Cruachan - Irish Folk/Celtic Heavy Metal Band
Cruachan are an Irish Celtic Heavy Metal band.
Cruachan formed in 1992.
Celtic music, history, Paganism and mythology are prominent influences in Cruachan's music, as are the Viking Age and the works of J R R Tolkein.
Cruachan's earlier work mixed a variety of traditional and conventional instruments with Black Metal, but they later developed a more melodic style.
In December 2008, Cruachan announced that they would be moving towards a "more extreme sound and style" (source; Cruachan Official Website)
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Cruachan - Contents
Cruachan - Celtic Heavy Metal
- Cruachan Biography
- Cruachan Line-Up
- List Of Albums Released By Cruachan
- Cruachan Albums - "Tuatha Na Gael "
- Cruachan's Music - "To Invoke The Horned God"
- Cruachan Albums - "The Middle Kingdom"
- Cruachan's Music - "Butterfly"
- Cruachan Albums - "Folk-Lore"
- Cruachan's Music - "Susie Moran"
- Cruachan Albums - "Pagan"
- Cruachan's Music - "Some Say The Devil Is Dead"
- Cruachan Albums - "The Morrigan's Call"
- Cruachan's Music - "Old Woman in the Woods"
- Cruachan News
- Cruachan Live - "Pagan"
- Cruachan Live - "The Gael"
- Cruachan Live - "I'm Tuan" & "Maeve's March"
- Cruachan Links
- Cruachan Comments!
- Cruachan On Twitter!
Cruachan Biography
A history of Cruachan
Cruachan is a Celtic metal band from Dublin, Ireland formed in 1992 and reformed in 1999, accredited with being one of the founders of the genre - Folk Metal.Biography of Cruachan
Keith Fay had formed a Tolkien-inspired black metal band by the name of Minas Tirith in 1991. Around the same time, he began listening to more folk music and picked up Skyclad's debut album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth. Originally released in 1990, this "ambitious" and "groundbreaking" album made an impact on Fay and he set out to combine black metal with the folk music of Ireland. In 1992, Keith Fay formed Cruachan with a demo recording distributed in 1993. Keith Fay also credits the Irish rock band Horslips as a "huge influence on Cruachan," further noting that "what they were doing in the 70's is the equivalent of what we do now."
The year 1995 saw the release of Cruachan's debut album Tuatha Na Gael, an album that "suffered under poor production." On the strength of this album, the band received attention from Century Media Records. The band found it amazing to receive interest from "such a big label" but were dismayed at the terms and conditions of the offered recording deal. They refused to sign a "very poor contract" that would have gave the record label "the rights to change every aspect of our music." After "lengthy negotiations failed to yield a deal with Century Media Records," the band disbanded in 1997.
Cruachan reformed in January 1999 and after signing a recording deal with Hammerheart Records, they released a second album The Middle Kingdom in 2000. By this time, the band had dropped the black metal style in favor of a more traditional metal sound. They also expanded the roster by inviting a guest vocalist Karen Gilligan to be a full fledged member of the group. Their subsequent album Folk-Lore was co-produced by Shane McGowan of The Pogues fame. Shane McGowan also contributed vocals to two covers of traditional Irish songs, "Spancill Hill" and "Ride On." The latter was released as a single and the band experienced a small taste of commercial success when it entered the Irish charts.
The band released their fourth studio album Pagan in 2004 with cover artwork by John Howe. The production on the album was subsequently criticized by frontman Keith Fay as "terrible." In 2005, the band parted ways with their label Karmageddon Media "on good terms. For the band's fifth album, Cruachan returned to the same Sun Studios where they had recorded their first three albums. The result was The Morrigan's Call, an effort that Keith Fay described as their "best work to date, in every aspect." The album was released in November 2006 through AFM Records. Drummer Joe Farrell left the band shortly thereafter due to "personal reasons" and was replaced by Colin Purcell.
A further line up change occurred in December 2008 as vocalist Karen Gilligan left the band "on good terms for various reasons." Keith Fay announced that he "will take over full-time vocal duties while John Ryan and John O' Fathaigh will take on backing vocal roles."
