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Artist : Cruachan
Album : Blood On The Black Robe
Year : 2011
Genre : Metal
Label : Candlelight Records
Cat.nr : CANDLE326CD
Source : CDDA
R.date : 02.05.2011
Size : 115,9 MB
Encoder : LAME 3.98.4 -V0
Bitrate : avg. 278kbps
Quality : 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Website : http://cruachan.metalfan.nl/
Tracklist:
01. To War 00:55
02. I Am Warrior 05:20
03. The Column 07:13
04. Thy Kingdom Gone 04:27
05. An Bean Sidhe 05:50
06. Blood On The Black Robe 06:39
07. Primeval Odium 07:18
08. The Voyage Of Bran 04:20
09. Brian BoruÆs March 03:30
10. Pagan Hate 05:12
11. The Nine Year War 07:21
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58:05
Release Notes:
"Cruachan, Co-creators of the genre Folk Metal was
founded in 1992 by Keith Fay, John Fay and John
Clohessy. With a love of Celtic music, history and
mythology, they sought to incorporate this into
their music and lyrics, on a scale that had never
been done before. With a line-up playing a variety
of Irish traditional and conventional metal
instruments they released the ôCelticaö demo in
1994, in this year they signed with ôNazguls Eyrie
Productionsö from Germany and released their debut
album ôTuatha na Gaelö in early 1995. The album
suffered from poor sound and production as the
band were new to studio recording. Regardless, the
album became by far the number one seller for the
label despite selling out quickly in the few shops
it was available in, not being replaced and not
being promoted. As a result a lot of people who
read the excellent reviews could not get their
hands on it. Cruachan went into studio again in
early 97Æ and recorded a four-song promo with a
new female folk singer (Aisling). The new material
was a lot more heavy rock orientated. The promo
was for record labels only. Century Media Records
showed a lot of interest in 97Æ and arrangements
were made for a signing. We left ôN.E.P.ö and
negotiated with Century media. Unfortunately this
deal never materialised. Cruachan continued
writing and playing, not only to metal audiences
but in Celtic festivals and with internationally
renowned acts to a variety of people. In Jan. 99Æ
Keith and John Fay decided it was time to source a
fresh record deal as fans kept writing asking
about the possibility of a second album.
ôHammerheart recordsö from Holland were keen to
sign them, in Oct. 99Æ the deal was sorted and
Cruachan began recording their second album
entitled ôThe Middle Kingdomö in Nov. 99Æ, this
was released in June 2000. During this period
Cruachan played shows extensively throughout
Ireland. Folklore, CruachanÆs third album was
released in 2002 to huge acclaim. It was recorded
by and features vocals by the legendary Shane Mc
Gowan of the Pogues. The single ôRide Onö reached
number 40 in the Irish charts. It received high
marks in all the top Metal Magazines (Rock Hard,
Legacy, Aardshock etc.). With this album Cruachan
toured Europe and headlined festivals in both
Germany and Norway. Pagan is Cruachans 4th studio
album and was released in April 2004. Again this
album has been regarded as a breakthrough in folk
metal and once more received fantastic reviews.
The cover artwork was painted by John Howe, the
artist from The Lord of the Rings movies. Since
PaganÆs release Cruachan have performed all over
Europe including 2 Headlining Russian tours and 1
headlining European tour in 2005, to date they are
the only Irish band in history, metal or
otherwise, to have toured Russia. In 2005 Cruachan
signed with AFM records. Their 5th studio album
ôThe MorriganÆs Callö was recorded by Gail Lebling
from Gail of god! As of our latest sales statement
in February 2009, ôThe Morrigans Callö is also our
best selling album to date. Cruachan left AFM in
early 2010. At this time vocalist Karen Gilligan
left the band and they decided not to replace her
and return to their roots and create extreme folk
metal music. They recorded a 3 song demo which was
only sent to a select few people. A recording
contract was sorted with Candlelight records in
summer 2010 and recording of their latest album
ôBlood on the Black Robeö began in November 2010."
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