Swiss folk-metal pioneers Eluveitie will return to North America for a headlining tour this fall. The band will be touring in support of their follow-up to Helvetios (2012), with the release of their new album, Origins, this August.

"In September, 2013, our massive Helvetios world tour came to a well-deserved end. After just over 200 shows, spread over three continents and including over 30 countries, it was time begin work on a new album,” comments drummer Merlin Sutter. “Now that we’re finally holding Origins in our hands, we can’t wait to share it with you - and what better way to do so than with a tour! We are extremely excited to kick off our new tour in North America this time, and you can expect us to make every single night one to remember. We’ll bring along some of the most exciting new Eluveitie music yet, as well as a hand-picked line-up featuring our friends from the Faroe Islands, the magnificent Tyr, and the excellent Metsatöll from Estonia. See you this fall!"

Tour dates:

September

19 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
20 - Charlotte, NC - Chop Shop
21 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
22 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
23 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
25 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
26 - San Antonio, TX - Tequila Room at Backstage Live
27 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
29 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red

October

2 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
3 - San Diego, CA - Ramona Mainstage
4 - Sacramento, CA - Assembly Music Hall
5 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro Opera House
6 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
7 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
8 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw
10 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
11 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom
13 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick
14 - Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
15 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
16 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
17 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theater
18 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
19 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial
21 - Boston, MA - Royale
22 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza

Origins will be released on August 1st (Europe), August 4th (UK) and on August 5th (North America) via Nuclear Blast. Cover artwork was created by none other than the group’s mastermind himself, Chrigel Glanzmann. Origins was recorded once again with producer Tommy Vetterli (Kreator, Coroner) at New Sound Studios in Switzerland.

Chrigel Glanzmann's first insights on the lyrical and historical themes of Origins:

"Origins deals in-depth with Celtic mythology, or to be more precise, with aetiological tales from Gaul in particular. Hence we're facing strongly mythical as well as spiritual subjects on this album, topics which we have approached very scientifically and in cooperation with several scientists and diverse universities. Many aspects of Gaulish mythology and spirituality remain in the dark nonetheless, while others run through the theme like a golden thread - like this eminent, yet innominate god, for instance, of which the Gauls claimed to be direct descendants and which was compared to the Roman chtonic deity Dis Pater. Today we cannot say which Gaulish god this was exactly. But according to all we know it's likely that we're dealing with Sucellos here. Throughout space and time he appears over and over again - from very old spiritual customs of ancient Gaulish tribes in today's northern Spain all the way to later statues in today's Switzerland, France and elsewhere. Perhaps he is this mysterious nameless one. The album cover of Origins is designed after the hammer/club-shaped 'halo' of Sucellos, as seen on a statue, that was found in a shrine of a gallo-roman household in today's France. It was created under the scientific supervision of experts from the university of Zürich.”

More details will be revealed soon.