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Skyclad (band)
Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music. They are considered one of the pioneers of folk metal. The etymology behind the term "skyclad" comes from a pagan/wiccan term for ritual nudity, in which rituals are performed with the participants metaphorically clad only by the sky, as a sign of equality. The name alludes both to the band's religious leanings and to their social beliefs, as set out in the song "Skyclad" on their first album. History The band was founded in 1990 by then former Sabbat vocalist Martin Walkyier and Satan/Pariah guitarist Steve Ramsey, after Walkyier left Sabbat over an argument with guitarist Andy Sneap as to the direction of the music. The two's aim was to put together the 'ultimate pagan metal band' (initial ideas for the band included such extravagances as traditional Robin Hood costumes, though these concepts were soon dropped). Rounding out the group with another ex-member of Pariah, bassist Graeme Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is also the most populous city of North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman settlement called Pons Aelius and the settlement later took the name of a castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. Historically, the city’s economy was dependent on its port and in particular, its status as one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres. Today, the city's economy is diverse with major economic output in science, finance, retail, education, tourism, and nightlife. Newcastle is one of the UK Core Cities, as well as part of the Eurocities network. Famous landmarks in Newcastle include the Tyne Bridge; the Swing Bridge; Newcastle Castle; St Thomas’ Church; Grainger Town including G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan (band)
Satan are an English heavy metal band originating from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979, known as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. The band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash/speed metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s. Their line-up has undergone a number of personnel changes and even name changes; for a time the band was called Blind Fury, putting out one album, 1985's ''Out of Reach'', under that moniker before reverting to Satan. In 1988, the group changed its name to Pariah, releasing two albums under that name before folding in the early 1990s. In 1998, Pariah released another album. The band's shifting line-up has included members of many other heavy metal bands such as Blitzkrieg, Atomkraft, Avenger, Persian Risk, Cronos and Battleaxe. In 1990, Steve Ramsey (guitar) and Graeme English (bass) together with singer Martin Walkyier of UK thrash metal band Sabbat founded folk metal band Skyclad. Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irrational Anthems
''Irrational Anthems'' is an album by British Folk metal band, Skyclad, released in 1996; their sixth album in as many years. It was their first album without founding member Keith Baxter on drums and longtime guitar player Dave Pugh. The group remained a quartet, with Steve Ramsey overdubbing all guitars, and with the hiring of Paul Smith as session drummer. The album marked the band's turn to a more folkier sound, moving away from the early years' thrash metal style. The album title appears as a reference in the closing track "Quantity Time": ''Each moment in your company'' ''was of more quantity than quality.'' ''My hopes and dreams - transparent phantoms,'' ''this wayward son's irrational anthems.'' It was released as a digipak and standard CD release. Track listing #"Inequality Street" – 4:05 #"The Wrong Song" – 3:56 #"Snake Charming" – 4:04 #"Penny Dreadful" – 3:08 #"The Sinful Ensemble" – 5:21 #"My Mother in Darkness" – 4:00 #"The Spiral Starecase" – 2: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
''The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea'' is the fifth full-length studio album by British folk metal band Skyclad. Its title is a homophonic pun: when said aloud in a non-rhotic accent (such as British or Australian accents) it sounds identical to "The Silent Wails of Lunacy". Track listing #"Still Spinning Shrapnel" – 4:34 #"Just What Nobody Wanted" – 4:48 #"Art-Nazi" – 3:42 #"Jeopardy" – 4:20 #"Brimstone Ballet" – 4:13 #"A Stranger in the Garden" – 5:27 #"Another Fine Mess" – 6:15 #"Turncoat Rebellion" – 2:06 #"Halo of Flies" – 5:23 #"Desperanto" (A Song for Europe?) – 3:29 #"The Present Imperfect" – 4:04 #"Dance of the Dandy Hound" – 2:29 Track 12 is only included on some versions Personnel *Martin Walkyier Martin Walkyier (born 20 September 1967) is an English singer, known for his participation in the heavy metal bands Sabbat and Skyclad.Detlef Dengler: ''Martin Walkyier''. In: ''Metal Hammer'', February 2009, p. 129. The late ''Metal Hammer'' j ...: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of The Poverty Line
''Prince of the Poverty Line'' is the fourth full-length studio album by British folk metal band Skyclad. It is a loose concept album about urban decay in post-Thatcherite Britain. According to Kevin Ridley, producer and, from 1997, a full band-member, this album remains their biggest seller. Many people consider it to be the band's masterwork. Track listing # "Civil War Dance" – 5:03 # "Cardboard City" – 5:05 # "Sins of Emission" – 3:33 # "Land of the Rising Slum" – 4:28 # "The One Piece Puzzle" – 5:52 # "A Bellyful of Emptiness" – 4:57 # "A Dog in the Manger" – 6:10 # "Gammadion Seed" – 5:26 # "Womb of the Worm" – 6:56 # "The Truth Famine" – 4:30 # "Brothers Beneath the Skin" (Limited edition bonus track) – 3:45 The US edition of the album contains the studio tracks from the Skyclad EP Tracks from the Wilderness as alternate bonus tracks, including the Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Their music refl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah's Ark
