The Industrial Twilight: (Echo of) Dalriada

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

(Echo of) Dalriada - "Jégbontó" [2006]

Artist: Echo of Dalriada

Title: Jégbontó
Genre: Folk Metal
Country: Hungary
Release date: 2006

Track List:

Rianás
Árpádházi Margit Balladája
Galamb
Védj Meg Láng - 1. Rész
Téli Ének
Virrasztó
Igaz Hittel
Hajnalünnep
Drégel
Szondi Két Apródja - 1. Rész
Jégbontó

Another female-fronted metal band from Hungary, but unlike Ideas, they're playing folk metal. Back in the 2006, their name was Echo of Dalriada, but now they have shortened the name to just "Dalriada". According to Metal Archives:

"Dalriada (also Dál Riata) was a Gaelic overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Ireland.

The titles of their albums are ancient Hungarian names of months. So "Fergeteg" is January, "Jégbontó" is February, "Kikelet" is March, "Szelek" is April, "Ígéret" is May, "Napisten" is June, "Áldás" is July, "Új Kenyér" is August, "Őszelő" is September, "Magvető" is October, "Enyészet" is November, "Álom" is December. Arany-Album is an exception, because it contains the poems of János Arany"

If my (limited) knowledge of Hungarian doesn't deceive me, then the name for April literally means "Winds", August - "New Bread", December - "Sleep" or "Dream"... But it's quite off topic, let's return to the music. To have an idea of what kind of music they're playing, just watch this video for the song "Téli Ének" ("Winter Song"):

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I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.

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