Eluveitie (pronounced /ɛlˈveɪti/ el-vay-ti) is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The band formed in 2002 and their first EP, Vên came out in 2003. The band then released a full-length album, Spirit in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The first product of the collaboration, Slania, was released in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and number 72 in the German charts.
Eluveitie use traditional instruments amidst guitars and loud vocals. The lyrics are often in the extinct language Gaulish. Eluveitie is Helvetic Gaulish for "I am Helvetian", referring to an inscription dating to the earliest record of the Celtic Helvetii tribe from what is now Switzerland.
Current members
Chrigel Glanzmann – vocals, mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, bodhrán (2002-present)
Meri Tadic – 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 – lead guitar (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)
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