Eluveitie
{{Short description|Swiss folk metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eluveitie
| image = Eluveitie, 3-Majówka 2023, 056.jpg
| caption = Eluveitie performing in 2023
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| origin = Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
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| years_active = 2002–present
| label = {{flatlist|
- Nuclear Blast
- Fear Dark}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.eluveitie.ch/}}
| current_members = Chrigel Glanzmann
Kay Brem
Rafael Salzmann
Jonas Wolf
Alain Ackermann
Fabienne Erni
Lea-Sophie Fischer
| past_members = See former members
}}
Eluveitie ({{IPAc-en|ɛ|l|ˈ|v|eɪ|t|i}} {{respell|el|VAY|tee}}; {{IPA|de|ɛlˈfaɪ̯tiː|lang}})Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scientific reconstruction and in today's science it's pronounced as "El-Vey-Ti", but really, it's hard to know." [http://www.metalist.co.il/InterviewPrivate.asp?id=291&lang=eng :: Metalist Magazine :: Interviews :: Eluveitie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404083449/http://www.metalist.co.il/InterviewPrivate.asp?id=291&lang=eng |date=4 April 2021 }} 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.{{cite web | title = Eluveitie signs with Nuclear Blast Records | publisher = Blabbermouth.net | date = 14 November 2007 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84800 | access-date = 4 December 2007 | archive-date = 22 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090422200357/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84800 | url-status = dead }} 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.{{cite web|title=Slania |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eluveitie&titel=Slania&cat=a |publisher=Swisscharts.com |access-date=2008-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524012415/http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eluveitie&titel=Slania&cat=a |archive-date=24 May 2008 }}{{cite web|title=NUCLEAR BLAST rocks German charts |date=8 March 2008 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=92581 |access-date=27 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423043017/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=92581 |archive-date=23 April 2008 }}
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).Reproduction in Raffaele Carlo De Marinis, Gli Etruschi a nord del Po, Mantova, 1986. The inscription in Etruscan letters reads eluveitie, which has been interpreted as the Etruscan form of the Celtic *(h)elvetios (“the Helvetian”), presumably referring to a man of Helvetian descent living in Mantua.{{cite web|last1=Stifter|first1=David|title=MN·2 – Lexicon Leponticum|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/lexlep/wiki/MN·2|website=An Interactive Online Etymological Dictionary of Lepontic|publisher=University of Vienna|access-date=9 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106230003/http://www.univie.ac.at/lexlep/wiki/MN%C2%B72|archive-date=6 November 2015}}
History
= Formation, early releases and ''Spirit'' (2002–2007) =
After failing numerous attempts to form an actual band, Christian "Chrigel" Glanzmann created Eluveitie in the winter of 2002 as a studio project featuring various musicians on each track. The musicians had no obligations to the group but to record their parts in the studio.{{cite web|last1=Korovesis|first1=Alkis|title=Eluveitie interview (Chrigel Glanzmann)|url=http://noisefull.com/interviews/eluveitie-chrigel-glanzmann|website=Noisefull.com|access-date=12 May 2016|date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506072713/http://noisefull.com/interviews/eluveitie-chrigel-glanzmann|archive-date=6 May 2016|url-status=dead}} The name of the band comes from graffiti found in Mantua around 300 B.C.E.{{cite web|last1=Vitali|first1=Daniele|last2=Kaenel|first2=Gilbert|title=Un Helvète chez les Étrusques vers 300 av. J.-C.|url=https://www.academia.edu/2242392|access-date=12 May 2016|pages=115–122|language=fr}} In Etruscan letters, the inscription read "eluveitie", interpreted in the Etruscan language as "elvetios" ("The Swiss"). The inscription was probably a reference to the Helvetii people who lived in Mantua.{{cite web|last1=Giuseppe|first1=Sassatelli|title=Celti ed Etruschi nell'Etruria Padana e nell'Italia settentrionale, in "Ocnus" 11, 2003, pp. 231-257.|url=https://www.academia.edu/4847350|access-date=12 May 2016|language=it}}
October the following year saw the publication of the MCD Vên (Helvetian Gaulish for "wild joy").Interview with Chrigel Glanzmann [http://www.taste-of-black.ch/eluveitie_interview.htm taste-of-black.ch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003652/http://www.taste-of-black.ch/eluveitie_interview.htm |date=7 July 2011}} Retrieved 24 February 2010 After Chrigel decided to make Eluveitie a real band instead of a studio project, he assembled nine other musicians, making it a full ten-piece band.
