Origins is the sixth studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released on 1 August 2014 through Nuclear Blast. It was the last album to include longtime members Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi, Merlin Sutter and Patrick "Päde" Kistler as band members. Concept Origins deals with the Celtic mythology, "or to be more precise, with aetiological tales from Gaul", commented vocalist and front man Chrigel Glanzmann. Glanzmann also created the album artwork for this new offering and goes on to explain: "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". Reception Upon its release, Origins received generally positive reviews from music critics. Björn Springorum of Metal Hammer said that Origins was "their strongest album to date". Glenn Butler of Powerplay continued the praise saying "Quite simply this album is a magnificent creation from the concept through to the delivery". Track listing Personnel Eluveitie Chrigel Glanzmann – harsh vocals, bard harp, whistles, uilleann pipes, mandola, bodhrán Ivo Henzi – rhythm guitar Merlin Sutter – drums Anna Murphy – hurdy-gurdy, clean vocals Kay Brem – bass Patrick "Päde" Kistler – tin & low whistles, bagpipes Rafael Salzmann – lead guitar Nicole Ansperger – fiddle, cello Guests musicians Alexander Morton – male narration on #01, 05, 09 & 16 Karen Bartke – female narration on #06 Emily Clays – child narration on #01, 02 & 14 Maria Körndorfer – violins Christian Krebs – cellos Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer on #05 Christine Lauterburg – jodel on #04 Konan Mevel – binou kozh, pybgorn, additional whistles on #04 Fabian Hey – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Michael Müller – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Samuel Stamm – gaulish rebel choir on #13 David Horstmann – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Severin Caluori – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Sileno Püntener – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Fabian Agner – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Marc Betschart – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Farhad Ahmadi – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Raphael Knuser – gaulish rebel choir on #13 Kinderchor des Konservatoriums – children choir on #07 Christoph Bachmann – children's choir conductor on #07 Chart performance For the first time in Eluveitie's twelve-year history their