After being ejected from Swiss folk metal specialists Eluveitie in June 2016,
drummer Merlin Sutter persuaded fellow band members Ivo Henzi (rhythm guitar)
and Anna Murphy (hurdy-gurdy) to walk with him and form a new band which they
called Cellar Darling. Within four months of leaving Eluveitie the trio had
released their debut single 'Challenge' on their own label.
Interest from folk metal fans in the single prompted attention from Eluveitie's
label, the German metal specialists Nuclear Blast, and in January 2017 the band
signed a contract with their former employers. Cellar...