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Cruachan Line-Up
Cruachan band members past and present
Cruachan Line-UpCurrent members
Keith Fay - guitars, keyboards, vocals, bodhrán, mandolin, percussion
John Clohessy - bass
Colin Purcell - drums, percussion
John Ryan Will - tin whistle, violin, banjo, bouzouki, keyboards
John O' Fathaigh - tin whistle
Past members
Joe Farrell
Jay Brennan
Collette Uí Fathaigh
Leon Bias
Aisling Hanrahan
Joanne Hennessy
Steven Anderson
Darryl Conlan
Jay O' Neill
Steven Coleman
Declan Cassidy
Paul Kearns
Edward Gilbert
Karen Gilligan
List Of Albums Released By Cruachan
Cruachan Discography
Cruachan DiscographyStudio albums
Tuatha Na Gael (1995, re-released in 2001)
The Middle Kingdom (2000)
Folk-Lore (2002)
Singles
Ride On (2001)
The Very Wild Rover (2006)
Demos
Celtica (1994)
Promo '97 (1997, also included with 2001 re-release of Tuatha Na Gael)
Compilations
A Celtic Trilogy (2002 boxed set of Tuatha Na Gael, The Middle Kingdom and Folk-Lore in picture LP format, limited to 500 copies)
A Celtic Legacy (2007)
Pagan (2004)
The Morrigan's Call (2006)
Cruachan Albums - "Tuatha Na Gael "
Cruachan's first album "Tuatha Na Gael" - originally released in 1995, re-released in 2004
Tuatha Na Gael
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 12/28/2009)
Track listing;
1. I Am Tuan
2. First Battle of Moytura
3. Aeves March
4. Fall of Gondolin
5. Cuchulainn (The Hound Of Culann)
6. Tain Bo Cuailgne
7. To Invoke the Horned God
8. Brian Boru
9. To Moytura We Return
10. Return [*]
11. Erinsong [*]
12. Do Bheata Bhaile [*]
Cruachan's Music - "To Invoke The Horned God"
Cruachan - "To Invoke The Horned God" from the album "Tuatha Na Gael" 2004
Cruachan Albums - "The Middle Kingdom"
Cruachan's second album "The Middle Kingdon" released in 2000
The Middle Kingdom
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 12/28/2009)
Track listing;
1. Celtica Mourning
2. Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan)
3. The Fianna
4. A Druids Passing
5. Is Fuair An Chroi
6. Cattle Raid of Cooley
7. The Middle Kingdom
8. Oro Se Do Bheatha Abhaile
9. Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)
10. Butterfly
11. To Hell Or To Connaught
Cruachan's Music - "Butterfly"
Cruachan - "Butterfly" from the album "The Middle Kingdon" 2000
Cruachan Albums - "Folk-Lore"
Cruachan's third album "Folk-Lore" released in 2002
Folk-Lore
Amazon Price: $28.99 (as of 12/28/2009)
Track listing;
1. Bloody Sunday
2. Victory Reel [Instrumental]
3. Death of a Gael
4. Rocky Road to Dublin
5. Ossian's Return
6. Spancill Hill
7. Children of Lir
8. Ride On
9. Susie Moran
10. Exiles
11. Horned God
Cruachan's Music - "Susie Moran"
Cruachan - "Susie Moran" from the album "Folk-Lore" 2002
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Cruachan Albums - "Pagan"
Cruachan's fourth album "Pagan" released in 2004
Pagan
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 12/28/2009)
Track listing;
1. Michael Collins
2. Pagan
3. Gael
4. Ard Ri Na Heireann
5. March to Cluain Tairbh
6. Viking Slayer
7. 1014 A.D.
8. Some Say the Devil Is Dead
9. Summoning of the Sidhe
10. Thousand Years
11. Lament for the Wild Geese
12. Erinsong
13. Fall of Gondolin
Cruachan's Music - "Some Say The Devil Is Dead"
Cruachan - "Some Say The Devil Is Dead" from the album "Pagan" 2004
Cruachan Albums - "The Morrigan's Call"
Cruachan's fifth album "The Morrigan's Call" released in 2006
The Morrigan's Call
Amazon Price: $28.98 (as of 12/28/2009)
Track listing;
1. Shelob
2. Brown Bull of Cooley
3. Coffin Ships [Instrumental]
4. The Great Hunger
5. The Old Woman in the Woods
6. Ungoliant
7. The Morrigan's Call
8. Teir Abhaile Riu
9. Wolfe Tone
10. Very Wild Rover
11. Cuchulainn
12. Diarmuid and Grainne
Cruachan's Music - "Old Woman in the Woods"
Cruachan - "Old Woman in the Woods" from the album "The Morrigan's Call" 2006
Cruachan News
News and comments about Cruachan
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Cruachan Live - "Pagan"
Cruachan live at the 6th Brintaal Celtic Folk Festival in Italy
Cruachan Live - "The Gael"
Cruachan live at the 6th Brintaal Celtic Folk Festival in Italy
Cruachan Live - "I'm Tuan" & "Maeve's March"
Cruachan live at the 6th Brintaal Celtic Folk Festival in Italy
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Cruachan music & merchandise
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Cruachan CDs
Album originally released in 1995, re-released in 2004
The Middle Kingdom ~ Cruachan
"If you've ever been in a dodgy old pub listening to a beardy guitarist in an Arran jumper singing "Star of the County Down" and thought "That would sound great up tempo with chunky distorted power chords behind it..." then Cruachan's for you. It's folk metal and it's exactly that!" Amazon Reviewer
Folk-Lore ~ Cruachan
"A great album indeed! Anyone with the slightest interest in folk metal should have this album" - Amazon Reviewer
Pagan ~ Cruachan
"I thought that this album was an excellent blend of emotive Irish music mixed with a good dose of metal...I would highly recomend this album and I think it's a bit of masterpiece. Don't know how they ever thought of mixing folk with metal but I hope that others follow them." Amazon Reviewer
The Morrigan's Call ~ Cruachan
"The latest release from Irish Celtic/Folk metal band, Cruachan..."
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