Track Listing

1. Samon
2. Primordial Breath
3. Inis Mona
4. Gray Sublime Archon
5. Anagantios
6. Bloodstained Ground
7. Somber Lay
8. Slanias Song
9. Giamonios
10. Tarvos
11. Calling the Rain
12. Elembivos
13. Samon [Acoustic Version][*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17755 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Convinces me that the flute is the most metal insturment ever!
Take two very epic sounding types of genres: Folk metal and real Gothenburg (At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity) and give all of their musicians excellent musicianship, and you will get the sound presented on this album.

A couple of weeks ago I was listening to Music Choice when all of a sudden this song entitled "Grey Sublime Archon" came on and was blown away. It's an excellent blend of folk insturments, growls and clean vocals, and the Gothenburg-ish guitar riffs. The growl/sung chorus comes in with "Gray Sublime Archon I've been called. . ." gave me goosebumps and is an example of when combining growls and clean vocals is a good idea. (a bad example of when it goes wrong being In Flames)

So I bought this album and all I have to say is that it is just as epic as that track. "Inis Mona" with its deep sung chorus and beautiful flute playing the melody, the many wonderfully put together insturmentals, and the song "Slania's Song" with female vocals really stick out to me.

Even the weakest track imo is amazing. "The Somber Lay" is an extremely strong track like the others, but the folk insturments in the chorus of the song sometimes sound like they're going all over the place and like there is too much going on. It was sort of an awkward listen, but still an excellent track.

Overall, if you like Dark Tranquillity, Finntroll, Moonsorrow, any other folk metal bands, get this album. You won't be disappointed.

Amazing band, Amazing CD....see them live if you can!
I caught these guys live a week or so ago, they were one of the bands opening for Kataklysm and Dying Fetus. I had never heard of them before and WOW did they put o a hell of a show, I bought the CD immediately after their set was over and have not stopped listening to it since. I have been a fan of Korpiklani for a while now but I think I like their style of folk metal better. Great mix of metal guitars and old style instruments (bagpipes, flutes, violin, hurdygurdy). It works so well give them a shot, the CD sounds great but they sound even better in person!

Just.... WOW!
It has been exactly 48:42 minutes since I bought the album (plus the time taken to write this review). I found the band on Amazon, saw the six 5-star reviews, and decided to take the plunge and buy the album.

Now let me say that although I'm into melodeath bigtime, I've never been a huge fan of folk metal. I however do occassionally listen to soft folk rock like The Corrs. So I was stunned, no, OVERWHELMED, when I heard Eluveitie blend folk elements so seamlessly with melodic death metal.

There are flutes, oh yes. Violins? Think so. Plus a bunch of other funny (albeit pleasant) noises too. All together with melodious guitar lines and great vocals (there's even one with female vocals). The net output is a whole new level of awesomeness, which is quite surprising from a relatively unknown band.

So, while my review is clearly not what might be considered well-thought out, I wanted to "weigh in" here on how cool this album is. If you like melodic death metal, you're going to LOVE this. In fact, the track 'Bloodstained Ground' would have almost been indistinguishable from a Dark Tranquillity track (but then the incredible folk stuff kicked in :P).

Recommended tracks: Inis Mona, Bloodstained Ground, hell... all of them :).

PS: It's the not-yet-popular bands like these that need your support (and money) the most! Please please buy the album if you like it after listening to a few of the songs.