Swiss pagan metal horde ELUVEITIE have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming new folk album, Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion. Check it out on the left (click to enlarge).

Mainman Chrigel Glanzmann states: "As Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion is a concept album setting pure gaulish mythology into music, we also wanted to be the artwork 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 as the ancient mythological content of Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion as well as it's musical character.“

Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion will be a pure folk and acoustic album featuring hurdy gurdy player Anna Murphy on vocals.

The album will be released on April 11th 2009 (due to April 10th being a national holiday) via Nuclear Blast.

Eluveitie are confirmed for PaganFest America: Part II., also featuring Finland’s KORPIKLAANI as the headliners, Ireland’s PRIMORDIAL, Finland’s MOONSORROW, Canada’s BLACKGUARD (formerly known as PROFUGUS MORTIS) and New Jersey’s SWASHBUCKLE. First dates include:

April

28 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON
29 - Medley – Montreal, QC
30 - Imperial - Quebec City, QC

May

1 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
4 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
7 - Chicago Powerfest - Chicago, IL
8 - The Lab - St. Paul, MN

Eluveitie will also tour Europe with KREATOR and CALIBAN. Dates for this trek include:

January

23 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
25 - Hasselt, Belgium - Mod Club
26 - London, England - The Koko
27 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmatre
28 - Bordeaux, France - Theatre Barbey
29 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
30 - Porto, Portugal - Teatro Sá da Bandeira
31 - Bilbao, Spain - Rock Star

February

1 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatzz 1
2 - Marseille, France - Espace Julien
3 - Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
6 - Athens, Greece - Toll 56
7 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Principal Club
8 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Botev Sportshall
9 - Bucharest, Romania - Becker Brau
10 - Belgrad, Serbia - Dom Omladine Hall
11 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
12 - Maribor, Slovakia - Stuk
13 - Debrecen, Hungary - Lovarda
14 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
15 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters Of Rock Cafe
17 - Bratislava, Slovakia - PKO
18 - Krakow, Poland - Klub Studio
19 - Warsaw, Poland - Klub Progresja
20 - Vilnius, Lithuania - House Of Polish Culture
21 - Riga, Latvia - Melna Piektdiena
22 - Talin, Estonia - Rock Cafe
23 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
24 - Tampere, Finland - Kulturfabrik
26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
27 - Oslo, Norway - Betong
28 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Brew House

March

1 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
3 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley’s Neue Welt
4 - Nürnberg, Germany - Löwensaal
5 - München, Germany - Backstage
6 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
7 - Kaufbeuren, Germany - ALL Kart Halle
8 - Losheim, Germany - Eisenbahnhalle
10 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
11 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
12 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
13 - Osnabrück, Germany - Halle Gartlage
14 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle