Line #91 Music/Eluveitie


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eluveitie_2017.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: The ''Pantheon''. L-R: Jonas, Matteo, Nicole, Alain, Chrigel, Fabienne, Kay, Michalina, Rafael]]
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4	->''Catoues caletoi\
5	Urit namantas anrimius\
6	Ro- te isarnilin -urextont,\
7	Au glannabi rhenus\
8	Ad ardus alpon,\
9	Tou' magisa matua\
10	Tou' brigas iuerilonas...''
11	-->'''Slania's Song'''
12
13	Eluveitie (el-VAY-ti) are a Swiss FolkMetal band. Eluveitie blends elements of MelodicDeathMetal with Celtic folk music, all with a pagan theme. As far as folk metal bands go, they are a fairly well known and well established act, having released 8 full length studio albums since 2006. One of them, ''Slania'' (2008) charted in Switzerland and Germany.
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15	[[folder:Members]]
16	!!Current lineup
17	* Chrigel Glanzmann – vocals, mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, bodhrán, harp (2002–present)
18	* Kay Brem – bass (2008–present)
19	* Rafael Salzmann – lead guitar (2012–present)
20	* Matteo Sisti – bagpipes, tin whistle, mandola (2014–present)
21	* Alain Ackermann – drums (2016–present)
22	* Jonas Wolf – rhythm guitar (2016–present)
23	* Nicole Ansperger – violin, backing vocals (2013–2015, 2016–present)
24	* Fabienne Erni - vocals, celtic harp, mandola (2017–present)
25	* Annie Riediger – hurdy-gurdy (2022–present)
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27	!! Former members
28	* Merlin Sutter – drums (2004–2016)
29	* Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar (2004–2016)
30	* Anna Murphy – hurdy-gurdy, vocals (2006–2016)
31	* Shir-Ran Yinon - violin, vocals (2015–2016)
32	* Patrick "Päde" Kistler – bagpipes, whistles, vocals (2008–2014)
33	* Meri Tadić – violin, vocals (2003–2013)
34	* Siméon Koch – lead guitar, vocals (2004–2012)
35	* Sevan Kirder – bagpipes, flutes, whistles, vocals (2003–2008)
36	* Rafi Kirder – bass, vocals (2004–2008)
37	* Linda Suter – violin, vocals (2004–2006)
38	* Sarah Wauquiez – hurdy-gurdy, crumhorn, accordion, vocals (2005–2006, guest 2009)
39	* Dani Fürer – lead guitar (2003–2004)
40	* Severin Binder – vocals, bagpipes, flutes, whistles (2004–2005)
41	* Philipp Reinmann – Irish bouzouki (2003–2004)
42	* Dide Marfurt – hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (2003–2005)
43	* Gian Albertin – bass, vocals, sound effects (2003–2004)
44	* Dario Hofstetter – drums (2003–2004)
45	* Yves Tribelhorn – rhythm guitar (2003–2004)
46	* Mättu Ackermann – violin (2003–2004)
47	* Michalina Malisz – hurdy-gurdy (2016–2022)
48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder:Discography]]
51	* ''Spirit'' (2006)
52	* ''Slania'' (2008)
53	* ''Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion'' (2009)
54	* ''Everything Remains (As It Never Was)'' (2010)
55	* ''Helvetios'' (2012)
56	* ''Origins'' (2014)
57	* ''Evocation II - Pantheon'' (2017)
58	* ''Ategnatos'' (2019)
59	[[/folder]]
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62	!O bright sun of the night, I lift my tropes up to thee...
63
64	* AfterlifeExpress: "Black Water Dawn" is about crossing the waters of death to get to the [[TheUnderworld Otherworld]].
65	* AllThereInTheManual: The liner notes to ''Ategnatos'' explain the concepts behind each track.
66	* AnimalMotifs: ''Ategnatos'' seems to like ravens.
67	* AsTheGoodBookSays: The narration in "Worship" is based on the Literature/BookOfRevelation.
68	* AudienceParticipationSong: "Inis Mona", "Slania's Song" & "The Call of the Mountains". They normally preform the last one in Swiss German ("De Reuf vo de Bärge") to allow this.
