Origins (Eluveitie album)

This article is about the album by the Swiss band Eluveitie. For other uses, see Origin.
Origins
Studio album by Eluveitie
Released August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)
Recorded March - April 2014 at New Sound Studio in Freienbach, Switzerland
Genre Folk metal, melodic death metal, Celtic metal, pagan metal
Length 57:19
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Chrigel Glanzmann & Eluveitie with Tommy Vetterli
Eluveitie chronology
Helvetios
(2012)		 Origins
(2014)
Singles from Origins
  1. "King"
    Released: June 17, 2014
  2. "The Call of the Mountains"
    Released: July 30, 2014

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

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
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (Germany)5/7[2]
Metal Storm8.2/10[3]
Revolver (magazine)[4]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5
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

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Origins" (Intro, Prelude)C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann2:13
2."The Nameless"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann, I. Henzi4:12
3."From Darkness"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann4:11
4."Celtos"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann3:57
5."Virunus"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann, I. Henzi4:51
6."Nothing" (Interlude, Intermezzo)C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann0:57
7."The Call Of The Mountains"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann, I. Henzi, A. Murphy4:14
8."Sucellos"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi, C. Glanzmann5:05
9."Inception"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi, C. Glanzmann3:49
10."Vianna"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi, A. Murphy3:36
11."The Silver Sister"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi4:15
12."King"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi, C. Glanzmann4:33
13."The Day Of Strife"  C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann, I. Henzi3:49
14."Ogmios" (Interlude, Intermezzo)C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann0:29
15."Carry The Torch"  C. GlanzmannI. Henzi4:37
16."Eternity" (Outro, Occlude)C. GlanzmannC. Glanzmann2:34
Total length:57:19

Personnel

Eluveitie

Guests musicians

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Eluveitie". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Review on the album Origins". metal-hammer.de. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Eluveitie - Origins review". metalstorm.net. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Review: Eluveitie — Origins". Revolvermag.com. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  5. ↑ "ALBUM REVIEW: ORIGINS – ELUVEITIE". Rockrevoltmagazine.com. 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  6. ↑ "Origins Out Now". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  7. ↑ "Origins Deluxe Edition" Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Origins (Bonus Track Version" Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eluveitie – Origins" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eluveitie – Origins" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Eluveitie: Origins" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Eluveitie – Origins". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Eluveitie – Origins". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eluveitie – Origins". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ "2014-08-16 Top Independent Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  16. ↑ "2014-08-16 Top Independent Albums Breaker Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ "2014-08-16Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Eluveitie Billboard 200 history" Billboard Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Eluveitie U.S Hard Rock Albums history"Billboard Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Eluveitie U.S Heatseekers Album history" Billboard Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Eluveitie U.S Independent Album history" Billboard Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Eluveitie U.S Top Rock Album history" Billboard Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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