Eluveitie Post Making Of "A Rose For Epona" Video!

Swiss new wave of folk metal sensations ELUVEITIE have released a short documentary chronically the making of their official video clip for the song “A Rose For Epona”. The song was taken from the bands highly anticipated upcoming release Helvetios. The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 who had worked with the band on the clip for “Thousandfold” from the last album Everything Remains... As It Never Was. The production company has also worked with such bands as BEHEMOTH and AMON AMARTH before. Check out the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lXdLus2WI

Helvetios will be released on February 10 (Europe) and February 28 (North America) 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

Helvetios is a concept album about the gaulish war (58-50 B.C.), the story of the war being told in a chronological timeline. Check out Chrigel explaining the concept behind Helvetios here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wau6MEbCvo

ELUVEITIE will unleash its fourth studio album in the midst of the North American portion of the band’s Helvetios World Tour. ELUVEITIE will take the stage in the US and Canada this winter as direct support to the mighty CHILDREN OF BODOM on their 15^th Anniversary tour.

CHIDLREN OF BODOM, ELUVEITIE, REVOCATION, THREAT SIGNAL
Feb. 01 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Feb. 02 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NO CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Feb. 03 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 04 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Feb. 06 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
Feb. 07 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
Feb. 09 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 10 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 11 – The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
Feb. 13 – Yost Theatre – Santa Ana, CA
Feb. 14 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Feb. 15 – The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 16 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
Feb. 18 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Feb. 19 – The Pavilion – Lubbock, TX
Feb. 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Feb. 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Feb. 24 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Feb. 25 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 26 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 27 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
Feb. 28 – Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON – CANADA (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING w/ LOCALS)
Feb. 29 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
Mar. 01 – Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
Mar. 02 – Paramount Theater – Huntington, NY
Mar. 03 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Mar. 04 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD

For more info visit: www.eluveitie.ch | www.facebook.com/eluveitie | www.nuclearblast.de/eluveitie

Eluveitie: Third Album Trailer And Lyric Videos Released!

Swiss new wave of folk metal sensations ELUVEITIE has released the third album trailer for their upcoming release Helvetios. Check out drummer Merlin Sutter discussing the new record here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLFZ9WG6W8.

Furthermore, you can now view lyric videos for the brand new tracks "A Rose For Epona" and "Meet The Enemy".

ELUVEITIE recently released the official video clip for the song “A Rose For Epona”. The video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 who had worked with the band on the clip for “Thousandfold” from the last album Everything Remains... As It Never Was. The production company has also worked with such bands as BEHEMOTH and AMON AMARTH before. Check out the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lXdLus2WI

Helvetios will be released on February 10 (Europe) and February 28 (North America) 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

Helvetios is a concept album about the gaulish war (58-50 B.C.), the story of the war being told in a chronological timeline. Check out Chrigel explaining the concept behind Helvetios here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wau6MEbCvo

ELUVEITIE will unleash its fourth studio album in the midst of the North American portion of the band’s Helvetios World Tour. ELUVEITIE will take the stage in the US and Canada this winter as direct support to the mighty CHILDREN OF BODOM on their 15^th Anniversary tour.

Jan. 21 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, MX – MEXICO (W/ MOONSORROW + MY DYING BRIDE)
Jan. 27 – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING)

CHIDLREN OF BODOM, ELUVEITIE, REVOCATION, THREAT SIGNAL
Jan. 28 – Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
Jan. 29 – Reverb – Reading, PA
Jan. 30 – Waterstreet Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Jan. 31 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
Feb. 01 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Feb. 02 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NO CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Feb. 03 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 04 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Feb. 06 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
Feb. 07 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
Feb. 09 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 10 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 11 – The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
Feb. 13 – Yost Theatre – Santa Ana, CA
Feb. 14 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Feb. 15 – The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 16 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
Feb. 18 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Feb. 19 – The Pavilion – Lubbock, TX
Feb. 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Feb. 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Feb. 24 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Feb. 25 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 26 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 27 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
Feb. 28 – Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON – CANADA (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING w/ LOCALS)
Feb. 29 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
Mar. 01 – Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
Mar. 02 – Paramount Theater – Huntington, NY
Mar. 03 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Mar. 04 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD

For more info visit: www.eluveitie.ch | www.facebook.com/eluveitie | www.nuclearblast.de/eluveitie

Eluveitie Release "A Rose For Epona" Video!