69	* BadassBoast: The TitleDrop stanza of "Mine Is the Fury".
70	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: In the ''Pantheon'' lineup we have Nicole, Michalina, and Fabienne respectively.
71	* BookEnds: ''Evocation I'' begins and ends with two different arrangements of "Sacrapos"; the same tune's main melody is used in the intro and outro tracks of ''Evocation II'' as well.
72	* CallBack: "Sucellos" has a sequel in ''Pantheon'' (though it's spelled "Svcellos" in that version). "Tarvos" as well.
73	** ''Ategnatos'' has a few:
74	*** The first minute into the TitleTrack is essentially a recall to their previous single "Rebirth", but then when the album tracklist is revealed you realize they also [[CallForward inverted]] this trope, as "Ategnatos" opens the album while the album version of "Rebirth" appears near the end. The album closer "Eclipse" is a straight CallBack to both.
75	*** "Deathwalker" has the line ''Aidus esti - io gnātā uer axsin bitous uertassit in uextlon'' which comes up again in "A Cry in the Wilderness".
76	*** "The Raven Hill" recalls the legend of how Lugdūnon, the Gallic city that Eluveitie wrote another song about back in ''Everything Remains'', came to be.
77	* CarefulWithThatAxe: If you listen to Anna on "The Siege" and compare her to Chrigel, it sure seems like this.
78	** Fabienne has a go at this in "Rebirth", and lets loose a rather strained one in "Catvrix".
79	* Myth/CelticMythology
80	* ConceptAlbum:
81	** The ''Evocation'' albums. ''The Arcane Dominion'' centers around Cernunnos and takes some of its lyrics from curse tablets. ''Pantheon'' is a collection of prayers dedicated to the Celtic deities.
82	** ''Helvetios'' is about the Roman conquest of Gaul, from the Gauls' point of view.
83	** ''Ategnatos'' revolves around archetypes and [[BilingualBonus rebirth]].
84	* CoverVersion: Music/{{Powerwolf}} invited this band to cover "Ira Sancti (When the Saints Are Going Wild)" for ''The Sacrament of Sin''. What this band came up with is a Gaulish GagDub where the lyrics [[OdeToIntoxication call for a lady to bring some beer.]]
85	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: 'Panacean nothingness when nothing is left.'
86	* EpicRocking: Quite a few.
87	* EternalRecurrence: Touched upon in "Mine Is the Fury". Druids believed that there was no end of the world but a new beginning every time.
88	* EtherealChoir: The epilogue to "Breathe".
89	* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: And hurdy-gurdies, too!
90	* FolkMetal: Of the Celtic variety.
91	* FracturedFairytale: "Omnos" tells a variant of the Literature/LittleRedRidingHood story in which the girl falls in love with the wolf, but he rejects her and she drowns herself.
92	* GodEmperor: Sesroneos, whose point of view the song "Worship" is written in.
93	* HarpOfFemininity: Fabienne.
94	* HomesicknessHymn: "Inis Mona" is told from the perspective of a well-respected Druid who spent much of his youth obtaining a Druidic education, and while he doesn't regret that choice, he does find himself yearning for the home and times of his youth.
95	* HorribleHistoryMetal
96	* IAmTheBand: Chrigel. Out of the lineup from ''Slania'', Chrigel is the only one who remains.
97	* IndecipherableLyrics: Unless of course you speak the dead language Gaulish, which Eluveitie uses for some lyrics.
98	* LastNoteNightmare: A subtle one in "Worship".
99	* LotusEaterMachine: "The Slumber" is this in shades.
100	* LyricalDissonance:
101	** Songs like "The Siege" and "Thousandfold" are more upbeat and their sound doesn't really match the lyrics.
102	** "Brictom" seems like quite a positive song compared to their other songs. And then you learn it's based off of a curse tablet and the lyrics have deliberately been left untranslated. ''By scientists...''
103	** "Vianna" is a much softer song but the lyrics are supposedly about a girl who was sacrificed.
104	** ''"Omnos".'' Omnos in English is "fear". Listen to the song and read the translated lyrics with it.
105	* MinisculeRocking: Some of their [[TheSongBeforeTheStorm breather]] tracks. "Ancus" in particular is just 12 seconds long.
