Eluveitie - Vên - review
Eluveitie - Vên - review
Tracklist
01. D'Vêritû Agâge D'Bitu02. Uis Elveti
03. Ôrô
04. Lament
05. Druid
06. Jêzaïg
A review by
Undercraft May 27, 2004
When they mentioned that they play Helvetic Pagan Metal, they weren't joking, these guys take their job seriously, the whole lyrical concept of the album is the Celtic clan of the Helvetians, their everyday life, tales, history, their spiritual journey.
Even some of songs of Eluveitie are singed in Gaulish, a reconstructed form of the early Celtic language as it was spoken by the Helvetians. As a matter of fact, the word Eluveitie means "I am the Helvetian" in the ancient Gaulish language.
History apart, I must say that the music in this album is very refreshing, the six piece production starts with "D'Vêritû Agâge D'Bitu" a intro filled with chants, spoken passages and lots of folk elements, with the second song "Uis Elveti" things get more consistent, a mid paced track where you can enjoy the harsh vocals countered by the folk instruments.
"Ôrô" and the closer "Jêzaïg" are two instrumental pieces that will make you wonder on distant lands if you just give 'em a chance to do it so, for some real Metal tunes, skip to track 4, "Lament" a Death Folk song, which is a wonderful song, is like hearing Dark Tranquillity in a folk fest, "Druid" also have the same effect, but this one with more Blackish influences instead of Death.
So, you have a lots of Folk, Instrumental tunes, Death and Black ones and most important, an significant piece of European history here.
The next step for Eluveitie is search for a record contract, I'm thinking Napalm Records and their craving for Folk Metal bands right now, whatever the results may be, I wish the best for these guys, and of course, I place my bet on Eluveitie.
Written by Undercraft | May 27, 2004
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a very nice band, like you said, extremely refreshing music, i have also already seen them live, and they were awesome, and i even got the drummer's sticks^^
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Hmm, i have heard Vanadis (Falkenbach cover) and it was worse than original one. But i hope it's the only one bad song by this band.
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well it's neither on this EP nor on their album, so maybe it's one of the very first things they did and recorded in a basement, and we all know that such starting songs arent always the best that bands do 
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Have heard already their debut... It's so amazing! It blows Cruachan in every aspect.
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I've been wanting to check these guys out for a while now. The only song I've heard of them so far is that Vanadis cover from the Falkenbach tribute, which was released one or two years ago and I gotta agree with W-Lash that it totally sucks. Nonetheless the band is at very good terms with Odroerir and they have a huge part in the brilliant Folkearth project, which is reason enough to check them out.
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After the debut I've heard this EP. I don't like it. Lament is an amazing song, and Druid is nice, but the production is too poor. It looks like they were more like Cruachan first. At least, their debut it's much better.
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Wikipedia states that the name "Eluveitie" is in fact the Etruscan name for the Latin language place-name Helvetia....and as we know Etruscans also inhabited these areas once...
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