Shortly afterwards, the group performed its first shows, one including the Swiss metal festival Elements of Rock, and Eluveitie signed a contract with the Dutch record label Fear Dark, which released a re-recorded Vên in 2004. Other live performances were played, such as on some events of "Fear Dark Festivals", and even as support for the established international pagan–folk metal acts such as Korpiklaani and Cruachan. (Chrigel sent the first MCD to Keith from Cruachan at this time for his opinion.) At this point, the band became full-time, and 6 of the 10 members left for various reasons, leaving Chrigel Glanzmann, Sevan Kirder, Meri Tadić and Dide Marfurt to carry on with new members. They recruited six others, including Sevan Kirder's brother Rafi to play bass.
A limited edition tribute album to the German–Icelandic band Falkenbach was published in 2006 to celebrate their 15th anniversary. The album included Eluveitie's cover song "Vanadis". In the second quarter of 2006, the album entitled Spirit was published on Fear Dark. Although the official release date was 1 June 2006, it was made available on their first official 'tour' in a series of 'Fear Dark Festivals' in May 2006, playing alongside label mates Morphia (HOL) & Royal Anguish (USA), as well as Taketh (SWE). In 2006, After the release of the Spirit album, there was another change in the band's line-up. Sarah Wauquiez was replaced by Anna Murphy to play hurdy-gurdy and Linda Suter was removed, trimming the band down to eight members.
= ''Slania'', ''Evocation I'' and ''Everything Remains'' (2007–2012) =
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In November 2007, Eluveitie signed a contract with label Nuclear Blast. The new studio album Slania (a girl's name that Chrigel saw on a 2500-year-old tombstone) was released on 15 February 2008.The stone in question appears to be the Davesco gravestone, see {{cite web|last1=Stifter|first1=David|title=TI·36.1 – Lexicon Leponticum|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/lexlep/wiki/TI·36.1|website=An Interactive Online Etymological Dictionary of Lepontic|publisher=University of Vienna|access-date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730231925/http://www.univie.ac.at/lexlep/wiki/TI%C2%B736.1|archive-date=30 July 2014|url-status=dead}} On 4 June 2008, brothers Rafi and Sevan Kirder (bassist and bagpipe player, respectively) announced on their MySpace pages that they would leave Eluveitie following their concert at the Metal Camp Open Air in Slovenia on 8 July 2008.{{cite web|url=http://forum.eluveitie.ch/viewtopic.php?p=19668&sid=6b4bf4a697875e172a9cdf35d18ee807|title=Eluveitie Forum :: View topic - der offizielle EVOCATION NEWS THREAD|website=forum.eluveitie.ch|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=7 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080418/http://forum.eluveitie.ch/viewtopic.php?p=19668&sid=6b4bf4a697875e172a9cdf35d18ee807|url-status=dead}}
Eluveitie's next project, Evocation, was announced in 2008. The first part of the album, Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion, was released in April 2009. The band released an official special edition of this new album as Slania/Evocation I – The Arcane Metal Hammer Edition on the May Edition from the Metal Hammer, the magazine was released on 15 April 2009 with eight songs from Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion and five from Slania.metal-hammer.de: [http://www.metal-hammer.de/Eluveitie_Exklusive_CD_EVOCATION_Beilage_April_METAL_HAMMER.html Exklusive Eluveitie-CD im nächsten Metal Hammer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205072738/http://www.metal-hammer.de/Eluveitie_Exklusive_CD_EVOCATION_Beilage_April_METAL_HAMMER.html |date=5 December 2010 }}
Eluveitie announced via their website on 17 September 2009 that they were working on a new album titled Everything Remains (As It Never Was).Eluveitie.ch [http://forum.eluveitie.ch/viewtopic.php?t=1237&start=0 Eluveitie Forum:: View topic – RECORDING NEW ALBUM!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014033/http://forum.eluveitie.ch/viewtopic.php?t=1237&start=0 |date=5 October 2011 }} The entire album was made available for "full prelistening" through the band's MySpace page on 12 February, to remain available until the album's European release.Eluveitie.ch [http://www.eluveitie.ch/en/?view=news News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228170105/http://www.eluveitie.ch/en/?view=news |date=28 February 2010}} Retrieved 12 February 2010 The album was released on 19 February 2010.{{cite web | title = Everything Remains (As It Never Was): Eluveitie: Amazon.de: Muzik | publisher = Amazon Deutschland | date = 19 February 2010 | url = https://www.amazon.de/dp/B002ZCD8Z0| access-date = 19 February 2010}} Eluveitie toured Europe and North America extensively in 2010. In August 2010, they were awarded the Metal Hammer "Up and Coming 2010" title at the Wacken Open Air.{{cite web |url=http://www.axelspringer.de/presse/METAL-HAMMER-Awards-2010-Auszeichnung-der-besten-Bands-auf-dem-Wacken-Open-Air_1440682.html |title=METAL HAMMER Awards 2010: Auszeichnung der besten Bands auf dem Wacken Open Air |language=de |work=Metal Hammer Germany |date=6 August 2010 |access-date=11 September 2010 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152819/http://www.axelspringer.de/presse/METAL-HAMMER-Awards-2010-Auszeichnung-der-besten-Bands-auf-dem-Wacken-Open-Air_1440682.html |url-status=dead }}