''Jonah's Ark'' is the third studio album by British folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ... band Skyclad. Track listing #"Thinking Allowed?" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey, Dave Pugh/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 3:54 #"Cry of the Land" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 4:24 #"Schadenfreude" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 4:05 #"A Near Life Experience" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey, Dave Pugh/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 3:16 #"The Wickedest Man in the World" ''(Music: Graeme English/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 3:57 #"Earth Mother, the Sun and the Furious Host" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 3:16 #"The Ilk of Human Blindness" ''(Music: Steve Ramsey/ Lyrics: Martin Walkyier)'' - 3:45 #"Tunnel Visionaries" ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Burnt Offering For The Bone Idol
''A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol'' is the second album by British folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ... band Skyclad, released in 1992. Track listing Source: Metal Archives All music by Steve Ramsey, All lyrics by Martin Walkyier. The samples in ''War and Disorder'' have been compiled by Kevin Ridley. References 1992 albums Skyclad (band) albums Noise Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Ridley {{1990s-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by Convention (norm), custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with popular music, commercial and art music, classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (band)
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many lineup changes, leaving bassist D.D. Verni and lead vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth as the only constant members. In addition to Verni and Ellsworth, Overkill's current lineup includes Dave Linsk on lead guitar, Derek Tailer on rhythm guitar and Jason Bittner on drums. Along with Nuclear Assault and Anthrax, whose one-time lead guitarist Dan Spitz was also an early member of Overkill, the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal bands, and they are often called "the Motörhead of thrash metal", based on their unique playing style, which was influenced by punk rock and the new wave of British heavy metal. The band has a notable mascot named "Chaly", a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, horns, bony wings and green eyes, who has appeared on most of their album covers. To date, Overkill has released nineteen studio albums, an album of cover songs, two EPs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth
''The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'' is the debut album by British folk metal band Skyclad, and is regarded as one of the first folk metal albums, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre. Front cover artwork is by Garry Sharpe-Young. Track listing * All lyrics by Martin Walkyier. All music as noted under "Writer(s)". (Published by Dark Wings.) Personnel ;Skyclad *Martin Walkyier - vocals * Steve Ramsey - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars *Graeme English - electric bass, classical guitar * Keith Baxter - drums, percussion ;Additional musicians *Joe "Guido" Caprani - voice on track 6 *Dominic Miller - classical guitar lead on track 9 *Mike Evans - fiddle *Rog Patterson - keyboards, piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise Records (Germany)
Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any activity in 2007 due to the bankruptcy of Sanctuary. The Noise catalogue was consequently acquired by Universal Music Group later on. In April 2016, BMG Rights Management, which had acquired Sanctuary Records in 2013, announced that it would revive the Noise Records label. History In 1981, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach founded the independent record company Modern Music Records GmbH in Berlin, Germany. In the first years of activity, the label division called Aggressive Rock Produktionen (AGR) published only punk German-speaking groups (Slime, Daily Terror, Toxoplasma, compilation series like "Soundtracks zum Untergang") and American punk bands ( Black Flag with Henry Rollins, Hüsker Dü, Misfits, Angry Samoans, etc.). In 1983, Walterbach was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Baxter (drummer)
Keith Baxter (19 February 1971 – 4 January 2008) was an English rock drummer. Biography As a teenager he became a founder member of Lancaster thrash metal & drinking professionals, Aphasia, before leaving for folk metal pioneers Skyclad, recording five albums with them before leaving in 1995, to move to London and join 3 Colours Red, with whom he recorded two UK Top 40 albums (''Pure'' and ''Revolt'') and six Top 40 singles. Following the split of the band in 1999, Baxter formed the band Elevation with former bandmate from 3 Colours Red, Pete Vuckovic. The pair signed with Sony but were dropped a year later. He moved back north to Lancaster, and briefly played with the Northern Irish band, Therapy? in 2002. 3 Colours Red formed again soon after that to record a third album (''The Union of Souls''), but split up again, permanently, in 2005. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
