Eluveitie - Spirit

Spirit album cover
8.4 | 499 votes |
Band
Eluveitie
Style
Celtic folk metal, Gothenburg metal
Release date
1 June 2006
Owners
636 have it
75 want it
Tracklist
01. Spirit
02. Uis Elveti
03. Your Gaulish War
04. Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom
05. Aidû
06. The Song Of Life
07. Tegernakô
08. Siraxta
09. The Dance Of Victory
10. The Endless Knot
11. AnDro
Additional info
All the folk instruments used:
* fiddles
* Irish flute
* tin whistle, low whistle
* bass-shalm
* bass-crumhorn
* gaita (celtiberian bagpipe)
* uilleann pipe (Irish bagpipe)
* hurdygurdy
* accordion
* 10-stringed mandola
* accoustic guitar
* bodhrán
Guest review by
Cynic Metalhead
Rating:
9.0
Rating:
9.0
Folk metal has never been a strong contender for the position of the "most popular subgenre”, as the scene is overshadowed due to unoriginality, staleness, and perceptions of being silly or gimmicky. This trend has led to truly exceptional bands in the genre becoming marginalized, and the chief among them is Eluveitie – a Swiss folk metal band from Switzerland, a nonet equivalent to a folk metal Slipknot infused with traditional Gothenburg-styled melodic death metal.

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published 11.07.2023 | Comments ( 6 )
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Cynic Metalhead
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12.06.2011 - 17:16
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena

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Great stuff.
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27.07.2011 - 03:57

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This is the best stuff I've ever heard; the flutes, fiddles, guitars, screams. I love it.
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16.01.2012 - 16:56
Rating: 8

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Not a fan of folk stuff but good stuff here..
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26.02.2012 - 19:31
Rating: 9

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Probably their best album, and ideally their first one, introducing their take on folk metal. The only other swiss band i listen to apart from celtic frost and triptykon.
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Marcel Hubregtse
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26.02.2012 - 20:46
Marcel Hubregtse
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Written by musicalkaratekid on 26.02.2012 at 19:31

Probably their best album, and ideally their first one, introducing their take on folk metal. The only other swiss band i listen to apart from celtic frost and triptykon.

I thought you also liked Coroner?
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26.02.2012 - 23:10
Rating: 9

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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 26.02.2012 at 20:46

Written by musicalkaratekid on 26.02.2012 at 19:31

Probably their best album, and ideally their first one, introducing their take on folk metal. The only other swiss band i listen to apart from celtic frost and triptykon.

I thought you also liked Coroner?

Ahhh shit forgot coroner were swiss X(
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10.08.2017 - 18:51
Rating: 8

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Undeniable good stuff
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Mountain King
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07.02.2019 - 14:37
Rating: 6
Mountain King
K i K o

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Original but very repetitive. "The Dance OF Victory" is very solid and intense. I like that one a lot.
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10.12.2025 - 23:06
Rating: 9

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My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

The Endless Knot
Tegernakô
Your Gaulish War
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