Slania

Slania is the second full-length album by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, and the first one to include Anna Murphy as part of the band. It was released on February 15, 2008 through Nuclear Blast.[5]

Slania
Studio album by Eluveitie
Released	February 15, 2008
Studio	Fascination Street Studios (Örebro, Sweden)
Genre	Folk metal, melodic death metal, Celtic metal
Length	48:42
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Jens Bogren
Eluveitie chronology
Spirit (2006) Slania (2008) Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion (2009)
Alternative cover
10th anniversary edition cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	[2]
About.com	[3]
Lords of Metal	[4]

Reception

Slania has received very positive reviews from both critics and the fanbase.

In a highly positive review, Vera of Lords Of Metal gave the album 94/100 and said that "with "Slania" Eluveitie will promote [themselves] from the second tier to the top of the pagan metal scene!"

Chad Bowar of AllMusic gave the album 4/5 and said "A lot of hooks, plenty of punch, and the unique instruments make Slania an excellent folk metal CD"

Scott Alisogu of Blabbermouth.net gave the album 8/10 and said "As a matter of fact, there is nothing here that warrants any kind of negative criticism"

The album brought Eluveitie in to the mainstream of Folk Metal and they remain to this day as one of the most popular folk metal bands, largely due to the help of the very popular song "Inis Mona" which has over 27 million views on YouTube [6] (as of Nov. 2017) and is played at all of their concerts.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chrigel Glanzmann, except "Primordial Breath" co-written by Sevan Kirder and "Slanias Song" co-written by David Stifter.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Samon"	1:49
2.	"Primordial Breath"	4:19
3.	"Inis Mona"	4:09
4.	"Gray Sublime Archon"	4:21
5.	"Anagantios"	3:25
6.	"Bloodstained Ground"	3:20
7.	"The Somber Lay"	4:00
8.	"Slanias Song"	5:40
9.	"Giamonios"	1:23
10.	"Tarvos"	4:39
11.	"Calling the Rain"	5:06
12.	"Elembivos"	6:31
Total length:		48:42

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Samon" (acoustic version)	1:26
Total length:		50:08

Slania: 10 Years - 10th anniversary edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Samon" (acoustic version)	1:26
14.	"Interview with Slania"	6:00
15.	"Samon" (demo)	1:46
16.	"Primordial Breath" (demo)	4:39
17.	"Inis Mona" (demo)	4:30
18.	"Bloodstained Ground" (demo)	3:13
19.	"Tarvos" (demo)	5:00
Total length:		74:56

Credits

• Chrigel Glanzmann - vocals, acoustic guitar, uilleann pipes, mandolin, bodhrán, tin and low whistles
• Anna Murphy – hurdy-gurdy, vocals
• Ivo Henzi – guitar
• Simeon Koch – guitar, vocals
• Meri Tadic – violin, vocals
• Rafi Kirder – bass
• Merlin Sutter – drums
• Sevan Kirder – Irish flute, tin whistles, bagpipes
• Simon Solomon - guitar on track 12

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	72
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	35

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Slania - ELUVEITIE". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
3. About.com review
4. Lords of Metal review
5. "ELUVEITIE confirmed for UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival - Nov. 20, 2007". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-20. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
6. Nuclear Blast Records (2008-01-30), ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), retrieved 2018-06-28
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Eluveitie – Slania" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Eluveitie – Slania". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2018.