= ''Helvetios'' and ''Origins'' (2012–2015) =
Eluveitie released Helvetios, another metal album, in 2012, which received very favorable reviews. In an interview with Metal Blast magazine, Chrigel Glanzmann revealed that he had already started writing new material for Evocation II, the follow-up to their 2009 acoustic album, as well as some new metal songs.
During their tour in South America, Anna Murphy, the hurdy-gurdy player and clean vocalist, was reported to be sick on 26 January 2013, and had to take a flight to Switzerland on short notice. Despite this, however, the band continued their tour without her.{{cite web |url=http://eluveitie.ch/south-american-shows-without-anna/ |title=South American Shows Without Anna |date=26 January 2013 |access-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329000230/http://eluveitie.ch/south-american-shows-without-anna/ |archive-date=29 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}
On 29 August 2013, it was revealed that Eluveitie had been working on a new album, and that their Helvetios World Tour will be the last of their time playing live (apart from their Eluveitie & Friends Festival) before fully working on the new album.{{cite web|title=Eluveitie announce new album|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151656995111284&set=a.10150243945806284.325650.8506376283&type=1|work=Facebook|publisher=Eluveitie|access-date=29 August 2013}} On the 11th of December, it was revealed that Nicole Ansperger will be the successor of longtime member Meri Tadić on the violin.{{cite web|title=Introducing Nicole Ansperger|url=https://www.facebook.com/eluveitie/posts/10151921419336284|work=Facebook|publisher=Eluveitie|access-date=11 December 2013|author=Eluveitie/Nicole Ansperger|language=en, de|format=Facebook post|date=11 December 2013|quote=...please welcome to the Eluveitie camp: Nicole Ansperger!}}
In March 2014, Eluveitie won the Swiss Music Awards' Best Live Act National award.{{cite web|url=http://www.joiz.ch/show/swissmusicawards/joiz-pre-show-swiss-music-awards#!video=sma-6-tom-odell-kuert-den-best-live-act-national|title=JOIZ IST GESCHLOSSEN|website=www.joiz.ch|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182045/http://www.joiz.ch/show/swissmusicawards/joiz-pre-show-swiss-music-awards#!video=sma-6-tom-odell-kuert-den-best-live-act-national|archive-date=18 January 2018|url-status=dead}} In April the same year, the band announced a headlining European tour, with support acts Arkona and Skálmöld.{{cite web|title=Eluveitie – To Tour Europe With Arkona And Skálmöld|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=23324|work=Metalstorm.com|publisher=Metalstorm|access-date=23 April 2014}} On 14 May, the band announced a new album scheduled for release on 1 August 2014, titled Origins. Original artwork created by Chrigel Glanzmann was released as well, along with the theme of the album, which revolves mainly around Gaulish mythology.{{cite web|title=Eluveitie to release 'origins' in august|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/eluveitie-to-release-origins-in-august/|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=14 May 2014 |publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=15 May 2014}}
In early June, the band announced on their Facebook that they will be releasing their lead single for Origins, titled "King", on 13, the same month.{{cite web|title=King announcement|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152311656776284&set=a.10150243945806284.325650.8506376283&type=1|website=Facebook.com|publisher=Eluveitie|access-date=4 June 2014}} Eluveitie released the official music video for the song on 3 July.{{cite web|title=Eluveitie: 'King' Video Released|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/eluveitie-king-video-released/|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=3 July 2014 |publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=5 July 2014}} In November, in the middle of a European headliner tour, Patrick "Päde" Kistler was replaced by Matteo Sisti. After a week of silence he released a statement on his official Facebook profile explaining his point of view about the leave.{{cite news|title=Patrick Kistle: What happened? Thank you all...|url=https://www.facebook.com/padekistler/posts/880207552011667:0|date=24 November 2015}}
