Eluveitie - King - First Time Band Reaction

ROUND 1: THE BATTLE IN THE "WEST" AGAINST MIRACLE OF SOUND
Lineup:
"WEST": I screwed up here. I got some false info on the interwebs that Eluveitie was from Ireland. I think it was that they play Irish style folk music
Eluveite (Switzerland) vs. Miracle of Sound (Ireland)
Tyr (Faroe Islands) vs. Alestorm (Scotland)
NORTH:
Sabaton (Sweden) vs. Brothers of Metal (Sweden)
Wardruna (Sweden) vs. Heilung (Sweden)
CENTRAL:
Saltatio Mortis (Germany) vs. D'Artagnan (Germany)
In Extremo (Germany) vs. Blind Guardian (Germany)
SOUTH & EAST:
Windrose (Italy) vs. Nanowar of Steel (Italy)
The HU (Mongolia) vs. The Wagakki Band (Japan)
RULES:
Both videos will be released at exactly the same time and points will be tallied up at that same time, exactly one week later.
1 view = 1 Point
1 like = 10 points
1 dislike = (-10) points That's right. smash that dislike button if you're rooting for the other band. please watch both videos though. You may be surprised and find a new favorite band!!
50% point bonus for every Official band member who posts a comment on the video!
300% point bonus if the BAND posts the link for this video on their official YT or FB page.

[@oneek]

Eluveitei - Havoc, Thousandfold, Inis Mona, A Rose For Epona, The Call Of The Mountains, Rebirth...

[@986KuroYuki]

Your Gaulish war, Carnutian Forest, Slania's Song, Brictom....

[@ralflukas9695]

Eluveitie [El-vay-tee] is one of my favourite bands. The band uses a lot of different traditional instruments like mandola, bagpipe, Celtic harp, fiddle, tin whistle, low whistle, bodhran and hurdy gurdy. Their style is a combination of Death Metal and Celtic Folk and their main theme is the history and culture of the ancient Celts in continental Europe, especially of the tribe of the Helvetii. The Helvetii lived in the area of todays Switzerland (the official name of Switzerland is "Helvetic Confederation" in English or "Confoederatio Helvetica" in Latin, thats why their internet code is ".CH") and neighboring regions and got into trouble when the Roman Empire began to expand its territory. Christian "Chrigel" Glanzmann is the founder and main singer which means that you will hear a lot of growling/screaming in their songs. The band had a big line-up change in 2016 when Anna Murphy (vocals/hurdy gurdy), Ivo Henzi (guitar) and Merlin Sutter (Drums) left and founded a new band called "Cellar Darling" (check them out). Now Eluveitie needed someone to replace Anna because the clean female vocals are a big part of their sound usually, especially in their non-metal songs (Eluveitie produced two Folk albums "Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion" and "Evocation II: Pantheon" where all the lyrics are sung in Gaulish, the extinct but reconstructed language of the continental Celts) and Chrigel found Fabienne Erni who never sang in a rock or metal band before (she sang at weddings and other events, she plays the Celtic Harp in some songs) and for the hurdy gurdy he found Michalina Malisz who did Eluveitie covers on KZbin and to her surprise he contacted her via Facebook and invited her into the band. In two covers Michalina recently did together with Fabienne (Metallicas "Nothing else Matters" and Foo Fighters "The Pretender") she even sang and she has a really nice voice. Maybe we will hear her on some future Eluveitie songs. The band has quite a history of line-up changes like the replacement of the fiddle player in 2014 when Meri Tadic (who did some vocals too ("Desumiis Luge" together with Anna)) left and was replaced by Nicole Ansperger, for example. You might wanna check out Fabiennes and Michalinas YT channels where you can find some really great stuff these two talented ladies do besides Eluveitie. Like some covers sung by Fabienne or Michalinas "5 Riffs" series or Michas fantastic hurdy gurdy cover of "Martyr" originally by August Burns Red. Fabienne Erni: kzbin.info/door/TdZTfVtygo-aUJ0yySGlCQ Michalina Malisz: kzbin.info/door/8affupLOlkEtH6QZGY_9Lg For Eluveitie songs with more clean vocals I would recommend: "Omnos", "A Rose for Epona" and "Call of the Mountains" with Anna "Ambiramus", "Breathe", "Lugus" and "Epona" with Fabienne There is one last thing you could check out. An interview that Chrigel and Fabienne did for the podcast of vocal coach Beth Roars: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2KXoXSvpKacf68 On the contest: I am a fan of Eluveitie, Blind Guardian and Sabaton and I like Heilung (btw. they are from Norway, Germany and Denmark NOT from Sweden), Alestorm and The Hu. I will face tough decisions when these bands should compete against each other *sigh*.

