Swiss folk metal horde ELUVEITIE have released another new song off the band's upcoming album, Helvetios, due to be unleashed February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Surf to Facebook to check out 'A Rose For Epona'.

Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: "The song 'A Rose For Epona' appears about in the middle of the storyline - so, it tells about the time when the gaulish war broke out already. The Helvetians decided to leave their homeland and migrate to the west coast of Gallia, to start a new life there. In the time the song tells about, many Helvetians had to face pretty much shattered hopes. And so does the protagonist, from whose viewpoint the song is written: A young gaulish woman. She was part of the helvetic migration, but after the battle of Bibracte, all hopes that she and her people would ever reach their new home were torn to pieces. Furthermore you can imagine: She probably had lost her husband on the battlefields of Bibracte and she had to face fact that she can be glad if their common newborn child would not be killed and she herself would be sold into roman slavery. To sum it up: Her situation was desperate. In this situation 'our' young gaulish woman despairs, can't accept her fate and turns to her goddess Epona... and accuses her for having forsaken her people. This is what the song expresses. On a historical note: 'Epona' was a gaulish goddess which was, among other things, in charge of taking care of horsemen and the cavallery. All over Gallia there were Epona temples where people traditionally offered up freshly cut roses or rose petals to their goddess.“

In other news, Eluveitie just shot a video for „A Rose For Epona“ which is going to be released very soon – keep your caps peeled!

Helvetios tracklist:

'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 will join CHILDREN OF BODOM on their North American headlining tour in celebration of the band’s 15th Anniversary. The quindecennial trek will kick off on January 30th, 2012 in Rochester, NY and run through March 4th, hitting 26 cities over the course of the five week jaunt. Boston-based extreme metal band REVOCATION and Canada’s THREAT SIGNAL are also on the bill.

Tour dates:

January

30 - Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
31 - Harpo's, Detroit, MI

February

2 - Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
3 - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
4 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
6 - Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
7 - Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
9 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
10 - The Complex, Salt Lake city, UT
11 - Knitting Factory, Boise, ID
13 - Yost Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
14 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
15 - Marquee Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
17 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
18 - Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
19 - The Pavilion, Lubbock, TX
21 - Emo's East, Austin, TX
22 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
24 - Expo Five, Louisville, KY
25 - Peabody's, Cleveland, OH
26 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON
27 - Metropolis, Montreal, QC
29 - Imperial, Quebec City, QC

March

1 - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT
2 - The Paramount Theater, Huntington, NY
3 - Starland Ballroom, Sayerville, NJ
4 - Ram's Head Live, Baltimore, MD