Cruachan - The Middle Kingdom

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7.7 | 67 votes |
Band
Cruachan
Style
Celtic folk metal
Release date
2000
Owners
105 have it
11 want it
Tracklist
01. A Celtic Mourning
02. Celtica (Voice Of Morrigan)
03. The Fianna
04. A Druids Passing
05. Is Fuair An Chroi
06. Cattle Raid Of Cooley
07. The Middle Kingdom
08. Óró Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile
09. Unstabled (Steeds Of Macha)
10. The Butterfly
11. To Hell Or To Connaught [digipack bonus]
Line-up
Karen Gilligan - vocals, percussion
John Ó Fathaigh - irish flute, tin and low whistle, uilleann pipes
Keith Fay - guitars, keyboard, vocals, mandolin, percussion
Joe Farrell - drums, percussion
John Clohessy - bass

Guest musicians
John Munnelly - vocals
Andy Kelligan - highland bagpipes
Additional info
Recorded and mixed at Sun Studios, Dublin 15th-29th November 1999.
Produced and engineered by Dennis Buckley.
Mixed by Dennis Buckley and Cruachan.
Artwork by John O'Fathaigh.

All music/traditional arrangements by Keith Fay and John O'Fathaigh.
All lyrics by Keith Fay except "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" by Padraig Pearse.
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04.07.2012 - 20:04

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I think with the album's vocals mostly being dominated y female voices comes a great deal of melody and 'softness' to Cruachan's brand of irish folk metal, but it does offer a lot in terms of both accessible songwriting and continual flow to the album. When male vocals do appear, as on the Irish jig that is 'Oro se do Bheatha Abhaile' and it's successor 'Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)', it doesn't quite fit in, especially as the male vocals sound husky and not at all listenable. That said, this is still a pretty good album.
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13.05.2016 - 01:16
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If you don't consider it as real metal but celtic music it awesome and many songs are good female singer was awesome there
Now I need see how she looked in those days when it was recorded
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26.08.2022 - 16:21

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Wow, this is very different sounding from their newer albums. I much prefer this.
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