Cruachan - The Crow
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IRISH FOLK METAL / PAGAN METAL
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"From the uplifting excitement and energy of track one, The Living, this album grabs your heart and mind then drags them on a fantastic journey through haunting and foreboding stories put to sublimely beautiful folk and aggressive metal, constantly interweaving until we The Dead"
- Jon Campling / Actor (Harry Potter, Final Fantasy)
‘The Crow’, the second single from Irish folk-metal pioneers Cruachan upcoming ninth album ‘The Living and the Dead’, is a wonderful blend of the band’s hardest metal riffs and hauntingly beautiful folk and traditional instruments. The song was written to commemorate all those who died in Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes. Featuring backing vocals from actor Jon Campling (Harry Potter, Final Fantasy), who makes his recording debut on this track.
Mother and baby homes were run by religious orders, starting in the 1920s, and funded by