ELUVEITIE

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: SWI
Style: harmonious folk heavy death metal

heralds of Gallic culture has purveyed an exceptional one hour long album, uniting subtle folk heritage with mean modern metal in their own special way, and such utmost dedication along the hard labor cause perhaps the most significant return in last twelve years - diversity aplenty throughout its sixteen tracks, Ategnatos manages to reach the darkest and the brightest, the hardest and the most serene, intense and chilling zones of this enigmatic kingdom of sound, especially highlighting the subtle interplay of instruments, where violin, flute, and bagpipes not only complement but also contrast with the harshness of death metal, giving each composition its own character and dramatic depth, while each of nine band members seems to add up since the last time we heard from them; German edition comes with twenty four page booklet