Sword Chant

'The Reaper’, the third single from Irish folk-metal pioneers CRUACHAN upcoming ninth album ‘ The Living and the Dead ’, is a wonderful blend of the band’s hardest metal riffs and hauntingly beautiful folk and traditional instruments. Featuring Sinead Richards, she's only 14 year old and daughter of our producer. 'The song 'The Reaper' is about my dad. For a long time my dad was not well, he would be in and out of hospital and doctors visits but was never so bad that he would be kept in hospital for long periods of time. He mostly ignored the advice of the doctors. He didn't take great care of himself, he wouldn't eat proper food. There are details I can't really go into but needless to say it frustrated me so much to see a man ignore the advice that was given to him. He was a well liked man in the community but in his declining years he became very insular, didn't want to do anything, didn't want to see people, to see family. We tried everythin...

Awaiting the new CRUACHAN video for "The Reaper" song to come out, you can pre-order to  Despotz Records  their upcoming album "The Living and The Dead " available in CD and vinyl. The full length will be released on March 24th, 2023. TRACKLIST 01. The Living 02. The Queen 03. The Hawthorn  04. The Harvest 05. The Festival 06. The Ghost 07. The Crow 08. The Reaper 09. The Children  10. The Changeling 11. The Witch 12. The Dead

CRUACHAN released a new video while my major updates for Sword Chant. You can get the single here . "From the uplifting excitement and energy of track one, The Living, this album grabs your heart and mind then drags them on a fantastic journey through haunting and foreboding stories put to sublimely beautiful folk and aggressive metal, constantly interweaving until we reach.... The Dead"  - Jon Campling / Actor (Harry Potter, Final Fantasy) ‘The Crow’, the second single from Irish folk-metal pioneers Cruachan upcoming ninth album ‘The Living and the Dead’, is a wonderful blend of the band’s hardest metal riffs and hauntingly beautiful folk and traditional instruments. The song was written to commemorate all those who died in Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes. Featuring backing vocals from actor Jon Campling (Harry Potter, Final Fantasy), who makes his recording debut on this track. Mother and baby homes were run by religious orders, starting in the 1920s, and funded by the Ir...

CRUACHAN revealed their official video for Blood for the Blood God taken from the s/t album, within some explanations related with on the video page: "The narrative shows the grim and selfless task taken by the Chieftan of a Gaelic village to sacrifice his own first born child to the Blood God known as Crom Cruach. By appeasing the God in this way he hopes to restore glory and fortune to his clan. His wife must accompany him on this journey and partake in the ritual of sacrifice despite the obvious pain it is causing both of them.." The video can be found on their channel .

CRUACHAN  released via  Trollzorn label their new album "Blood for the Blood God". TRACKLIST : 01. Crom Cruach 02. Blood for the Blood God 03. The Arrival of the Fir Bolg 04. Beren and Luthien 05. The Marching Song of Fiach Mac Hugh 06. Prophecy 07. Gae Bolga 08. The Sea Queen of Connaught (Lyrics video below) 09. Born for War (The Rise of Brian Boru) 10. Perversion, Corruption and Sanctity – Part 1 11. Perversion, Corruption and Sanctity – Part 2

LOCATION :  Dublin, Ireland Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Keith Fay : vocals, guitar, keyboards, bodhrán, bouzouki, mandolin, percussions. Joe Farrell : drums, percussions (early), bass Tom Woodlock : drums David Quinn ( Celtachor , Laochra) : guitars Audrey Trainor : violin Past members : Colin Purcell : drums, percussions John Clohessy : bass Karen Gilligan : vocals, percussions John Fay O'fathaigh : tin whistle, Irish flute Eric Fletcher : bass John Ryan : violin, banjo, bouzouki Kieran Ball : guitars Mauro Frison : drums HISTORY : Keith Fay founded Cruachan in 1992 after his previous band Minas Tirith split-up. The Skyclad debut album brough him idea to combine black metal with Irish trad. folk and Cruachan became one of the first Celtic metal band. Karen Gilligan joined the band in 2000 and shared vocals part with Keith Fay for 8 years. She parted with the band in 2008 ans Keith is the main vocalist again since that time ...