Ígéret is the seventh studio album of the Hungarian

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band Dalriada. This is their first album that includes a song not only in Hungarian, since "Leszek A Hold" has Finnish verses, sung by

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. The album title means "promise" in Hungarian.

Style

''Ígéret'' combines metal elements like male and female growling with clean song and Hungarian folk, featuring a

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ballad, "Mennyei Harang" as well as

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solos. Strong vocal melodies have been observed throughout the album. Apart from influences of power metal, the album shows hints of

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Reception

The album received favourable reviews from various

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s. Onemetal.com and the Austrian ''Stormbringer'' webzine lauded the successful combination of metal and folk and the songwriting on ''Ígéret''. The latter remarked the diversity of the various tracks and singer Laura Binder's skill in clean vocals and growls. The German edition of ''

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'' awarded five out of seven points to the album in a 2011 rating. The ''Metal Forces'' magazine was equally positive about Binder's clean vocals and noted that Dalriada did not use as much growling as other bands of the genre. ''Ígéret'' was also a commercial success and peaked at position 6 in the Hungarian

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official charts.

Track listing

The song "Igazi Tűz rue Fire is a tribute to former band member Péter Hende who died unexpectedly in 2001.

Personnel

* Laura Binder - vocals * András Ficzek - vocals, guitars * Mátyás Németh-Szabó - guitar * István Molnár - bass * Barnabás Ungár - keyboards, backing vocals * Tadeusz Rieckmann - drums, harsh vocals, backing vocals Session/guest musicians: * Jonne Järvelä - vocals (on track 10) * Attila Fajkusz - violin, tambourine, backing vocals * Ernő Szőke - doublebass * Gergely Szőke - viola, lute, acoustic guitars

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Igeret 2011 albums Dalriada (band) albums