologna – Estragon **
Nov. 06 – I – Milan – Live Club **
Nov. 08 – D – Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
Nov. 09 – D – Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle II
Nov. 10 – B – Antwerp – Trix
Nov. 12 – GB – Manchester – Ritz **
Nov. 13 – GB – Glasgow – Garage **
Nov. 14 – IRL – Dublin – Academy **
Nov. 15 – GB – Bristol – SWX **
Nov. 16 – GB – London – The Forum **
Nov. 17 – NL – Utrecht – Tivoli Ronda*
Nov. 19 – D – Frankfurt – Batschkapp
Nov. 20 – D – Hannover – Capitol
Nov. 21 – D – Berlin – Huxleys
Nov. 22 – D – Leipzig – Felsenkeller
Nov. 23 – D – Munich – Tonhalle
Nov. 24 – A – Dornbirn – Conrad Sohm
Nov. 26 – F – Bordeaux – Le Rocher de Palmer
Nov. 27 – E – Barcelona – Razzmatazz II
Nov. 28 – E – Madrid – Mon Live
Nov. 29 – F – Toulouse – Le Bikini
Nov. 30 – F – Rennes – L’Etage
Dec. 01 – F – Paris – Elysée-Montmartre
Dec. 03 – D – Saarbrücken – Garage
Dec. 04 – D – Nürnberg – Hirsch
Dec. 05 – SLO – Ljubljana – Kino Siska
Dec. 08 – A – Vienna – Arena
Dec. 12 – LV – Riga – Melna Piektdiena
Dec. 13 – FIN – Helsinki – Tavastia
Dec. 14 – FIN – Tampere – Pakkahuone
Dec. 15 – EST – Tallinn – Rock Cafe
Dec. 17 – S – Stockholm – Klubben Fryshuset
Dec. 18 – N – Oslo – Vulkan Arena
Dec. 19 – S – Gothenburg – Trädgarn
Dec. 21 – D – Hamburg – Docks

* without Lacuna Coil
** headliner Lacuna Coil

The band’s new lineup made its live debut at the Eluveitie & Friends festival in January 2017 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland.

Current line-up:

* Jonas Wolf (guitar)
* Matteo Sisti (whistles, bagpipes, mandola)
* Nicole Ansperger (fiddle)
* Alain Ackermann (drums)
* Chrigel Glanzmann (vocals, whistles, mandola, bagpipes, bodhran)
* Fabienne Erni (vocals, celtic harp, mandola)
* Kay Brem (bass)
* Michalina Malisz (hurdy gurdy)
* Rafael Salzmann (guitar)

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Video for ‘Ambiramus’

 

 

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