106	* MoodWhiplash: The intro to "Threefold Death". You'll get used to it.
107	* MotorMouth: Mostly averted, unless when the music is upbeat and/or fast (e.g. "Brictom", "Epona").
108	* NatureMetal: "Call of the Mountain" is about thinking of their home, Switzerland in the Swiss Alps.
109	* NonAppearingTitle: Numerous.
110	** "Everything Remains as It Never Was" only drops half its title: ''it will remain as it never was''.
111	* PrecisionFStrike: Chrigel unleashes one in "Rebirth".
112	* RearrangeTheSong:
113	** The first half of "Grannos" is an acoustic folk rework of "Slania's Song".
114	** "Trinoxtion" is basically a recycle of the words to "Samon", the AlbumIntroTrack to ''Slania''.
115	* RedOniBlueOni: Red to offshoot Music/CellarDarling's blue. Inverted in their social media activity.
116	** Chrigel (blue) and Anna (red), as Chrigel seems to be the serious one while Anna [[GenkiGirl likes to have fun]]. Chrigel might be the blue to Fabienne's red as well.
117	*** Musically, though, Chrigel is the red to Anna's and Fabienne's blue.
118	* RevolvingDoorBand: Just open the Members folder further up this page!
119	** Later the bands hurdy-gurdist Michalina left and started her own folk-metal band LYRRE.
120	* SettingOffSong: "Luxtos" from ''Helvetios'': ''At the rise of a new dawn, rose the children of the sun to inhabit a kingdom augustly crowded in rock mass vast.''
121	* SiameseTwinSongs: Lots. Notably, "The Slumber" and "Worship" which are two halves of a cycle, the first from the perspective of the Celts being subjugated by Sesroneos, and the second from Sesroneos' perspective.
122	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76HuibT9YU/WXi6HYdYHnI/AAAAAAAAApk/3gRgSwkkIl8QQQZxkIKGh_eNNEpDHKdUwCLcBGAs/s1600/Metalinside.ch-Eluveitie-KiFF-Aarau-2017-Foto-Friedemann-31.jpg Fabienne]] invoked the redhead part in her early days with the band, but has embraced her brunette hair a bit more come ''Ategnatos''.
123	* SillyLoveSongs: While not a love song, "Home" has the lines: "On that day, in our place I recall the smell of the rain. And I'd protect you from them if you want me to take, take you there again! Good night my love, let me watch you sleep from here or above..."
124	* SopranoAndGravel: Played with. Anna can alternate between clean singing and a DeathGrowl as harsh as the male vocalists. Fabienne leaves the gravel to Chrigel mostly, but does have a go at CarefulWithThatAxe in the background.
125	* SpecialGuest: [[Music/LambOfGod Randy Blythe]], of all people, narrates the intro to "Worship". [[WorkingWithTheEx Meri Tadić]] returns to narrate "Trinoxtion".
126	* SpokenWordInMusic: Most of their [[MinisculeRocking short breather tracks]] features spoken Gaulish.
127	** "Worship" has a notable English one that sounds like a transmission opening the track.
128	* StartMyOwn: Since Merlin being fired and Ivo & Anna leaving to follow him, they have since made a band called Music/CellarDarling (named after Anna's solo album).
129	* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: "The Call of the Mountains" and "Breathe".
130	* TranslatedCoverVersion: "The Call of the Mountains" has versions in Swiss German, Romansh, French, and Italian as bonus tracks on ''Origins''.
131	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Anna and Meri/Nicole.
132	** Now ''three'' girls to a team with Michalina, Nicole, and Fabienne.
133	* VillainSong: "Worship" is one of these for Sesroneos, as he declares all the people to be his chattel. The narration accompanying the song also compares him to [[Literature/TheBible The Beast of Revelation]].
134	-->Like sheep to slaughter\
135	Like moths to flame\
136	Down on your knees\
137	You shall remain\
138	And you shall praise\
139	And fear my name!
140	* WalkingTheEarth: Multiple songs on ''Helvetios''.
141	%%* WarIsGlorious[=/=]WarIsHell: The ''Helvetios'' album explores both these themes.

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