Helvetios

Helvetios is the fifth studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released 10 February 2012 through Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli. It was the last album to include violinist Meri Tadić and guitarist Simeon Koch.

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Style

The album features melodic death metal combined with Celtic folk music instruments like fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, flutes, whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodhran, and hammered dulcimer. Band member Anna Murphy has been more involved in songwriting and has been given more vocal parts than on previous releases.^[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[5]
Der Metal Krieger	^[6]
Metal Hammer (Germany)	6/7^[4]
Sonic Seducer	very favourable^[3]
Stormbringer	^[7]
Lambgoat	^[8]
Peek from the Pit	^[9]

Helvetios received favourable professional reviews in Germany with the Sonic Seducer magazine calling the album "pure efficiency (pure Effizienz)."^[3] The German edition of Metal Hammer lauded the tracks "Meet The Enemy", "Neverland" and "The Siege" for their aggressive Metal style and concluded that Eluveitie's musical virtues were being continued on this album.^[4] A review by the Austrian Stormbringer compared the track "The Siege" to Sepultura's style and called the album a "piece of art."^[7]

Chart	Peak position
Swiss Music Charts^[10]	4
Canadian Albums Chart^[11]	73
Finland's Official List^[12]	47
French SNEP^[13]	81
German Media Control Charts^[14]	27
US Billboard 200^[15]	143
US Heatseeker Albums^[15]	3

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Chrigel Glanzmann, except "Home" co-written by Anna Murphy.

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No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue"	Glanzmann	1:24
2.	"Helvetios"	Glanzmann Ivo Henzi Murphy	4:00
3.	"Luxtos"	Glanzmann Henzi Meri Tadić	3:56
4.	"Home"	Glanzmann	5:16
5.	"Santonian Shores"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	3:58
6.	"Scorched Earth"	Glanzmann	4:18
7.	"Meet the Enemy"	Glanzmann Henzi	3:46
8.	"Neverland"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy Tadić	3:42
9.	"A Rose for Epona"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	4:26
10.	"Havoc"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	4:05
11.	"The Uprising"	Glanzmann Henzi	3:41
12.	"Hope"	Glanzmann	2:27
13.	"The Siege"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	2:44
14.	"Alesia"	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	3:58
15.	"Tullianum"	Glanzmann	0:24
16.	"Uxellodunon"	Henzi Murphy Tadić	3:51
17.	"Epilogue"	Glanzmann	3:16
Total length:	59:12

Limited edition bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
18.	"A Rose for Epona" (acoustic version)	Glanzmann Henzi Murphy	3:49
Total length:	63:01

Limited Edition Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Rose for Epona" (Video Clip)
2.	"Havoc" (Video Clip)
3.	"A Rose for Epona" (Making Of)
4.	"Havoc" (Making Of)
5.	"A Closer Look at the Lyrics" (...In Conversation with a Scientist)
6.	"Live at Feuertanz Festival 2010" (4 Songs Live)
Total length:	93:00

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Personnel

Eluveitie

Chrigel Glanzmann – harsh vocals, harp, tin & low whistle, uilleann pipes, mandola, bodhrán
Anna Murphy – clean vocals, harsh vocals in "The Siege" and "Meet the Enemy", hurdy-gurdy
Kay Brem – bass guitar, Caesar's voice in "Havoc"
Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar
Simeon Koch – lead guitar, mandola
Patrick "Päde" Kistler – bagpipes, whistles
Merlin Sutter – drums
Meri Tadić – fiddles

Guests

Alexander Morton – voice in the narrations of tracks 1, 11 & 17
Nina Macchi – recorder in track 12
Christoph Pelgen – gwerz vocals in track 6
Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer in tracks 4 & 7
Sarah Wauquiez – zugerörgeli (helvetic accordion) in track 3

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