Eluveitie Bassist Rafi Kirder: “It’s really a joy to see us on stage, I heard”
A couple of weeks ago, Metal Wyrd’s Bill Murphy caught up with the ever-busy Eluveitie [“El-way-tea”] bassist Rafi Kirder for a lengthy chat about music, life, work, inspirations, movies, and preparing for the Swiss Folk-Metal band’s first tour of the U.S. as part of Pagan Fest USA 2008, a highly anticipated tour that also features Ensiferum, Tyr, and Turisas. Rafi, whose “evil twin brother” Sevan shares the stage with him in Eluveitie and Celtic folk band Red Shamrock, laughed a lot during our interview – as you’ll soon discover.
Eluveitie recently signed a deal with Nuclear Blast and released its third album, Slania, this year. 
The interview was conducted via Skype. I called Rafi, who had just recovered from a bad case of the flu. NOTE: All photos, except for album covers, were graciously provided by Rafi.
RK: Hello Bill. Can you hear me? [laughs]
BM: Hi, how are you?
RK: Fine, fine. [laughs] How are you?
BM: Great. Doing well, thank you.
RK: Great.
BM: Are you feeling better now?
RK: Yeah, really. I’m feeling fine now.
BM: Good. I appreciate your time today. It’s great to talk to you.
RK: Yes. No problem.
BM: By the way, your English is great. I don’t know what you were worried about. [laughs]
RK: [laughs] Thanks a lot. I hope it will be good for a whole interview. [laughs] [Read more →]
