Origins (Eluveitie album)

Origins is the sixth full-length album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released on 1 August 2014 through Nuclear Blast Records. It was the last album to include longtime members Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi, Merlin Sutter and Patrick "Päde" Kistler as band members.

Origins
Studio album by Eluveitie
Released	1 August 2014 (2014-08-01)
Recorded	March - April 2014
Studio	New Sound Studio in Freienbach, Switzerland
Genre	Folk metal, melodic death metal, Celtic metal
Length	57:19
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Chrigel Glanzmann & Eluveitie with Tommy Vetterli
Eluveitie chronology
Helvetios (2012) Origins (2014) Evocation II: Pantheon (2017)
Singles from Origins
"King" Released: 17 June 2014 "The Call of the Mountains" Released: 30 July 2014

Concept

Origins deals with the Celtic mythology, “or to be more precise, with aetiological tales from Gaul”, commented vocalist and front man Chrigel Glanzmann.[1] Glanzmann also created the album artwork for this new offering and goes on to explain: “The album cover of Origins is designed after the hammer/club-shaped 'halo' of Sucellos, as seen on a statue that was found in a shrine of a Gallo-Roman household in today's France. It was created under the scientific supervision of experts from the University of Zürich“.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer (Germany)	5/7[2]
Metal Storm	8.2/10[3]
Revolver (magazine)	[4]
Sputnikmusic	4.5/5
RockRevolt Magazine	[5]

Upon its release, Origins received generally positive reviews from music critics. Björn Springorum of Metal Hammer said that Origins was "their strongest album to date". Glenn Butler of Powerplay continued the praise saying "Quite simply this album is a magnificent creation from the concept through to the delivery".[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chrigel Glanzmann.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Origins" (intro)	Glanzmann	2:13
2.	"The Nameless"	Glanzmann Ivo Henzi	4:12
3.	"From Darkness"	Glanzmann	4:11
4.	"Celtos"	Glanzmann	3:57
5.	"Virunus"	Glanzmann Henzi	4:51
6.	"Nothing" (intermezzo)	Glanzmann	0:57
7.	"The Call of the Mountains"	Glanzmann Henzi Anna Murphy	4:14
8.	"Sucellos"	Glanzmann Henzi	5:05
9.	"Inception"	Glanzmann Henzi	3:49
10.	"Vianna"	Henzi Murphy	3:36
11.	"The Silver Sister"	Henzi	4:15
12.	"King"	Glanzmann Henzi	4:33
13.	"The Day of Strife"	Glanzmann Henzi	3:49
14.	"Ogmios" (intermezzo)	Glanzmann	0:29
15.	"Carry the Torch"	Henzi	4:37
16.	"Eternity" (outro)	Glanzmann	2:34
Total length:			57:19

The Call of the Mountains – Limited mailorder edition bonus CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"L'Appel des montagnes" (French version of "The Call of the Mountains")	4:15
2.	"Il richiamo dei monti" (Italian version of "The Call of the Mountains")	4:15
3.	"Il clom dallas muntognas" (Romansh version of "The Call of the Mountains")	4:15
4.	"De Ruef vo de Bärge" (Swiss German version of "The Call of the Mountains")	4:15
Total length:		17:00

Limited digipak and mailorder edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Call of the Mountains" (music video)	4:15
2.	"King" (music video)	4:33
3.	"Interview"	10:00
4.	"The Uprising" (Live @ Feuertanz Festival 2013)	3:42
5.	"Uxellodunon" (Live @ Feuertanz Festival 2013)	4:01
6.	"Havoc" (Live @ Feuertanz Festival 2013)	4:39
Total length:		31:10

Personnel

Eluveitie

• Chrigel Glanzmann – harsh vocals, bard harp, whistles, uilleann pipes, mandola, bodhrán
• Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar
• Merlin Sutter – drums
• Anna Murphy – hurdy-gurdy, clean vocals
• Kay Brem – bass
• Patrick "Päde" Kistler – tin & low whistles, bagpipes
• Rafael Salzmann – lead guitar
• Nicole Ansperger – fiddle, cello

Guests musicians

• Alexander Morton – male narration on #01, 05, 09 & 16
• Karen Bartke – female narration on #06
• Emily Clays – child narration on #01, 02 & 14
• Maria Körndorfer – violins
• Christian Krebs – cellos
• Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer on #05
• Christine Lauterburg – jodel on #04
• Konan Mevel – binou kozh, pybgorn, additional whistles on #04
• Fabian Hey – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Michael Müller – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Samuel Stamm – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• David Horstmann – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Severin Caluori – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Sileno Püntener – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Fabian Agner – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Marc Betschart – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Farhad Ahmadi – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Raphael Knuser – gaulish rebel choir on #13
• Kinderchor des Konservatoriums – children choir on #07
• Christoph Bachmann – children's choir conductor on #07

Chart performance

For the first time in Eluveitie's twelve-year history their album reached number one in Switzerland. On hearing the news the band commented "That is just unbelievable. We are proud, happy, and most of all thankful to you, our fans. Together with you we've achieved the impossible and put metal where it belongs: at the top!". In addition to this, Origins reached number one on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart and broke the German top ten; peaking at number six.

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	115
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	37
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	52
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13]	21
UK Independent Albums Breaker (OCC)[14]	6
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[15]	13
U.S. Billboard 200[16]	104
U.S. Hard Rock Albums[17]	12
U.S. Heatseekers Albums[18]	1
U.S. Independent Albums[19]	12
U.S. Top Rock Albums[20]	30

References

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3. "Eluveitie - Origins review". metalstorm.net. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
4. "Review: Eluveitie — Origins". Revolvermag.com. 2014-07-28. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
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14. "2014-08-16 Top Independent Albums Breaker Archive | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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