''Ànv'' is the ninth studio album by Swiss

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...

band

Eluveitie Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...

. The album was announced on 21 January 2025 and was released on 25 April 2025 through

Nuclear Blast Records Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on ...

. It is Eluveitie's first studio album to feature

hurdy-gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-turned crank, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar ...

player and

violinist The following lists of violinists are available: * List of classical violinists * List of contemporary classical violinists * List of jazz violinists * List of popular music violinists * List of Indian violinists * List of Persian violinists * Li ...

Lea-Sophie Fischer, following the departures of Annie Riediger and Nicole Ansperger from the band in 2024.

Background

In 2022, Eluveitie released two standalone singles "Aidus" and "Exile of the Gods". These tracks have been omitted from the standard track listing of ''Ànv'', but will be included as bonus tracks on the deluxe version of the album, along with a metal version of "Epona", originally from 2017's '' Evocation II: Pantheon''. Upon releasing "The Prodigal Ones" and announcing ''Ànv'', Eluveitie

frontman The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

Chrigel Glanzmann Christian Oliver Ivan Glanzmann (born 26 May 1975) is a Swiss musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the male lead vocalist of Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. He also plays mandola, whistles, and bagpipes in Branâ Kete ...

commented, .

Promotion

On 3 December 2024, Eluveitie announced their new single "Premonition" via their

social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...

profiles. The song was released two days later, alongside a music video. ''Ànv'' was officially announced on 21 January 2025, coinciding with the release of the album's second single "The Prodigal Ones". The band embarked on their "Ànv Rising - Europe Part I" tour in January and February 2025 with support acts Infected Rain and

Ad Infinitum ''Ad infinitum'' is a Latin phrase meaning "to infinity" or "forevermore". Description In context, it usually means "continue forever, without limit" and this can be used to describe a non-terminating process, a non-terminating ''repeating'' pro ...

, and will support

Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a Supergroup (music), supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass (band), Carcass, Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Carnage (band), Carna ...

on their European Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour in October and November 2025, alongside

Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...

and

Gatecreeper Gatecreeper is an American death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. History Gatecreeper released a self-titled four song EP in 2014. In 2015, Gatecreeper released a split with the band Take Over and Destroy. In 2015, Gatecreeper played the first ...

Track listing

Personnel

Eluveitie

– lead vocals, acoustic guitars,

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

Uilleann pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ), also known as Union pipes and sometimes called Irish pipes, are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the ...

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A Goatskin (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...

, whistles, harp * Fabienne Erni – lead vocals,

mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...

Celtic harp The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring gr ...

* Rafael Salzmann – lead guitars * Jonas Wolf – rhythm guitars * Lea-Sophie Fischer – violin,

* Matteo Sisti –

bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, N ...

, whistles, acoustic guitars, mandolin, Uilleann pipes, bodhrán, hurdy-gurdy * Kay Brem – bass guitars * Alain Ackermann – drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

Additional personnel

Jens Bogren Jens Peter Daniel Bogren (born 13 November 1979) is a Swedish record producer, mixer and recording engineer specializing in heavy metal music. He has worked on albums by Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Katatonia, Bab ...

–

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stat ...

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

, mixing, mastering * Jonas Wolf – co-production * Tommy Vetterli – co-production * Michalina Malisz – hurdy-gurdy on tracks 1–6, 8–10 * Annie Riediger – hurdy-gurdy on tracks 11 and 12 * Adrienne Cowan – additional vocals on track 12 * Jack Kosto – recording of additional vocals on track 12 * Mirjam Skal – orchestration, soundscapes and choir arrangements & recordings * Noemi von Felten - performed and recorded the harp on the album * Dannii Young – spoken words on track 7 * Mirko Witzki – music video direction on "Premonition"

Charts

References

{{Eluveitie 2025 albums Eluveitie albums Nuclear Blast albums