Swiss new wave of folk metal sensations ELUVEITIE have released the official video clip for the song “A Rose For Epona”, taken from the bands upcoming release Helvetios. The video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 who had worked with the band on the clip for “Thousandfold” from the last album Everything Remains... As It Never Was. The production company has also worked with such bands as BEHEMOTH and AMON AMARTH before. Check out the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lXdLus2WI

Helvetios will be released on February 10 (Europe) and February 28 (North America) 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

Helvetios is a concept album about the gaulish war (58-50 B.C.), the story of the war being told in a chronological timeline. Check out Chrigel explaining the concept behind Helvetios here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wau6MEbCvo

ELUVEITIE will unleash its fourth studio album in the midst of the North American portion of the band’s Helvetios World Tour. ELUVEITIE will take the stage in the US and Canada this winter as direct support to the mighty CHILDREN OF BODOM on their 15^th Anniversary tour.

Jan. 21 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, MX – MEXICO (W/ MOONSORROW + MY DYING BRIDE)
Jan. 27 – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING)

CHIDLREN OF BODOM, ELUVEITIE, REVOCATION, THREAT SIGNAL
Jan. 28 – Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
Jan. 29 – Reverb – Reading, PA
Jan. 30 – Waterstreet Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Jan. 31 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
Feb. 01 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Feb. 02 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NO CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Feb. 03 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 04 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Feb. 06 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
Feb. 07 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
Feb. 09 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 10 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 11 – The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
Feb. 13 – Yost Theatre – Santa Ana, CA
Feb. 14 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Feb. 15 – The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 16 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
Feb. 18 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Feb. 19 – The Pavilion – Lubbock, TX
Feb. 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Feb. 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Feb. 24 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Feb. 25 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 26 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 27 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
Feb. 28 – Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON – CANADA (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING w/ LOCALS)
Feb. 29 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
Mar. 01 – Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
Mar. 02 – Paramount Theater – Huntington, NY
Mar. 03 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Mar. 04 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD

For more info visit: www.eluveitie.ch | www.facebook.com/eluveitie | www.nuclearblast.de/eluveitie

Primordial To Embark On European Paganfest Tour In March!

Ireland's PRIMORDIAL will be co-headlining the Paganfest tour 2012, which is kicking off in Oberhausen, Germany the 16th of March 2012!

PRIMORDIAL singer A.A. Nemtheanga comments: "Never say never right? So we announce our participation in next March's Paganfest festival tour across Central Europe. Anyone who has read any of my various ramblings and musings over the last year or two will know my feelings about the current state of club touring and the industry in general. It's an ugly business but we are definitely ugly enough and getting uglier every year so strangely enough the stars aligned and the dates fell into place for us. Anyone who knows anything about Primordial knows how hard it has become for us to commit to lengthy touring as the years go by. The window of opportunity represents possibly the only opportunity we will have to do a longer tour for 'Redemption' across Europe so as they say…needs must and better the devil you know. Never as I say say never.

Regardless of the fact that the general tone of this tour is a little different. It has a more pronounced mix of light and shade. We have our Icelandic brethren Solstafir taking part which I would have thought alongside ourselves should sweeten the deal for those who may feel the pagan/heathen festival tour holds nothing for them, Romanian shamans NeguraBunget also filling out the darker quotient of the tour. Heidevolk stand firm for proud old values and having taken part in Eluveitie's acoustic album personally my feeling on those guys and girls should be apparent! I support them and the cultural significance they represent. I'm not here to sound the rallying cry for a dying venture (i.e touring) or sound the death knell for Primordial club touring we are simply taking part, we have some interesting and new things planned and the tour has some light and shade, which may be difficult for some people to take but this is how it is. Of course some territories are missed and we apologize for this but this is a mixture of market forces and pragmatism and unfortunately nothing to do with us, we hope to fill in the blanks over time. Bottom line, Primordial is touring…this is the most important fact and you know what you are gonna get…blood sweat and fire so see you on the field…"

