What’s that you say? You like your metal with a little bit of Middle Earth thrown in!? Well, fear not Frodo, we’ve got you covered. How about some Swiss hippies playing folk metal with harps, fiddles, flutes, lutes and… bagpipes(!)?

If that sounds like your cup-o-tea, then you’re going to love Eluveitie. Watch the video of their new single “Call of the Mountains” here below.

I’m not sure what to think of this myself. Is it metal? Well, sort of! At any rate, it’s compelling and I can’t stop watching it. Plus, the singer Anna Murphy is amazing (and not too hard on the eyes either).

“Call of the Mountains” appears on the band’s upcoming, sixth album Origins, which is set for release on August 1 (EU), August 4 (UK), and August 5 (U.S.) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Track Listing

1. Origins
2. The Nameless
3. From Darkness
4. Celtos
5. Virunus
6. Nothing
7. The Call of the Mountains
8. Sucellos
9. Inception
10. Vianna
11. The Silver Sister
12. King
13. The Day of Strife

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