I have been on a bit of a concert bender with only one night off so far this week and my next off night being maybe next Friday. This time I had a better idea of what I was getting into. Since that night, about a year ago, I have been craving my next Eluveitie show. I honestly didn’t know what I was getting into but I figured that I drag her to some really terrible shows so it’s about time I suffer for her. The first time I saw them, my roommate dragged me to the show. Last night was my second time seeing Eluveitie. Eluveitie is the only band on the planet that would throw out a flute instead of a drumstick in the middle of their set (Yes, that happened last night. Not just a flute, multiple flutes, multiple kinds of flutes. I mean come on, the singer has a whole bag of various flutes that hangs from his microphone. Eluveitie does it right, they show up with these traditional instruments and actually know how to play them. I’ve seen folk metal bands get up on stage with just guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards with effects. Maybe that’s why I like these guys so much. There was no lack of any of those things last night.Įluveitie’s music is more authentic sounding than majority of the other folk metal bands I have seen. Folk metal is all about having fun, drinking, and smiling. There’s no sense in taking yourself seriously, you won’t have fun. That’s part of the charm of the crowd at folk metal shows. That all sounds like a joke but there was seriously a pit of grown men trying to riverdance. Towards the end, it had turned into a straight up riverdance competition complete with a can-can line. At the beginning of their set, there was a good old fashioned mosh pit going on. Mix all of that with an energetic crowd and you have, in my opinion, one of the best live shows money can buy.Įveryone in the crowd was having a great time. On top of all of this, add a heavy hitting drummer, a guitarist, bassist, a flute player, some other random instruments, a screamer and a female vocalist with pipes that any other singer could only dream of. How about a head banging violin player who is also amazingly talented. It’s even more amazing to watch someone play a hurdy gurdy while headbanging. It’s amazing to watch someone play a hurdy gurdy. Seeing it live is a completely different story. It’s something I can’t listen to a lot because after awhile, all of the songs start to sound the same to me. It is quite possibly the coolest genre of music I have ever heard. (That is probably the coolest sentence I’ll ever be able to write in this blog.) They mix old school celtic folk music with straight up metal music to make a genre that I honestly thought was a joke up until about a year ago. Folk metal is anything but a joke. That being said, if your band has flutes, bagpipes, and a full time hurdy gurdy player, I bow down to you.Įluveitie had me, and the rest of the crowd, bowing down on hands and knees last night.Įluveitie is an eight piece folk metal band from Switzerland. Naturally, I had to find an instrument just as annoying so I took up the bagpipes when I was in high school (long story). No, I’m not joking (as much as I wish I was).
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