PAGANFEST 2012
ELUVEITIE
+ PRIMORDIAL
+ NEGURA BUNGET
+ HEIDEVOLK
+ SOLSTAFIR
16/03/12 - DE – Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle *Extended*
17/03/12 – DE – Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn *Extended*
18/03/12 - NL - Tilburg - O13 *Extended*
19/03/12 - DE – Herford - X
20/03/12 – CH – Pratteln - Z7
21/03/12 - IT – Bologna - Estragon
22/03/12 – AT – Graz - PPC
23/03/12 - AT – Wien - Arena *Extended*
24/03/12 - DE – München - Backstage *Extended*
25/03/12 - DE - Leipzig - Hellraiser
26/03/12 – DE – Hamburg - Markthalle
27/03/12 - DE – Berlin - Postbahnhof
28/03/12 - NL – Haarlem - Patronaat
29/03/12 - DE – Saarbrücken - Garage
30/03/12 - DE – Giessen - Hessenhalle *Extended*
31/03/12 - DE – Geiselwind - Music Hall *Extended*
01/04/12 - BE – Antwerpen - Trix
*extended = + EQUILIBRIUM + KORPIKLAANI

PRIMORDIAL's Redemption At The Puritan's Hand was released in April of 2011 and entered the official album charts in Germany (#31), Finland (#23), Sweden (#54) and Switzerland (#90)!

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Eluveitie: Second Song Off "Helvetios" Released!

Swiss new wave of folk metal sensations ELUVEITIE have released the second song off the bands upcoming album Helvetios, due on February 10 (Europe) and February 28 (North America) 2012 via Nuclear Blast. Go to www.facebook.com/eluveitie to check out “A Rose For Epona” featuring hurdy gurdy player Anna Murphy on vocals. The first single, “Meet The Enemy” can also be streamed there.

Helvetios is a concept album about the gaulish war (58-50 B.C.), the story of the war being told in a chronological timeline.

Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: “The song ‘A Rose For Epona’ appears about in the middle of the storyline - so, it tells about the time when the gaulish war broke out already. The Helvetians decided to leave their homeland and migrate to the west coast of Gallia, to start a new life there. In the time the song tells about, many Helvetians had to face pretty much shattered hopes. And so does the protagonist, from whose viewpoint the song is written: A young gaulish woman. She was part of the helvetic migration, but after the battle of Bibracte, all hopes that she and her people would ever reach their new home were torn to pieces. Furthermore you can imagine: She probably had lost her husband on the battlefields of Bibracte and she had to face fact that she can be glad if their common newborn child would not be killed and she herself would be sold into roman slavery. To sum it up: Her situation was desperate. In this situation ‘our’ young gaulish woman despairs, can't accept her fate and turns to her goddess Epona... and accuses her for having forsaken her people. This is what the song expresses.

On a historical note: "Epona was a gaulish goddess which was, among other things, in charge of taking care of horsemen and the cavalry. All over Gallia there were Epona temples where people traditionally offered up freshly cut roses or rose petals to their goddess.“

Check out Chrigel explaining the concept behind Helvetios here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wau6MEbCvo

In other news, ELUVEITIE just shot a video for “A Rose For Epona” which will be released very soon – keep your eyes peeled!

ELUVEITIE will unleash its fourth studio album in the midst of the North American portion of the band’s Helvetios World Tour. ELUVEITIE will take the stage in the US and Canada this winter as direct support to the mighty CHILDREN OF BODOM on their 15^th Anniversary tour.

Jan. 21 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, MX – MEXICO (W/ MOONSORROW + MY DYING BRIDE)
Jan. 27 – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING)

CHIDLREN OF BODOM, ELUVEITIE, REVOCATION, THREAT SIGNAL
Jan. 28 – Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
Jan. 29 – Reverb – Reading, PA
Jan. 30 – Waterstreet Music Hall – Rochester, NY
Jan. 31 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
Feb. 01 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Feb. 02 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL (NO CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Feb. 03 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 04 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Feb. 06 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
Feb. 07 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
Feb. 09 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 10 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 11 – The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
Feb. 13 – Yost Theatre – Santa Ana, CA
Feb. 14 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Feb. 15 – The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Feb. 16 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
Feb. 18 – Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Feb. 19 – The Pavilion – Lubbock, TX
Feb. 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Feb. 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Feb. 24 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY
Feb. 25 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Feb. 26 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Feb. 27 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
Feb. 28 – Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON – CANADA (ELUVEITIE HEADLINING w/ LOCALS)
Feb. 29 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
Mar. 01 – Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT
Mar. 02 – Paramount Theater – Huntington, NY
Mar. 03 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Mar. 04 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD

For more info visit: www.eluveitie.ch | www.facebook.com/eluveitie | www.nuclearblast.de/eluveitie