I believe that instrument is called a "Hurdy-Gurdy". A medieval instrument, barely used anymore. It's got a strange name in English, while in German it's called a "Drehleier", which roughly translates to rotary lyre.

"There's a lot going on there." "Oh no, is it over?" That pretty much sums up my reaction to anything from Eluveitie.

Inis Mona, by Eluveitie! You gotta! One of my all-time favourites, a lot to unpack and I think you'll enjoy it!

“Oh no is it over” is almost always my reaction to eluveitie songs

Never thought playing bodhran, flute and hurdy gurdy could be so badass until I found Eluveitie.

Your way of dissecting what's going on in these has made my music writing better by alot, because it made me aware of ways to do things that I had never thought of before

I think the reason they bring Celtic mythology and instruments into their music is because Switzerland was originally part of the pre-Roman Celtic civilization.

Michalina Malisz is their Hurdy-Gurdy player and she actually started on KZfaq covering Eluveitie songs on Hurdy-Gurdy. She has her own channel where she does playthroughs if you want to hear more of it in isolation.

More Hurdy-Gurdy! 🤘🔥🌶️ That's an Irish Bouzouki, the same as Nightwish's Troy Donockley plays - it has four pairs of strings instead of the traditional three. Two bands allied to Eluveitie you need to be aware of - Cellar Darling was formed when Anna Murphy (Hurdy-Gurdy) Ivo (Guitar) and Merlin (drums) were fired. And Fabienne Erni (female vocalist) and Jonas Wolf (guitar) have recently released their first album from their side-project, Illumishade. Illumishade - Rise (Official Video) Illumishade - Crystal Silence (Lyric Video) Illumishade - World's End (Official Video)

The comments on the instruments have already been made, so I'm just going to recommend a few other Eluveitie songs: "Inis Mona" - this is their usual set closer, traditional Irish melody "Worship" - if you want to break your neck "Call of the Mountains"" - their pop song "King" - straightforward banger

Since Anna Murphy left the band I haven't really kept up with Eluveitie but this singer is really good, I'll have to listen more. You should listen to them with Anna Murphy, she also had a great voice and she played the Hurdy Gurdy as well. Also she's done some solo stuff and worked with other bands. The sound of all the different instruments is very unique and awesome. Its fun to watch them.

Drums, bass, electric guitars, screams, frys, cleans, Bodhran, Uilleann Pipes, violin, Mandola, tin whistles, Celtic harp, Hurdy Gurdy. Glad to see you get it. This is why we all love Eluveitie.

Thank you so much for Eluveitie reaction

"oh no, is it over?" explains everything

Talking about Eluveitie, their song "Thousanfold" really shows what the words "war flutes" mean. You could be also interesed to their song "Omnos"; the lyrics are in ancient gaulish. Nice reaction, as always.

Yessssss Love Eluveitie to the moon and back!!! For me the best Celtic/Folk Metal band on this planet!!

I for one am very glad you enjoyed this one. Looks like others long beat me by many hours to ID the instruments. If you want to hear the hurdy-gurdy more isolated in a song (not reaction-worthy, though), check out "The Longing" by Patty Gurdy (a cover of a song by Storm Seeker...the band she plays the hurdy-gurdy in, in fact - she also does educational videos about the instrument). Eluveitie has had some major lineup changes over the years. A few years ago their clean vocalist/hurdy-gurdy player and a few others broke off to form "Cellar Darling" (another neat band you might like), while Eluveitie continued with new guitarists and etc. It's a little bit older, but if you want to hear the fiddle player really rock it, give their song "King" a listen...or "Call of the Mountains" - a song so popular that it got recorded in at least 4 different languages. Again, glad that you enjoyed listening to them!

Such great and educational reaction. I really like when reactors pause and explain there moments instead of just sitting there and commenting at the end. And this band is going on my explore list. 👍🏻❤️

The hurdy gurdy!! Check out Patty Gurdy. She'll enlighten you to its magic. And then check out the band she's in called Storm Seeker. Kinda pirate-metal ish. Pretty dope!

Oh my YES CHASE! You're finally digging into Eluveitie! I'd recommend you do King next - or if you want to stay on the same album, Deathwalker. So, to add on to the hurdy gurdy part - the musician you're seeing in this video is Michalina Malisz - she's the new hurdy gurdy player for the band since 2017, and she does a lot of "playthroughs" on KZfaq - go check them out! As for Anna Murphy, ex-vocalist and hurdy gurdy player, she left with the ex-guitarist Ivo Henzi when the ex-drummer, Merlin Stutter, was expelled from the group (I don't remember why, though), and those three went on to create the group Cellar Darling. You can check them out too, although they're quite mellower than Eluveitie.

