Eluveite is a Swiss gruop, and the name means "Helvetti". The Helvetians were a mainland Celt group famous for a migration in the 5th century BC. Some of their songs are sung in a reconstructed version of Helvetian.
It's also one of the few bands that still has a hurdy-gurdy player in it. Matter of fact, it's the only one I know of that a hurdy-gurdy can be heard in.
There is a guy who "sings" in the group whose singing leaves something to be desired - it's more of a croaking, screaming, growling discordant noise than it is any sort of singing. I've heard bears shitting in the woods that made more melodious rackets. It's hard to find one of their songs that he is not croaking in, and if he's got more than half of the voice parts, I just pass on the song. Not worth the effort or the bleeding ears produced by trying to listen to it.
Still, some of their songs grab something deep inside me and give it a stout shaking. Some bring a tear to my eye, and I have no clue at all as to why.
"Gwydion" was a Welsh sorcerer, a major player in one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
Epona is the Celtic goddess of horses.
"Omnos" is the tale of a teenage girl who meets a shape-shifting wolf-boy in the woods, and thinks she is in love with him. He of course, is just in it to get laid, and once the deed is done he tells her he doesn't love her, and takes off, leaving her with the urge to drown herself on a pool. This is one of the ones ssung in Helvetian -
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It's also one of the few bands that still has a hurdy-gurdy player in it. Matter of fact, it's the only one I know of that a hurdy-gurdy can be heard in.
There is a guy who "sings" in the group whose singing leaves something to be desired - it's more of a croaking, screaming, growling discordant noise than it is any sort of singing. I've heard bears shitting in the woods that made more melodious rackets. It's hard to find one of their songs that he is not croaking in, and if he's got more than half of the voice parts, I just pass on the song. Not worth the effort or the bleeding ears produced by trying to listen to it.
Still, some of their songs grab something deep inside me and give it a stout shaking. Some bring a tear to my eye, and I have no clue at all as to why.
"Gwydion" was a Welsh sorcerer, a major player in one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
Epona is the Celtic goddess of horses.
"Omnos" is the tale of a teenage girl who meets a shape-shifting wolf-boy in the woods, and thinks she is in love with him. He of course, is just in it to get laid, and once the deed is done he tells her he doesn't love her, and takes off, leaving her with the urge to drown herself on a pool. This is one of the ones ssung in Helvetian -
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