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There are 4 types of music that make my hair stand
up: metal, classical / soundtrack, military and European folk music. While
bands like Dropkick Murphys do wonderful jobs injecting traditional Irish folk
with modern tinges using punk and oi music, I have yet to hear a band that
thoroughly combines Celtic folk with metal. Until now. This 5-piece, out of
Brazil of all places, has got the market cornered. Sure, there are a few bands
that will occasionally feature bagpipes or folk drumming, or will have a few
metal songs and a few folk songs side by side, but Tuatha De Danann go all
out, using power metal together with well-played and authentic folk music.
"The Battle Song" has the boisterous Irish gang vocals mixed with
Manowar-like metal, and though I'm not into the high-pitched vocals of this
type of metal, it does fit with what is going on here. While Giovani Gomes and
Rodrigo Abreu provide a pretty old-school metal rhythm section, the other 3
members use instruments like the flute, tin whistle, mandolin and violin as
well as their metal instruments. "Behold The Horned King" has some soaring
guitar riffs and solos, while "Finganfor" is an almost comical Irish
sing-along. "MacDara" is an acoustic instrumental and could almost fit on
some of the earlier Led Zeppelin albums. Lyrically, things seem well
researched and accurate, delving into the Celt / Roman wars and ancient
European mythology. The packaging and art is somewhat similar to Absu's
"Tara", though Tuatha De Danann is a lot more light-hearted and could be
enjoyed by children as well as adults. I'll be playing the hell out of this
one in the future, and still can't believe that it was a Brazilian band that
allowed me to enjoy both metal and Celtic folk music at the same time!
FAVORITE TRACKS: "The Battle Song", "Celtia", "The Dance Of The Little
Ones".
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Horned King 4. Tan Pinga Ra Tan 5. Finganforn 6. |
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Vercingetorix 7. Celtia 8. Some Tunes To Fly 9. |
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Tingaralatinga Dum - The Dwarves' Rebellion 10. MacDara |
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