I have recently stumbled across this band and they are quite sensational, their ability to fuse the folk and metal genres is amazing.

But I can't decide what genre it falls under, as the vocals seem almost 'Metalcore'-ish. Gaelic Folk Metal or Folk Metalcore ?

If it is the latter, I would rather not listen to them anymore. I refuse to listen to anything with the suffix 'core'.

Thanks

Eluveitie isn't -core anything. They're melodic death metal mixed with folk metal, very well I might add. The vocals don't have that much resemblance to actual metalcore, they sound alot better than that.

Plus, if you like them would you dismiss them completely just because you see some potential -core influence (which is very feeble if not outright inexistent)?

I shall laugh at you and continue to listen to Chaos U.K., pitiful fool.

All this talk of anything with the "-core" suffix being bad really annoys me. I can't for the life of me understand why people can say that everything "-core" sucks when old school hardcore and grindcore own.

Well yes, i was exaggerating. I wouldn't stop listening to it, i would just do so behind closed doors..

You don't get what we're saying, we're saying you're ignorant to what true hardcore is and are viewing the -core suffix in a very stupid manner.

Why would you be ashamed of what you like? Lame as Hell.

Calm down please.

Who says I'm not calm? I never quite understand that sentiment. It's just lame that you or anyone would only listen to something "behind closed doors."

I am quite a huge fan of Eluveitie.

Just thought i'd put that out there

Even if you like something that others don't like, for fuck's sake be open about it. I listen to bands like Avenged Sevenfold and Slipknot and at the same time Dismember and Napalm Death are my most listened to bands on Last.FM. Being ashamed of what you listen to is like being ashamed of your race or creed because you're being ashamed of what you are instead of accepting it.

Deep. Why so serious?

You are an idiot.

I don't know, I'm like that sometimes.

EDIT: Who's the idiot, me?

Sir?

Megahassan, the philosopher

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Now playing: Metallica - Holier Than Thou

Why thank you, Nhorf Now can we ignore that bad post of mine and discuss the "-core" qualities in Eluveitie?

Everyone is too scared to. You have chased the original poster away

Me? Now what ever did I do, Sir Tynian?

Your Aggressive tone, Baron Parok.

The hilarity of this thread aside, Eluveitie are definitely an exceptional band, although I didn't really like their style at first. Something about melodeath and folk didn't sit well with me.

This also reminds me that I should probably get Slania here soon...

I can see where you might think they have -core influence. What really matters is that they're awesome.

Eluveitie are a tad bit too cheesy for my liking, and I also don't think their songs are very memorable at all. This means I don't like Eluveitie. I think there are a bunch of better folk metal bands out there deserving the attention better than Eluveitie does.

I don't hear any -core in them though. Not -core of any kind. What people needs to understand is that -core does not equal bad music. A band can be as bad as they want and still not be -core in the slightest.

That being said, I hate pretty much all metalcore I've ever heard, but I hate it for a different reason than the reason I dislike Eluveitie.

Eluveitie is pretty damn overrated to me, and their newest release is anything but exceptional. Simplistic chugging guitars with folk instruments taking the show, much like dimmu borgir and their symponies. Would be worthless without them.

It's just very energetic upbeat folk metal. Death melodic and metalcore have been getting meshed together more and more. I don't see an ounce of MDM as the guitar work isn't any where near good stellar like The Absence, and other MDM acts. The guitar riffs are very near to standard metalcore with strong rhythm palm mutes with short melodic passages, but that's the only real metalcore aspect to them, the guitars. The rest is insanely well thought out folk metal. It's a lot easier to compare them to Amorphis' faster stuff like Towards And Against if you ask me.

Or you can think of them like Korpiklaani on boat loads of coke. I like that one better personally.

I had a chance to see them, but Dying Fetus canceled and the whole show was fucking done with. I could have got in free too, one of my friends was working the show

As far as I know, no band has ever combined folk with metalcore. I await the day...

I like their new album quite a bit. It's energetic and fun. The slower parts are very interesting as well. The definitely do not sound -core to me, I believe they are melodic death metal with Celtic folk influences.

I suppose it's possible, but what would we be hearing... the typical folk instruments under an onslaught of breakdowns?

Hey, I'll listen to anything once!

Don't like this band, the folk parts aren't interesting, and the guitars tend to drift too close to that Gothenburg sound for me.

I love Eluveitie, to say their is any ounce of metalcore is stupid and you obviously haven't listened to either Eluveitie or metalcore at all. Spirit had a very rough beginning, in the way that it wasn't as defined or polished like it became to be on Slania. Although I can't choose which album I prefer, Slania is definitely at the top of 2008.

oh no, that's terrible

Death melodic? Been listening to too much newer Metallica?

As for Eluveitie, well, they're very talented. Miles ahead of Korpiklaani and their boring music (at least, the last album sucked). I hate the drinking music type folk metal.

I agree that Eluveitie are sensational. No metalcore though. Vocals are of the scratchy death kind a la Jeff Walker and mid In Flames but with more oomph. Genre-wise they themselves like to be seen as just folk metal.

I'd say folk melodic death metal? With the folk instruments mostly doing the melodic parts that guitars would do otherwise.

Korpiklaani and others are folk in a goofy/cheesy sort of way. That's why I find Eluveitie superior, it's more serious music.

No one agree with me that slania is almost just pop metal plus folk instruments for the most part? It'd be just another gothenburg act if it weren't for the folk instruments.

I liked them a lot on Spirit, but their music just didn't last for me.

No idea why you wouldn't listen to something "sensational" to you just because of how it's tagged.

I do.
It's basiclly new In Flames with random folk instruments added.

Maybe that's why I like them so much? I love In Flames (new a little less than old but still...) and folk metal.

This thread seriously brought the lawlz. But anyway.. this band is probably one of the most sensational Folk(ish) bands that I have listened to in some time. As said, they do a really good job at fusing the Folk and Death Metal genres.