If you like these guys, check out Korpiklaani; saw them both on tour together. They're also folk metal. Great to see another video, Chase!

The drum the guy was playing in the clean sections is called a bodhran (bow-ran), it's a Celtic folk instrument!

You had such a "No don't go" face when the video ended 😂. Great content man!

I love how you actually can talk about the music, the dynamics, vocals and sounds and not only "thats a cool sound". And the dissapointed "Oh no is it over?" at the end. Very nice video.

That instrument is the Hurdy Gurdy. They had a lineup change a couple of years ago in which their drummer, a guitarist and the hurdy gurdy player/ singer Anna Murphy, all parted ways and started their own band called Cellar Darling. They replaced the drummer and guitarist but they had to get two people to replace Anna Murphy. They had to get a hurdy gurdy player and a singer because they apparently couldn't find someone who did both. 😁

I was so happy and surprised to see you react to Eluveitie! Yes, they have a TON of instruments. The one you keep talking about is called a Hurdy Gurdy. They have a few songs that isolate its sound. I think you will love falling down this rabbit hole. It's every.bit as enjoyable as Nightwish, but in different ways. Anything off of their Helvetios album is awesome. They even bring back a near dead language and translate the pronunciation as close as possible and work those words into their songs. Im gonna recommend A Rose For Epona next.

Did anybody else feel like this really hearkens back to their older stuff? Love it!

What i also have to say: I love you he is consuming the music while being completely consumed by it. He enjoys every second of this song and want to know everything. Its so nice to see someone being that passionate about music.

Our Masters !

Hurdy gurdy's are capable of such a variety of sounds that it can be tough to isolate, especially in a busy mix like this. Their Hurdy Gurgdy play, Michalina Malisz has her own youtube channel where she does playthroughs of their songs and others though, so if you want to hear it more clearly, you can. Also as a cool anecdote, she started off as just a fan of the band that posted covers but when their original hurdy gurdy player left the band, she got the job.

Eluveitie are in my top 10. They are amazing and have that combination of brutal and beautiful that I love so much. I recommend King that song is awesome.

I can’t believe I never heard him on the chorus before, and I have heard this song so often both at home and live!

Awesome reaction man, thank you! Another amazing songs from Eluveite are King, The Call of the Montains, A rose to Epona or Inis Mona (this last one is one of the oldest songs of them). Thanks again for this reaction.

You need to check out Cellar Darling for more hurdy Gurdy action. The members are all ex Eluveite. I’d recommend the song Insomnia or Death.

Omg, what a surprise seeing Eluveitie on here, didn't even know people were recommending them! Saw them a couple years ago, I'm such a sucker for folk & all things mythology, they're one of my fav bands and I'm always glad when more people discover good music :) Also: yes, there are a lot of instruments in this song, but you still need to add bagpipes to the mix! Another interesting info is that they use traditional Celtic music melodies and they refer mainly to Celtic mythology, in fact some of the songs have lyrics in a reconstructed form of Gaulish, an ancient Celtic language. As for the next song from them, I personally am in love with Epona - I don't know why but i can feel it deep in my soul, I'd never get tired of listening to that!

I really like the way you react. I hope you continue with more Eluveitie like: Inis Mona, Thousandfold, King, Ategnatos and A Rose for Epona.

ok A) that is a Hurdy Gurdy as others have stated, B) NO they don't normally sound like that its just that Michalina Malisz is an ABSOLUTE BEAST (she has vids of her playing solo on youtube you can check out)

3 members of this band broke off and formed Cellar Darling. They're killer.

I've seen Eluveitie last year together with Lacuna Coil and infected rain for the first time. They're one of the few Bands that sound live as good if not better than in the studio. All of them master their instruments, their songs are so unique and they suck you in with their stage presence. The call of the mountain may be their most known song, but I would highly recommend to listen to inis mona, epona, helvetios or king.

The instrument is a hurdy gurdy, it is almost like a cross between bagpipes and a violin in as much as it produces a droning sound by rubbing a wheel against the strings and notes are played using keys. If you like this kind of thing there is a reasonably sized scene of German bands that do this kind of thing. Some to check out would be Tanzwut (the more metal side project of Corvus Corax), Salatio Mortis and Feuerschwanz who have just put out a new album. There is less screaming and growling in these bands but I have definitely heard some bands that utilise these vocal styles.

It is a Hurdy-Gurdy It was around since around the 11th century. The instrument that was originally used in churches before the organ replaced it. The drone strings have a sound similar to bagpipes. The hurdy-gurdy player is Michalina Malisz, she has a KZfaq channel where she does covers and playthroughs of Eluveitie songs.

