Fabienne Erni
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Fabienne Erni | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | March 11, 1993 (Age 31) |
| Origin | Switzerland |
| Genres | Folk metal, symphonic metal |
| Instruments | Vocals, harp, piano, ukulele |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Eluveitie Illumishade |
| Website | Eluveitie's website Illumishade's website |
Fabienne Erni is the female lead vocalist and harpist for the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. She is also the lead vocalist and founder of the symphonic metal band Illumishade. Erni has also learned to play several other instruments, including piano, ukulele and guitar.[1] In June of 2024, she announced the formation of a third band called MINDNOVA.
Career[edit]
Fabienne Erni first began to explore her passion for music at age 15, studying Complete Vocal Technique while attending a music school in Copenhagen.[1] Despite being trained as a pop singer, Erni auditioned for and eventually joined the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie in 2017[2] following the departure of former lead singer and hurdy-gurdy player Anna Murphy.[3] She was recommended to Eluveitie founder Chrigel Glanzmann by Jonas Wolf, the current rhythm guitarist for the band. Wolf and Erni had previously met while attending the same school.[1]
Upon joining the band, Erni started learning to play the Celtic harp to compliment Eluveitie's assortment of folk and metal instruments. She recorded clean vocals and harp on Eluveitie's 2017 acoustic album Evocation II: Pantheon as well as their 2019 album Ategnatos. Since joining Eluveitie, she has consistently toured with the band[4] and has taken on a position as frontwoman, often being the focus of the group's music videos and frequently giving interviews for the band as well as interviewing other metal musicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Eluveitie's official YouTube channel. Along with their studio album Ategnatos, Eluveitie also released a live album in the same year, Live at Masters of Rock 2019, which contains the audio from their performance at the titular festival and includes Erni's vocals and instrumentation.
In 2019, Erni formed Illumishade, a symphonic metal band with Wolf and several other musicians as a part of her Master's degree program.[5] In May of 2020, Illumishade released a crowdfunded album titled Eclyptic: Wake of Shadows, whose songs detail a fictional fantasy world and the story within[6]. Illumishade also launched a website featuring detailed lore of the fictional world in which their music is set, a quiz for fans to determine which fictitonal tribe they belong to, and commentaries on the composition of each song[7]. Illumishade has now released multiple additional singles hinting at future releases. Erni has also lent her voice to several other music projects. These include Tvinna, an electronica prog pop group which also includes fellow Eluveitie members Rafael Salzman and Alain Ackerman; Another Kind, a side project of Vadim "Vidick" Ozhog of Infected Rain; Off The Cross[8], a Belgian metalcore band; and Spandex of Doom, an 80's cover band of which Wolf is also a member. In 2022, she announced the start of a solo project called Doomed with Pleasure. In early 2023, Glanzmann was unable to be a part of Eluveitie's North America tour, leaving Erni to lead the tour across the continent.
Equipment[edit]
- Celtic harp
- Piano
- Ukulele
- Guitar
Discography[edit]
With Eluveitie[edit]
- Evocation II: Pantheon
- Ategnatos
- Live at Masters of Rock 2019
With Illumishade[edit]
- Eclyptic: Wake of Shadows
- Another Side of You
As a guest or session musician[edit]
- Tvinna - The Gore[9]
- Another Kind - Defrost
- Another Kind - Milestone[10]
- Another Kind - Sacred Place
- Off The Cross - This Too Shall Pass
- Lindsay Schoolcraft - New World[11]
- Fueurschwanz - Bastard von Asgard
- Mortemia - Antidote
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://DeanoJou (2019-05-22). "Interview: Fabienne Erni of ELUVEITIE". Antihero Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ↑ DiVita, Joe. "Eluveitie Announce Six New Members to Complete Lineup". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ↑ BraveWords. "ANNA MURPHY Comments On Surprise Departure From ELUVEITIE - "I Did Not Want To Leave, But Was Left With No Other Choice"". bravewords.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ↑ "Interview: Fabienne Erni - Eluveitie". Devil's Gate Music. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Interview: Fabienne Erni Talks Illumishade". Folk N Rock. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ↑ "Illumishade – Interview mit Fabienne Erni, Mirjam Schnedl und Jonas Wolf ϟ Metalinside". Metalinside (in Deutsch). 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ↑ "FABIENNE ERNI Seeks to Make an Interactive World with ILLUMISHADE Project". Metal Nation. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ↑ BraveWords. "Belgium's OFF THE CROSS Release Live Performance Video Of "This Too Shall Pass" Featuring ELUVEITIE Vocalist FABIENNE ERNI, EPICA Keyboardist COEN JANSSEN". bravewords.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ↑ "TVINNA – One In The Dark". Metalogy (in Deutsch). 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ↑ VV (2020-09-26). "Another Kind teams up with Fabienne Erni again". Metal Goddesses. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ↑ Team, News (2022-03-19). "Lindsay Schoolcraft Shares "New World" Single ft. Fabienne Erni of Eluveitie and Jen Majura of Evanescence". Ghost Cult Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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