Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion

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Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
Eluveitie Album Cover Evocation.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 April 2009
RecordedDecember 2008
Genre Acoustic rock, folk rock, Celtic rock
Length50:24
Language Gaulish
Label Nuclear Blast
Eluveitie studio album chronology
Slania
(2008)
Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
(2009)
Everything Remains (As It Never Was)
(2010)
Singles from Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
  1. "Omnos"
    Released: 28 April 2009
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Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion is the third studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. It was released on 17 April 2009 through Nuclear Blast. Contrary to their previous works, this album is almost entirely acoustic. The vocals are primarily handled by hurdy-gurdy player Anna Murphy. The album cover represents Cernunnos, a Celtic deity of nature. The lyrics are partly based on Gaulish inscriptions, e.g. "A Girl's Oath" uses the text of the Larzac tablet, and "Dessumiis Luge" that of the Chamalières tablet.

Contents

Background

Vocalist Chrigel Glanzmann has said about the album:

"As Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion is a concept album setting pure gaulish mythology into music, we also wanted the artwork to be in the same line. Kernunnos is one of the most important and central characters in celtic mythology, so we conceived a topical portrayal of that figure, representing the ancient mythological content of Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion, as well as its musical character." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sacrapos - At First Glance" Anna Murphy 2:01
2."Brictom"
4:22
3."A Girl's Oath"Murphy1:18
4."The Arcane Dominion"trad.5:43
5."Within the Grove"trad.1:52
6."The Cauldron of Renascence"Glanzmann2:05
7."Nata"
  • trad.
  • Glanzmann
4:02
8."Omnos"Glanzmann3:48
9."Carnutian Forest"
  • trad.
  • Glanzmann
3:17
10."Dessumiis Luge"
  • Murphy
  • Meri Tadić
3:28
11."Gobanno"trad.3:15
12."Voveso in Mori"
  • Glanzmann
  • Murphy
4:09
13."Memento"
  • Efrén López
  • Päde Kistler
3:20
14."Ne Regv Na"
  • Glanzmann
  • Murphy
5:07
15."Sacrapos - The Disparaging Last Gaze"Murphy2:43
Total length:50:24
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Slania" (Folk medley)1:53
17."Omnos" (Early metal version)3:49
Total length:56:06
Live at Summer Breeze 2008 DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Inis Mona" 
2."Grey Sublime Archon" 
3."Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom" 
4."Bloodstained Ground" 
5."Slania's Song" 
6."The Somber Lay" 
7."Your Gaulish War" 
8."AnDro" 
9."Tegernakô" 
Total length:47:09

Credits

Guest musicians [4]
Production

The drums, guitars, bass, bagpipes, fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, flute, percussion, and vocals were recorded in December 2008 at Devils Studio, Vaduz/Liechtenstein. These recordings were engineered by Merlin Sutter. The tin whistles, low whistles, mandola, mandolin, bodhran, hammered dulcimer, 5-stringed viola, zugerörgeli, and sound effects were recorded in December 2008 in Illnau Switzerland. These recordings were engineered by Chrigel Glanzmann.[ citation needed ]

Chart performance

Chart
  • Peak
  • position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 20
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 195

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