Ah,yes! Back in the days, this band grabed me by my love for folk and medieval (rock) music and pulled me into the metal music world. :D 👍

Great video! I appreciate you and this community so much! That bodhran playing made me think of the SIDH's song Iridium. They're an Italian band that plays what I would call Celtic Electronica Metal, that I think you'll love. Cheers!

Michalina Malisz on hurdy gurdy, check out her channel, has some great stuff.

I always love seeing people first seeing a Hurdy Gurdy. Felt the same way when I found this band

Don't normally comment, but I was smiling like a loon all the way through, this made my day. Thank you for the wonderful reaction and the insight. For more Eluveitie maybe check "Epona", "Inis Mona", or my personal favourite "King".

I would suggest Inis Mona, Epona or Call of the Mountain. Also check out - Blind Guardian - The Bards Song/Valhalla live in Wacken, Dark Tranquillity - Therein live in Milan and Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars. I just found you yesterday an already saq every video. Its quite unique to have someone with such a love for and knowledge of music to do these kind of videos! Keep that up :)

Also if you are interested more about said instrument check out ELUVEITIE - Deathwalker (OFFICIAL PLAYTHROUGH)

By the way, just so you know, this is track number 15/16 on the album ; the last one (Eclipse) is the same chorus, sung acapella for 3 minutes, with only the sound of the wind. It's like the best way to end an album.

I'm happy you're finally reacting to Eluveitie! One thing to note is that their folk isn't necessarily Swiss folk. They are a band based in Switzerland, but most of their inspiration comes from ancient Celtic culture. They also have a lot of songs where they sing in a reconstructed Gaulish language! Great reaction as usual, I love your insights!

'Oh no is it over' - Me at the end of every one of Chase's videos! Awesome to see you reacting to these guys, don't get many people analyzing them. Saw them live once, definitely win the award for most band members on a single stage I've ever seen! Their latest album Ategnatos is one of my favourites, would happily sit and listen to you react to every song on it! Some gems and a real variety in their older stuff too! Keep up the great work!

Yep, it's pretty much our biggest musical export... They're also really nice people, completely down to earth. I got to work with them at a local charity show (yes, the same band that plays main stage shows at big festivals such as Wacken or Summer Breeze actually cancelled a show in order to play a local charity gig with an audience of 300 people)

Holy shit, 3rd video ive watched of you now.. And i can already say you are my top fac reactor! I just love the way you appriciate the songs! Can just see it in ur smile and facial expression! So refreshing! I feel like most reactors just fake or hype it up a little too much, BUt you seem real geniune! keep it up!

AS others pointed out, the instrument is called "Hurdy-Gurdy" ("Drehleier" in german). It is a very versatile instrument as it has several different sets of strings. Some of them can even get "switched on/off" on the fly. It is very common in folk or medieval styled bands (at least here in germany). If you want to hear it more isolated, you might want to have a look at Patty Gurdy here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pt95i7Vk2J6zpI0.html

Welcome to the wonderful world of Folk metal, where the rhythms are brutal and the instruments unidentifiable. Another recommendation Inis Mona. If you get the chance have a listen Eluveitie's old hurdy gurdy player in her new band Cellar Darling. Everyone will throw out Avalanche but I am a particular fan of Hullaballoo mostly because I never thought I'd see someone do what looks like a guitar style whammy on a hurdy gurdy. Other folk metal recommendations: Korpiklaani (My fave: Rauta), Turisas (Battle Metal for basic but I LOVE sahti waari) Ensiferum (My fave is Dragonheads) Tyr (Sinklars Visa which has a four part harmony which is INSANE live)

A male drummer A female violinist (Wikipedia tells me she also sings sometimes) A female hurdi gurdy player A female vocalist (clean and harsh) and harpist A male vocalist (only harsh in this song, but who knows) and flute player Two male electric guitarists A male bass player A male multi instrumentalist who plays both flute (or whistle?) and mandolin (?) Wikipedia also lists Bagpipes and Irish bouzouki (whatever that is) ... Keep this journey going. They are fantastic !!

I just found out about this band a few months ago, and they're awesome.

Eluveitie doesn't have much to do with Swiss folk music. They are from Switzerland, but their music takes inspiration from several different folk genres (mainly Irish, Celtic and Germanic). Feel free to do more from Eluveitie! They are amazing! And it makes me a very happy little Swiss man to hear them more ;)

She's singing the Melody of 'I am Stretched on your Grave,' a BEAUTIFUL folk song, listen to Kate Rusby's version to get the full folk experience. And to get a really good understanding of the Hurdy-Gurdy wcheck out the video of world class folk artist Loreena McKennit's The Mummer's Dance, its super fun.