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow, thanks for all that!

[@ralflukas9695]

@@HistoryBuff My pleasure! Oh, just one thought when I read D'Artagnan, the singer (Ben Metzner) is also in a very fun band called "Feuerschwanz". They do medieval metal and use fiddle, mandola and sometimes a bagpipe or a harp. They don't take themselves too serious. It's all about the fun and they really are very good musicians. They usually sing in German and on their latest album "Das elfte Gebot" ("The elventh Commandment") they added a second CD with several (metalized) cover versions (like "I see Fire" - Ed Sheeran, "Engel" - Rammstein, "Amen and Attack" - Powerwolf, "Hier kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen or "Ding" - Seeed, the Sheeran and Powerwolf covers are sung in English) which are absolutely great. Maybe you could check one of their originals out: "Metfest" (Meadfest in English), "Meister der Minne" (Master of the courtly love) or the more serious "Maleus Maleficarum"?

[@HistoryBuff]

Actually, someone already requested i substitute D'Artagnan for them. I definitely will

[@ralflukas9695]

@@HistoryBuff Oh my, 7 out of 16 bands that I really like. The probability of tough dedisions grows and grows *sigh*.

[@kendallangston208]

slania's song ,and quoth the raven has both growling and clean vocals

[@jessel3621]

A Rose for Epona, The Call of the Mountains, and Alesia have clean vocals.

[@986KuroYuki]

A Rose for Epona Female Epic Song from Eluveitie!!!

[@Larrybird696]

You should check out their song Lvgvs. The female singer is different for that one (same with Rebirth), but I feel like there's more of a mythological element to Lvgvs compared to, say, Rebirth or Call of the Mountains. Regardless, each of those songs are worth checking out. If you wanted another song with their old female singer, Celtos is a good one.

[@andyventures6574]

Artio ... In fact the whole evocation II album - is a pure clean, folkier track .

[@davebrowne8252]

For an Irish mythological band, check out the mighty Cruachan!

[@gothicmetal3191]

Love it Thanks History ❤️

[@greaper1976]

I'm little surprised you used this one and not "Rebirth" but this song rocks too. (Rebirth do have some clean vocals. "Call of the mountain" also has some great clean vocals and no growls.

[@HistoryBuff]

I think I just picked the one with the most views

[@andyventures6574]

Rebirth showcases every style they play , it's pure bloody genius.

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow! This is super close!

[@madjoker886]

You are not wrong, the female hurdy-gurdy player sing in some other songs but she is not the main singer, sadly she is not part of the band anymore along with a few other members. I find the new female singer(Fabienne) an upgrade over Anna . If you want to check a song with this singer, I would recommand "Call of the mountains" If you want to check the new band line up id recommend "Rebirth"

[@baary-o1846]

Eluveitie

[@andyventures6574]

Also to say Chrigal and Nicole (lead singer and violin player) are a couple, and expecting their first child imminently .

[@HistoryBuff]

Congrats to them!

[@DiegoGross573]

un caro saluto !!!! power!!!

[@Eerielai]

A Rose for Epona is their best song with female vocals I'd say.

[@marcbaur677]

Just a Moment, growling is nothing for 'Boomers'? I was Born 1969 and started listen to Metal since 1985 ( and i allways loved Rock Like AC/DC, Gianna Nannini, Suzi Quattro, The Sweet since i was 10 ) and i loved really quickly growling as it came up, i was/ i am a big Fan of Benediction, Death, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel etc. and a Fan of early norwegian Black Metal. So, no excuse about your age! Greetings from Germany. 😄

[@HistoryBuff]

Well then God bless you sir.

[@986KuroYuki]

Your Gaulish war, Carnutian Forest, Slania's Song, Brictom....

[@shifty7629]

For one with clean vocals I really like Epona. It's in Gaulish too, so it gets bonus points. Plus the music video depicts a battle between the Gauls & Romans, so even better :) I'm with you on his growls. I could listen to him read the newspaper all day long, as he has dare I say it a Morgan Freeman voice, but the growls just don't do it for me.

[@prostfan]

Please react to Rebirth! Mindblowing song! 🤯

[@prostfan]

Also, they are a Swiss band. 😉

[@HistoryBuff]

Yea, I caught that

[@arielluzi4548]

Hola