= Line-up changes and ''Evocation II'' (2015–2017) =
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On 3 August 2015, the band announced the departure of violinist Nicole Ansperger because her family situation, as she described, "...makes it impossible for me to be on the road with my band constantly." Israeli violinist Shir-Ran Yinon joined the group on tour as her replacement, having been selected through an open audition to which she had submitted a video.{{cite news|title=ELUVEITIE: Nicole Ansperger Leaves; New Violin Player Wanted|url=http://metalshockfinland.com/2015/08/03/eluveitie-nicole-ansperger-leaves-new-violin-player-wanted/|access-date=3 August 2015|work=Metal Shock Finland|date=3 August 2015}}
On 5 May 2016, Merlin Sutter was replaced by Alain Ackermann, Anna Murphy was replaced by Michalina Malisz and Ivo Henzi was replaced by Jonas Wolf. Statements by the band and the three musicians indicated that Sutter had been expelled from the group, with Murphy and Henzi choosing to leave with him.{{Cite web|last=May 2016|first=Stef Lach09|title=Axed Eluveitie members speak out|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/axed-eluveitie-members-speak-out|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Metal Hammer Magazine|date=9 May 2016 |language=en}} The three stated that they would start producing new songs together while still making touring commitments with Eluveitie until their last concerts scheduled in June. They eventually started the band Cellar Darling.
In July 2016, the departure of Shir-Ran Yinon was announced, claiming that her contract had expired, and Nicole Ansperger returning to the band. In September, Eluveitie announced on Facebook that they started working on the second part of Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion. The album, entitled Evocation II: Pantheon, was released on 18 August 2017. In January 2017, the band unveiled their new line-up, with Fabienne Erni. Erni had been introduced to the band by Jonas Wolf, the two having met while attending a musical college in Denmark. Upon joining the band, Erni started learning to play the Celtic harp to compliment Eluveitie's assortment of folk and metal instruments and has taken on a position as frontwoman for the band.
= ''Ategnatos'' (2017–present) =
On 14 October 2017, the band announced via social media that they were working on a new album, and were to due to start recording after their Maximum Evocation tour. The band also revealed that they had recorded a single in advance of the tour, at Tommy Vetterli's New Sound Studio, entitled "Rebirth".{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/eluveitie/posts/10155330762056284|title=Eluveitie|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2 November 2017}} The single was released on 27 October 2017, along with a music video produced by Wolfgang Wolman and Oliver Sommer. "Rebirth" marked the first non-acoustic record produced by the new line-up. On the band's official Instagram account, it was announced the new album is called Ategnatos. It was released on 5 April 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvxlljgDlx/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BsvxlljgDlx |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Eluveitie on Instagram: "We all wade through archetypes. We all ARE archetypes. Distant echoes of a life both primeval and noble. To embrace these archetypes, to…"|website=Instagram.com|access-date=10 October 2020}}{{cbignore}}
On 2 June 2022, the band released a brand new single "Aidus" along with a music video.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/eluveitie-release-new-single-aidus-music-video-posted|title=ELUVEITIE Release New Single "Aidus"; Music Video Posted|work=Brave Words|date=2 June 2022|access-date=8 June 2022}} On 5 July, the band announced that Michalina Malisz left the band on good terms.{{cite web |date=5 July 2022 |title=Michalina Malisz to part ways with Eluveitie |url=https://eluveitie.ch/news/48-michalina-malisz-to-part-ways-with-eluveitie |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=Eluveitie}} On 14 October, the band unveiled another single "Exile of the Gods" and its corresponding music video.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/eluveitie-release-new-single-exile-of-the-gods-music-video|title=ELUVEITIE Release New Single "Exile Of The Gods"; Music Video|work=Brave Words|date=14 October 2022|access-date=27 October 2022}}