Good Reaction Chase!!! Congratulations!!!!

The crank she's turning is connected to a wheel on the hurdy gurdy that functions as the bow on a violin. It's covered in horse hair just like a bow. Unlike the bow it's in contact with all the strings all the time. Instead of using your fingers to press down on the strings to make it change pitch (like on a guitar) you press a key. The keys works like the frets on a guitar, but instead of pressing the sting down to the fret you push the fret against the string.

Case in point of the reason why I like a mix of melodic vocals and growls - there's just so many interesting things you can do with the contrast musically. It was kind of interesting to actually hear 'backup growls' where the growl vocals were being done behind the melodic vocals, but they were done very softly... I don't see that very often, usually they're either as loud or louder than the melodic vocals - I have to give kudos for whoever mixed the vocals for setting that up right.

You are the first, I think, that distinguish all the instruments. That is worth my subscribe.

Ah, I was waiting for this. And as expected, the "what the heck is a hurdy gurdy" right in the into cut. Love it!

I think the music I've listened to the most from Eluveitie is "Slania's Song" and "Quoth The Raven".

I'm Swiss, and played for a year and a half in an Eluveitie cover band. We actually found the best way to get a handle on all the different instruments, was to watch live shows because the mixing is never as good as their recorded music and different instruments will come through more strongly. It doesn't help that three members keep switching instruments! They do often have synth keys and pre-recorded choirs in the background. Their song Ategnatos even has didgeridoo in the intro. Right now Eluveitie are 9 members: Harsh vocals/tin whistle/bouzouki - Chrigel (Christian Glanzmann), founder and songwriter Clean vocals/harp - Fabienne Erni Guitars - Jonas Wolf and Rafael Salzmann Bass - Kay Brem Tin whistle/low whistle/bagpipes/bouzouki/bodhran - Matteo Sisti (bouzouki is like an irish/greek mandola, bodhran is that one-handed drum from the intro and acoustic break) Hurdy-gurdy - Michalina Malisz Fiddle - Nicole Ansperger Drums - Alain Ackermann I'm biased, being a massive fan of Eluveitie, but I'd love to see your analyses of more of their songs: King is awesome, Inis Mona is their best known, Call of the Mountains is also amazing and features their former female vocalist/hurdygurdy player Anna Murphy, and finally The Siege is also amazing and features Anna Murphy screaming along with Chrigel.

The woman on the Hurdy-Gurdy (The music box) Is Michalina Malisz. She has a KZfaq Channel where she explains what is this instrument and the basics on how to play it :) kzfaq.info/love/8affupLOlkEtH6QZGY_9Lg. You'll love this!

Great reaction Chase. The folk sound is very Celtic. The Hurdy Gurdy is a friction string instrument like a violin except that it has a wheel that rubs on the strings. Check out the Patty Gurdy channel for lots of awesome Hurdy Gurdy music.

And the drum is a bodhran. Sorry for three in a row, but I'm commenting while watching.

This band is a real hoot to see live!

lead singer from Atreyu had a very high pitched, feminine sounding scream, for sure. I had Bleeding Mascara stuck in my head earlier, and I swear I couldn't place it, because I thought it was female.

Love ELUVEITIE!!!!!! I'll admit I've been anxiously waiting for another Babymetal video but this was a welcome surprise :) Can't promise a song as crazy and complex as this one, but my personal favourite song by them is "A Rose For Epona". Cheers for another great video!

14:15 that's the face of a happy man :)

You got the best reaction to this song in youtube. And the intrument you curious about is call "Hurdy Gurdy" a lot of folk band use this thing.

Thanks you for checking out this awesome band!!! As others have said, that's a hurdy gurdy & a striing instrument with keys from the middle ages isn't exactly normal in a metal band, but then again, neither are several other of their instruments LOL! As for other songs, I'd suggest the title track from the album Ategnatos, Breathe, The Slumber, The Call of the Mountains, and the lyric video for A Rose For Epona ;-) Thanks again & have an awesome day!

Love your excitement experiencing this :D

I always love the first reaction to my favorite band

Found you through the Hypa Hypa reaction and I really enjoy your reactions :D You really know much about music (while I sit here as a complete noob) and I think youre a genuinely nice guy! Got yourself a new sub for sure :P

The instrument you are curious about is a hurdy gurdy. It is very common in the folk metal scene and music. If you want to learn more about this instrument watch the videos of Patty Gurdy.

