Swiss folk metal bashers ELUVEITIE have issued the following update:

"We are very much looking forward to our next show in Switzerland: May 18th at the KuFa in Lyss. To make the evening a very special one, we can now announce that for the very first time we will play our new album Helvetios in its entirety! To make sure that you won't miss the older songs, you can look forward to a show of over two hours in length.

Tickets are available on Starticket here, and if you get yours early enough you can also enter our contest for the chance to win a meet & greet for two persons including dinner with the band (simply send an email with your 8-digit ticket number to info@kufa.ch, with the subject 'I want to meet Eluveitie!')."

Eluveitie recently added another leg to their 2012/2013 Helvetios World Tour. Starting in September, the band will hit the road in Europe with SABATON. New dates have now been confirmed in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Dates are as follows:

September

7 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
9 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
10 - Osnabrück, Germany - Hyde Park
12 - Luxembourg - Rockhal
13 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
14 - Berlin, Germany - Metal Hammer Awards
15 - Gießen, Germany - Hessenhalle
19 - Milano, Italy - Alcatraz
21 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
22 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
23 - Lindau, Germany - Club Vaudeville
26 - Wien, Austria - Arena
27 - Wörgl, Austria - Komma
28 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
30 - Paris, France - Alhambra

October

2 - Lyon, France - CCO
3 - Barcelona, Spain - Razmatazz
4 - Pamplona, Spain - Totem/Barakaldo
5 - Madrid, Spain - Arena
6 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
9 - Rennes, France - Letage
10 - Strasbourg, France - Laiterie
12 - Stuttgart, Germany , LKA Longhorn
13 - Hamburg, Germany , Grosse Freiheit
14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
15 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
16 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik
18 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
20 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
21 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stora Arena

As previously reported, Eluveitie scanned 4,242 copies of their new album, Helvetios, in its first week of sales in the US according to Nielson Soundscan. Helvetios came in at #143 on the US Billboard Top 200 Chart and #3 on the Heatseekers chart, making it their highest charting record yet. The band also cracked the Canadian Top 200 coming in at #73.

The following European chart entries have since been confirmed:

Germany - #27

Austria - #34

The album hit #4 in the band's native Switzerland. Watch for more chart entries to be revealed in the coming week.

Helvetios was released on February 28th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The tracklist: is as follows:

'Prologue'

'Helvetios'

'Luxtos'

'Home'

'Santonian Shores'

'Scorched Earth'

'Meet The Enemy'

'Neverland'

'A Rose For Epona'

'Havoc'

'The Uprising'

'Hope'

'The Siege'

'Alesia'

'Tullianum'

'Uxellodunon'

'Epilogue'

Eluveitie recently released a short documentary on the making of their video clip for the song 'Havoc'. Check out what went into making the video below:

The 'Havoc' video can be seen below: