The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the first album by British
folk metal
group Skyclad
, and is thus probably the first ever folk metal
album, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre.
Front cover artwork is by Garry Sharpe-Young.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
group Skyclad
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...
, and is thus probably the first ever folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
album, 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. (Published By Dark Wings.)
- The Sky Beneath My Feet - 5:41 (Steve Ramsey)
- Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout) - 5:29 (Ramsey, Graeme English)
- A Minute's Piece - 1:10 (English)
- The Widdershins Jig - 3:40 (Ramsey)
- Our Dying Island - 7:07 (Ramsey)
- Intro: Pagan Man - 1:00 (Ramsey)
- The Cradle Will Fall - 6:26 (Ramsey)
- Skyclad - 5:01 (Ramsey)
- Moongleam and Meadowsweet - 4:35 (English)
- Terminus - 6:38 (Ramsey)
Skyclad
- Martin Walkyier: Vocals
- Steve Ramsey: LeadLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, RhythmRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
& Acoustic GuitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
s - Graeme English: Electric BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Classical GuitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones... - Keith Baxter: Drums, Percussion
Additional Musicians
- Joe "GuidoGuidoGuido is a given name of Italian origin also utilised as a given name in Spanish. Guido is derived from the Ancient Germanic Wido. and Latin name Vito...
" Caprani: Vocals on track 1 - Dominic Miller: Classical Guitar Lead on track 9
- Mike Evans: FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- Rog Patterson: Keyboards, PiccoloPiccoloThe piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written...