Helvetios

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Helvetios
Studio album by Eluveitie
Released February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10)
Recorded 2011 @ New Sound Studio, Pfäffikon[1]
Genre Folk metal, melodic death metal, celtic metal, pagan metal
Length 59:08 (Original release)
01:02:57 (Bonus version)[2]
Label Nuclear Blast Records
Producer Tommy Vetterli[3] Eluveitie
Eluveitie chronology

The Early Years
(2012)		 Helvetios
(2012)

Helvetios is the fifth full-length album by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released February 10, 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli.

Concept

Being the band's first concept album it focuses on the Gallic Wars from a perspective of the ancient Helvetians.[4][5]

Style

The album features melodic death metal combined with Celtic folk music instruments like fiddle, hurdy gurdy, flutes, whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodrhan, and hammered dulcimer. Band member Anna Murphy has been more involved in songwriting and has been given more vocal parts than on previous releases.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [6]
Der Metal Krieger [7]
Metal Hammer (Germany) 6/7[5]
Sonic Seducer very favourable[4]
Stormbringer [8]
Lambgoat [9]
Peek from the Pit [10]

Helvetios received favourable professional reviews in Germany with the Sonic Seducer magazine calling the album "pure efficiency (pure Effizienz)."[4] The German edition of Metal Hammer lauded the tracks "Meet The Enemy", "Neverland" and "The Siege" for their aggressive Metal style and concluded that Eluveitie's musical virtues were being continued on this album.[5] A review by the Austrian Stormbringer compared the track "The Siege" to Sepultura's style and called the album a "piece of art."[8]

Chart performance

The album reached the top ten album charts in Switzerland and the Top Heatseekers of the United States.

Charts Peak position
SWI[11] 4
CAN[12] 73
GER[13] 27
FIN[14] 47
FRA[15] 81
Billboard USA[16] 143
Heatseekers USA[16] 3

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Prologue"   1:24
2. "Helvetios"   4:00
3. "Luxtos"   3:55
4. "Home"   5:16
5. "Santonian Shores"   3:58
6. "Scorched Earth"   4:18
7. "Meet the Enemy"   3:46
8. "Neverland"   3:42
9. "A Rose for Epona"   4:26
10. "Havoc"   4:04
11. "The Uprising"   3:41
12. "Hope"   2:27
13. "The Siege"   2:44
14. "Alesia"   3:58
15. "Tullianum"   0:24
16. "Uxellodunon"   3:51
17. "Epilogue"   3:14
Total length:
 59:12
Bonus Version
No. Title Length
18. "A Rose for Epona" (Acoustic version) 3:49
Total length:
 63:01

DVD

  1. "A Rose for Epona" (video clip)
  2. "Havoc" (video clip)
  3. Making of "A Rose for Epona"
  4. Making of "Havoc"
  5. A Closer Look @ The Lyrics (interview)
  6. Live @ Feuertanz 2010 (4 songs live)

Personnel

Eluveitie

  • Simeon Koch – guitars, acoustic guitars, mandola
  • Pade Kistler – tin & low whistles, diverse bagpipes
  • Anna Murphy – hurdy gurdy, clean vocals, harsh vocals in "The Siege" and "Meet the Enemy"
  • Chrigel Glanzmann – harsh vocals, tin & low whistles, uilleann pipes, bard harp, mandola, bodhrán
  • Kay Brem – bass, caesar's voice in "Havoc"
  • Meri Tadic – fiddles
  • Ivo Henzi – guitars
  • Merlin Sutter – drums, percussion

Guests

  • Alexander Morton – voice in the narrations of tracks 1, 11 & 17
  • Sarah Wauquiez – zugerörgeli (helvetic accordion) in track 3
  • Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer in tracks 4 & 7
  • Christoph Pelgen – gwerz vocals in track 6
  • Nina Macchi – recorder in track 12

References

  1. ↑ "Nuclear Blast page". Retrieved August 14, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Musicbrainz page". Retrieved August 14, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Blabbermouth release date". December 2, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eck, Markus (2012). "Eluveitie: Großer Spannungsbogen". Sonic Seducer (in German) (Thomas Vogel Media e. K.) (3): 42–43. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Riedl, Katrin (28 February 2012). "Eluveitie – Helvetios". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Allmusic review". 
  7. ↑ "A Review of Helvetios". dermetalkriger.com. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-03-21. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Isch, Stefan (2 February 2012). "Eluveitie - Helvetios". Stormbringer. The Austrian Heavyzine (in German). Retrieved 22 march 2012. "Ein Gesamtkunstwerk ist Helvetios allemal! [Helvetios is definitely a total work of art!]" 
  9. ↑ "Album Review: Eluveitie - Helvetios". Lambgoat. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-03. 
  10. ↑ "Peek from the Pit review". 
  11. ↑ "Swiss Charts". 
  12. ↑ "Billboard / Eluveitie". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
  13. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Eluveitie / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  14. ↑ "Eluveitie: Helvetious [sic]" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2012-03-11. 
  15. ↑ "Les classement des albums nouveautés. Semaine du 22/02/2010 au 28/02/2010". Disque en France (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Billboard / Eluveitie". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-08. 
Eluveitie
  • Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Meri Tadić
  • Merlin Sutter
  • Simeon Koch
  • Ivo Henzi
  • Anna Murphy
  • Kay Brem
  • Patrick Kistler
Studio albums
Extended plays
Compilation albums
Live albums
  • Live at Metalcamp (2008)
Singles
  • "Inis Mona" (2008)
  • "Omnos" (2009)
  • "Thousandfold" (2010)
  • "Meet the Enemy" (2012)

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