Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie will perform their latest concept album, ‘Helvetios’, in its entirety during the band’s upcoming North American co-headlining tour with Finnish epic metallers Wintersun.
Commented Eluveitie: “We cannot wait to be back to North America in support of our two recent releases, for the first time headlining with material from our latest concept album. To celebrate this occasion, we have decided to treat our North American fans to a very special show, one that in fact we have only performed once before: Besides a selection of our all-time hits, we will be playing the full album ‘Helvetios’ from beginning to end, live on stage, every night!”
Eluveitie and Wintersun have announced several in-store appearances scheduled around their North American co-headlining tour. The trek will commemorate Eluveitie‘s 10th anniversary as well as serve as Wintersun‘s introduction to North American shores. This momentous event will also include the German pagan metal band Varg.
Confirmed dates/times for meet-and-greets are as follows:
** Thursday, November 29
Soundcheck Hollywood
8872 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 358-0280
www.soundcheckhollywood.com
Eluveitie 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wintersun 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
** Sunday, December 2
Silver Platters
9560 1st. Ave. NE
Seattle, WA. 98115
(206) 524-3472
www.silverplatters.com
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
** Monday, December 3
Scrape Records [Part of their 15th Anniversary Celebration!]
323 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5
Canada
(604) 877-1676
www.scraperecords.com
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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.
Helvetios was released in Europe on February 10 via Nuclear Blast RecordsNew 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.”
Upcoming Eluveitie Shows:
Nov 06 Button Factor, Shefford, United Kingdom
Nov 07 Limelight, Ireland, United Kingdom
Nov 09 HMV Forum, London, United Kingdom
Nov 10 Great Hall 2, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Nov 11 Corporation, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
Nov 14 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Nov 28 910 Live, Tempe, AZ
Nov 29 Roxy Theatre West, Hollywood, CA
Nov 30 Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA
Dec 01 Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR
Dec 02 El Corazon, Seattle, WA
Dec 03 The Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Dec 05 Starlite Room, Edmonton, Canada
Dec 06 Republik , Calgary, Canada
Dec 07 Louis’ Pub, Saskatoon, Canada
Dec 08 West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
Dec 09 Station 4, St Paul, MN
Dec 11 Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
Dec 12 Peabody’s, Cleveland, OH
Dec 13 The Opera House, Toronto, Canada
Dec 14 Mavericks, Ottawa, Canada
Dec 15 Club Sods, Montreal, Canada
Dec 16 Imperial, Quebec City, Canada
Dec 18 The Club @ Water Street, Rochester, NY
Dec 19 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA
Dec 20 Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
Dec 21 Royale Boston, Boston, MA
Dec 29 Eulachhalle, Winterthur, Switzerland
2013
Mar 01 Hala Orbita, Wroclaw, Poland
Mar 02 Sport Hall Kolo, Warsaw, Poland
Mar 03 Wisla Hall, Krakow, Poland
Mar 05 MTP 2, Poznan, Poland
Mar 07 Kd Vltavska, Prague, Czech Republic
Mar 08 MOR Cafe, Zlin, Czech Republic
Mar 09 KD SERIKOVKA, Pilsen (Pilsen) (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Mar 11 Rockhouse, Salzburg, Austria
Mar 12 Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mar 13 Tvornica, Zagreb, Croatia
Mar 15 Principal Club Theater, Thessaloniki, Greece
Mar 16 Fuzz Live Club, Athens, Greece
Mar 18 Hall Universiada, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mar 19 Juke Box, Bucharest, Romania
Mar 20 Dom omladine, Belgrade, Rs
Mar 23 Majestic Musik Club, Bratislava, Slovakia
Mar 25 New York, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mar 26 Mielena Piektdina, Riga, Latvia
Mar 27 Rock Cafe, Tallin, Estonia
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