Andraste
LOCATION : Manchester, England
Status : Split-up
Music : Folk Metal
MEMBERS :
Coll Féchin (ThunarWülf). : vocals, whistle, mandola
Atticus. : guitar, vocals, mandolin, melodeon
Scåpa. : drums
Idris Fawr : bass
Past members :
Andrew Nixon-Corfield : bass
Status : Split-up
Music : Folk Metal
MEMBERS :
Coll Féchin (ThunarWülf). : vocals, whistle, mandola
Atticus. : guitar, vocals, mandolin, melodeon
Scåpa. : drums
Idris Fawr : bass
Past members :
Andrew Nixon-Corfield : bass
Jorund. : guitar
HISTORY :
RECORDINGS :
Andraste, demo 2009
Realm of the Supernatural, demo 2010
The Secret Valley, album 2011
HISTORY :
Andraste started with Coll and Jorund colliding in the moshpit at Paganfest 08... and an outpouring of pent-up folk and metal tunes soon followed. Atticus got wind of this through a mutual friend and brought in a second lead guitar, vocals, mandolin and melodeon; and dragged in Scåpa on drums and vocals, who in turn roused the dormant bassist, Idris. The Goddess arose...
Their music rooted in both traditional British folk and various forms of extreme metal as their lyrics focus all over the British Isles and Europe, especially from the celtic and viking North. Some examples with tracks from the demos : 'Sheild Ring' and 'Honour' are both based on the story of a Cumbrian rebel army battling on in Buttermere after the rape of York; 'Ravenhill' and 'Realm of the Supernatural' on old Welsh and Cumbric poems (and excessive consumption of mead... The band goes on indefinite hold since 2015.
Their music rooted in both traditional British folk and various forms of extreme metal as their lyrics focus all over the British Isles and Europe, especially from the celtic and viking North. Some examples with tracks from the demos : 'Sheild Ring' and 'Honour' are both based on the story of a Cumbrian rebel army battling on in Buttermere after the rape of York; 'Ravenhill' and 'Realm of the Supernatural' on old Welsh and Cumbric poems (and excessive consumption of mead... The band goes on indefinite hold since 2015.
RECORDINGS :
Andraste, demo 2009
Realm of the Supernatural, demo 2010
The Secret Valley, album 2011
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