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Eluveitie - Evocation II - Pantheon (2017) [FLAC]

BAND INFO

Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal band from Winterthur, Zürich, founded in 2002 by Chrigel Glanzmann. The project's first demo, Vên, was released in 2003. Vên was a studio project of Glanzmann's, but its success led to the recruitment of a full band, and the re-release of Vên as an EP in 2004. The band then released a full-length album, Spirit, in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The group rose to fame following the release of their first major-label album, Slania, in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and number 72 in the German charts.

The band's style incorporates characteristics of melodic death metal combined with the melodies of traditional Celtic music. They use traditional European instruments, including the hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, amidst guitars and both clean and harsh vocals. Their lyrics include references to Celtic mythology, particularly of Celtic Gaul. The lyrics are often in a reconstructed form of the extinct ancient language Gaulish. The name of the band comes from graffiti on a vessel from Mantua (c. 300 BC). The inscription in Etruscan letters reads eluveitie, which has been interpreted as the Etruscan form of the Celtic *

elvetios (“the Helvetian”), presumably referring to a man of Helvetian descent living in Mantua.

ALBUM INFO

Evocation II: Pantheon is the seventh studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released on 18 August 2017 on the Nuclear Blast record label.[5] It was the first album to include Matteo Sisti, Michalina Malisz, Alain Ackermann, Jonas Wolf and Fabienne Erni as band members.

RELEASE INFO

Artist: Eluveitie
Album: Evocation II - Pantheon
Released: 2017
Label: Nuclear Blast
Catalog #: NB 3860-0
Genre: Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 01:44:13

TRACKLIST

CD1

01 - Dvreррv [0:00]
02 - Epona [3:48]
03 - Svcellos II (Seqvel) [1:29]
04 - Nantosvelta [2:46]
05 - Tovtatis [1:06]
06 - Lvgvs [4:17]
07 - Grannos [3:24]
08 - Cernvnnos [2:55]
09 - Catvrix [2:45]
10 - Artio [5:12]
11 - Aventia [3:31]
12 - Ogmios [3:14]
13 - Esvs [3:49]
14 - Antvmnos [3:44]
15 - Tarvos II (Seqvel) [2:44]
16 - Belenos [3:10]
17 - Taranis [2:42]
18 - Nemeton [1:24]

CD2

01 - Dvreррv (Instrumental) [0:00]
02 - Epona (Instrumental) [3:53]
03 - Svcellos II (Seqvel) (Instrumental) [1:29]
04 - Nantosvelta (Instrumental) [2:46]
05 - Tovtatis (Instrumental) [1:06]
06 - Lvgvs (Instrumental) [4:26]
07 - Grannos (Instrumental) [3:24]
08 - Cernvnnos (Instrumental) [2:55]
09 - Catvrix (Instrumental) [2:45]
10 - Artio (Instrumental) [5:21]
11 - Aventia (Instrumental) [3:31]
12 - Ogmios (Instrumental) [3:20]
13 - Esvs (Instrumental) [3:51]
14 - Antvmnos (Instrumental) [3:44]
15 - Tarvos II (Seqvel) (Instrumental) [2:44]
16 - Belenos (Instrumental) [3:10]
17 - Taranis (Instrumental) [2:42]
18 - Nemeton (Instrumental) [1:24]

BAND MEMBERS

Chrigel Glanzmann – unclean vocals, mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, bodhrán, harp (2002–present); sitar (2018–present)
Kay Brem – bass (2008–present)
Rafael Salzmann – lead guitar (2012–present)
Jonas Wolf – rhythm guitar (2016–present)
Alain Ackermann – drums (2016–present)
Fabienne Erni – clean vocals, celtic harp (2017–present)
Lea-Sophie Fischer – violin, hurdy-gurdy (2024–present; touring musician 2023)

DISCOGRAPHY

Spirit (2006)
Slania (2008)
Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion (2009)
Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (2010)
Helvetios (2012)
Origins (2014)
Evocation II: Pantheon (2017)
Ategnatos (2019)
Ànv (2025)

REVIEW

It isn’t very often that I will receive albums in a language other than English but when I was asked to review Eluveitie’s recent release, Evocation II-Pantheon, I quickly jumped at the opportunity to give this one the run through my speakers. I recently discovered this band after interviewing former members, who moved forward to create Cellar Darling.

When it comes to my reviews most of the time, for me, it is about the lyrical content of the music more than the instrumentals, so writing this review was a bit of a challenge. The album is all in Gaelic, which made understanding the lyrics very difficult for me, but I do still have so much to talk about when it comes to this release.

With powerful folk instrumental influences, Evocation II is a step forward in a new direction for Eluveitie. The folk influences have always been contained in the music, blended down with guitars and drums, but with this record the band placed those folk elements in the spotlight for them to shine through.

The 18-track, 53-minute release contains some of the most powerful instrumental work that I have heard in a very long time. The mix of the sounds blend so perfectly together, creating an atmosphere of its own. What the album seriously lacks is the brutality of the vocals that fans of the band have become accustomed to, going for more of a Folk-Rock sound with less metal involved. The lack of the brutality doesn’t really hurt the sound in any way, it is still cohesive and full throughout the album.

Eluveitie took a major risk with the creation of this album, the chance of alienating the longtime fans of the band is still a key element that will possibly lead the band to rethinking the sound of future albums, but all in all I think that Evocation II is a successful attempt by the band to experiment with their sound and create something new. The album is currently available via Google Play, iTunes, Spotify and YouTube. If you are a fan of traditional folk music you won’t want to miss this display of the genre at its finest.

Viking/Folk

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