On 7 April 2023, Nicole Ansperger announced via social media that she was planning to leave Eluveitie.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CquhiEwoaET/|title=Nicole leaving Eluveitie|website=www.instagram.com|language=en|access-date=7 April 2023}} Despite this, on 25 January 2024, Ansperger confirmed she was still a member of the band,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=903061304531562|title=This is my Promo pic i sended to Eluveitie when they wantet me as their Fiddle player.|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=25 January 2024}} though five months later on 22 May, she revealed prior to that she had written a letter to the band informing of her wish to resign which they allegedly did not acknowledge and stated her reasons to leave following a dispute of her finance within the band.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100044831014245&story_fbid=970326067805085&__n=K | website=Facebook }} However, a week later on 29 May, Eluveitie confirmed Ansperger's departure and the arrival of her replacement Lea-Sophie Fischer.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1013202183500621 | website=Facebook }}
Musical style
Eluveitie infuses traditional Celtic folk melodies with Gothenburg-styled melodic death metal. Eluveitie uses traditional folk instruments in their music, such as fiddles, tin whistles and flutes, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdies. The traditional folk tunes in their songs have been drawn from various sources, including traditional Irish reels. While many of their lyrics are in English, some are in the ancient extinct Gaulish language. In some instances, the two languages are intertwined throughout a song. All of the lyrics on their 2009 release Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion are in Gaulish (except the first song "Sacrapos – At First Glance"). Their lyrics are based on texts written in Gaulish such as prayers, invocations of the gods and other spirits.Transit Magazine, n°47, été 2009, Eluveitie, interview of Christian Glanzmann by Dave, p. 28
Members
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;Current 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)
;Former members
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- Philipp Reinmann – Irish bouzouki (2003–2004)
- Mättu Ackermann – violin (2003–2004)
- Yves Tribelhorn – lead guitar (2003–2004)
- Dani Fürer – rhythm guitar (2003–2004)
- Gian Albertin – bass, sound effects, backing vocals (2003–2004)
- Dario Hofstetter – drums (2003–2004)
- Dide Marfurt – hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (2003–2005)
- Severin Binder – bagpipes, flutes, whistles, backing vocals (2004–2005)
- Linda Suter – violin, backing vocals (2004–2006)
- Sarah Wauquiez – hurdy-gurdy, crumhorn, accordion, backing vocals (2005–2006; guest 2009)
- Sevan Kirder – bagpipes, flutes, whistles, backing vocals (2003–2008)
- Rafi Kirder – bass, backing vocals (2004–2008)
- Siméon Koch – lead guitar, backing vocals (2004–2012)
- Meri Tadić – violin, backing vocals (2003–2013)
- Patrick "Päde" Kistler – bagpipes, whistles, backing vocals (2008–2014)
- Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar (2004–2016)
- Merlin Sutter – drums (2004–2016)
- Anna Murphy – hurdy-gurdy, flutes, clean vocals, occasional unclean vocals (2006–2016)
- Shir-Ran Yinon – violin, backing vocals (2015–2016)
- Michalina Malisz – hurdy-gurdy (2016–2022)
- Nicole Ansperger – violin, backing vocals (2013–2015, 2016–2024)
- Annie Riediger – hurdy-gurdy (2022–2024)
- Matteo Sisti – bagpipes, tin whistles (2014–2025), hurdy-gurdy (2024–2025)
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;Former guest musicians
- Mina the Fiddler – 5-string viola (2009)
- Oliver s. Tyr – Irish bouzouki (2009)
- Alan Averill – vocals (2009)
- Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei – vocals (2010)
- Brendan Wade – uilleann pipes (2010)
- Dannii Young – spoken word (2010)
- Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer (2009, 2011)
;Live guest musicians
- Nicolas Winter – bass (2015–2016)
- Liv Kristine – vocals (2016)
- Martina Lory – vocals (2016)
- Laura Fella – vocals (2016)
- César Gonin – bass (2018)
- Carmen Busch – violin (2019–2022)
- Julie Bélanger Roy – violin (2019, 2023)
- Jukka Pelkonen – unclean vocals (2023)
- Adrienne Cowan – unclean vocals (2023)
- Yannick Urbanczik – bass (2023)
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Discography
{{Main|Eluveitie 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)
References
{{reflist|2}}
External links
{{Commons category|Eluveitie}}
- [http://www.eluveitie.ch Official website]
- [http://www.myspace.com/eluveitie Official MySpace]
{{Eluveitie}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:2002 establishments in Switzerland
Category:Celtic metal musical groups
Category:Celtic language revival
Category:Melodic death metal musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2002
Category:Nuclear Blast artists
Category:Swiss folk metal musical groups