ELUVEITIE, Folk Metal (Metalheads Harus Tahu)

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, bag
pipes and hurdy gurdies. The
traditional folk tunes in their
songs have been drawn from
various sources, such as
traditional Irish reels. While
many of their lyrics are in
English, some are in the
ancient extinct Gaulish
language. 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.

Current members

Chrigel Glanzmann–vocals, mandola, whistles, pipes,
gaita, acoustic guitar, bodhrán(2002–present)

Meri Tadić–violin, vocals(2003–present)

Merlin Sutter–drums(2004–present)

Simeon Koch–lead guitar,
vocals(2004–present)

Ivo Henzi–rhythm guitar(2004–present)

Anna Murphy–hurdy gurdy, vocals (2006–present)

Kay Brem–bass guitar(2008–present)

Patrick Kistler–bagpipes,
whistles(2008–present)

Former members

Sevan Kirder–bagpipes,
flutes, whistles, vocals(2003–2008)

Rafi Kirder–bass guitar,
vocals(2004–2008)

Severin Binder–bagpipes,
flutes, whistles, vocals(2004–2006)

Linda Suter–fiddle, vocals(2003–2004)

Sarah Kiener–hurdy gurdy,
crumhorn, accordion, vocals(2005–2006, guest 2009)

Dani Fürer–leadguitar(2003–2004)

Dide Marfurt–hurdy gurdy,
bagpipes(2003–2004)

Gian Albertin–bass, vocals, sound effects(2003–2004)

Dario Hofstetter–drums(2003–2004)

Yves Tribelhorn–rhythm guitar (2003–2004)

Philipp Reinmann–Irish bouzouki(2003–2004)

Mattu Ackerman–fiddle(2003–2004)

Guest musicians

Fredy Schnyder–guitar(2009)

Mina the Fiddler–fiddle(2009)

Oliver Sa Tyr–nyckelharpa(2009)

Alan Averill–vocals (2009)

Torbjörn "Thebon"Schei–vocals (2010)

Brendan Wade–uilleann pipes (2010)

Dannii Young–spoken voice(2010)