Eluveitie is a Swiss folk-metal band formed in 2002, led by Chrigel Glanzmann, that blends melodic/death metal with traditional Celtic instruments.

Signed to Nuclear Blast (mentioned in reviews). Use of traditional instruments cited in reviews includes hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, flutes, violin/strings; Anna Murphy is referenced as a featured vocalist/hurdy-gurdy player in reviews.

DeBaser reviews present Eluveitie as a Swiss folk‑metal outfit that mixes traditional instruments with melodic/death metal elements. Opinions range from enthusiastic praise for Slania to reservations about consistency on later records. Evocation I is noted as a deliberate acoustic/folk detour.

For:Fans of folk metal, melodic-death metal, and listeners curious about traditional instruments in heavy music.

 Why? Because this album is not a Metal album, and it doesn’t even come close.

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 A very young band composed of several instrumentalists, not only including the classic guitar-vocals-guitar-bass-drums lineup and perhaps keyboards, but also a varied universe of flutes, bagpipes, and other "tools of the trade" that do not fall into Metal orthodoxy.

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 Take the worst album by Dark Tranquillity, add a couple of traditional Northern European instruments and a mediocre and cunning female voice, and you have Eluveitie, a band that considers themselves a Folk Metal group from Switzerland.

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 Highly recommended listening to anyone wishing to rediscover the traditions of north-central Europe.

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