This face of pure joy, discovering Eluveitie for the very first time! 👌 You seem to be very interested in the hurdy-gurdy! I wanted to played it once, but I finally preferred the harp. Make sure to also try songs with the previous singer Anna Murphy. Here is a little list of proposals : Alesia, Inis Mona, Helvetios, A Rose for Epona, Bloodstained Ground, Gaulish War... 💕

Others have mentioned the hurdy-gurdy. The drum during that first clean is a bodhran. I believe the other stringed instrument is a lute.

Oh yeess! Finally you did it! The hurdy gurdy is so unique in this band. In french we call that a "vielle à roue". Im so happy you stopped metalcore to listen some folk. Please more and again!

Eluveitie is possibly the best live show I have seen, they are all immensely talented and I did not even know why they where when I bought the tickets, they where playing with another favourite of mine Lacuna Coil, but i was totally sold on Eluveitie after hearing this song. They got other songs that are pure folk metal and not as intense as this one (try "Call of the Mountains") and some of them are sung in Gaulish for even more folk-music feeling (Epona or LVGVS).

Outstanding breakdown/analysis 👍 Thanks for the introduction to another great group!

Just rummaging through your old reactions, lol. "That was very good..." I'm not sure I've ever seen you, lacking for words to say. So you saw a hurdy gurdy, and heard some of the more interesting crank-strokes that can be done... super-short crank-hand oscillations make the drone string bark like crazy.. The drum is an Irish Bodhran... and that's how they sound (much was kinda covered in the mix), The speed mimics trad Irish, and is astonishing... one night at a Portland OR Bar (East Ave Tav) I sat in on an Irish jam. At the time, two of the members of the Bothy Band had moved to Portland, and were sitting in, or rather one was playing Sligo Fiddle and the other was about 14 pints into the evening... so I got to play 'pickup' guitar. I've never played in such an intense situation in my life. And it was just acoustics. I woulda loved to have brought my 6x6L6GC amp into the place with my Firebird, but the world just wasn't ready (about 1980) for Eluveitie yet. So yeah, trad can be sense-storming. ....oh, yeah... NEVER sit next to the pipes player... Instant tinnitus... worse than a rifle range.

Great reaction! The stringed instrument is a Bouzouki, sort of like a tenor Mandolin. And young lady is playing a Hurdy Gurdy.

Short explanation of the hurdy gurdy: Theres a central wheel (driven by the crank she is turning) that essentially is a circular "bow" like what a violinist would use. It engages a variety of strings, kind of like the different pipes on a bagpipe, so it harmonizes with itself in a way (think one-man-band). Theres the drones, constant, theres a set of keyed strings which she plays the lead on, and I think something else too, above that. Very cool instrument for sure, historic to the german-speaking countries primarily I think, as pointed out in other comments. There is a neat explanation of it by patty gurdy here on youtube, an up and coming gurdyist (or whatever the term may be).

Love that you checked this band out. I’ve been listening them since around when they came out, which was High School years. I have a soft spot for them, they just incredible, and only get better.

It's a hurdy gurdy the foreign instrument you asked about... Another great reaction homie...

Wow, this was awesome! Never heard of this band before but I sure will continue ^^ thank you Chase for reacting to them, as always very professional and educating 💕

Yeah the instrument is a Hurdy Gurdy. I play one myself and it's a great and fun but difficult instrument to play :) It's actually a medival instrument that was meant to replace an organ. Originally it was played by two people, one playing notes and one cranking. If you are interested in it's history, it's really great. The Hurdy gurdy was popular throughout the centuries in different social classes.

Your reaction to this was just awesome! Seen them live at a festival, it was awesome.

YES! Think I recommended this one on the first video I ever saw from you so great to see them on here! Always fun to watch a good reactor experiencing the intensity from "Rebrith" for the first time. Saw Eluveitie in December of last year and it was one of the most intense live experiences I've attended to date! So another awesome song by them to check out would be "King". Keep in mind that they've gone through SEVERAL changes in band members so many of the musicians won't be the same in that video. The only original member left is the band's creator - male vocalist Chrigel Glanzmann.

The Hurdy Gurdy is an awesome instrument, their Gurdy player, Michalina Malisz, has her own channel where she does playoffs of various eluveite songs

I would like to add that I greatly enjoy how technical you are and how you break things down. Might be my favorite reaction channel. I would recommend trying the song King by these guys. All of their albums have an extremely different feel to them.

This was a very good reaction

Eluveitie are in a league of there own.

I love seeing people getting freaked out and fascinated by a Hurdy Gurdy.

Eluveitie is a great band to continue the adventure into the more "exotic" metal bands. I also support going for "Inis Mona" & "Thousandfold" by them.

I first heard this band about a year ago and I was floored with the diversity they have. They truly are a phenomenal band brother!