Cruachan - The Hawthorn (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2020
- IRISH FOLK METAL / PAGAN METAL
Listen to The Hawthorn via other platforms: despotz.ffm.to/thehawthorn
featuring: Kim Dylla - Backing vocals. Geoffrey Dell'Aria - Bagpipes and Tin Whistles
Since forming the band in 1992, it’s been Keith Fay’s singular vision that has steered the band for nearly thirty years. Appearing originally under the moniker Minas Tirith the band’s focus on Irish history and mythology prompted a change to more suitable Cruachan. The band’s blend of Irish folk music and metal was unique and in late ’93, their demo 'Celtica' soon landed the band their first record deal with Nazguls Eyrie Productions. The first fruits of this endeavor was the band’s cult classic debut album, 'Tuatha Na Gael', which hit the shelves in 1995 to critical acclaim. The band began to draw admiring glances from a number of bigger labels, but none suited the band’s ambition. They eventually signed with Hammerheart records and released 'The Middle Kingdom' in 1999. 'The Middle Kingdom' record saw the band make their first international live appearances. Their third album 'Folk-lore' was produced by and featured the unmistakable vocals of The Pogues legend Shane MacGowan on 'Ride On' which was a surprise hit single in Ireland. Subsequent releases, including 'Pagan' and 'Blood on the Black Robe' saw the band join up with AFM and Candlelight records and led to Cruachan hitting some of the biggest festival stages, including; Hellfest and 70, 000 Tonnes of Metal (where they became one of the few bands to ever perform three sets, one of which featured Gwar vocalist Kim Dyalla as special guest), as well as their own ‘25th Anniversary’ show in Ireland.
A track steeped in Irish folklore, 'The Hawthorn' is set in Ireland during the 1700's when the population were heavily under the influence of the Catholic church while still holding onto old Pagan beliefs. It balances the band’s love of Irish traditional folk music with uncompromising metal, a style of music the band helped develop back in the early 1990’s.
Frontman Keith Fay comments, “The Hawthorn tree is a fairy tree, you will see them all over Ireland growing in strange unlikely places where other trees would have been cut down. It is extremely unlucky to cut down a hawthorn tree else you anger the Faerie folk. In the song, the woman is taking her dead baby to bury under the tree, to give her baby to the faeries. We don't know how the baby died or what has led to this decision but she is set in her ways and the baby will not have a Christian burial.”
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Lyrics:
The Hawthorn
In darkest night, witching night
Among the hawthorn-o
When the moon has come to Earth
The shepherd tends his flock
A babe in arms, the innocent cry
Among the hawthorn-o
Fire is burning in the sky
The shepherd tends his flock
Youthful maid of truthful staid
Among the hawthorn-o
Tears are offered willingly to
The shepherd and his flock
The veil of death, a pauper's mask
Among the hawthorn-o
A solemn task must now transpire
The shepherd tends his flock
God is lost, love is lost
Among the hawthorn-o
The dank of time pervades the air
The shepherd tends his flock
An ancient wind disturbs the leaves
Among the hawthorn-o
There is a presence in the air
The shepherd tends his flock
A church bell peals, a branch cast forth
Among the hawthorn-o
Christ shall not receive this soul
The shepherd tends his flock
Into the ground, into the earth
Among the hawthorn-o
Life breeds life, death brings life to
The shepherd and his flock
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Spend a week in ireland last year.. and Cruachan leads our way through the wild antlantic way. Beautiful, Celtic, Irish
Thanks for all your wonderful comments, here are the lyrics -
The Hawthorn
In darkest night, witching night
Among the hawthorn-o
When the moon has come to Earth
The shepherd tends his flock
A babe in arms, the innocent cry
Among the hawthorn-o
Fire is burning in the sky
The shepherd tends his flock
Youthful maid of truthful staid
Among the hawthorn-o
Tears are offered willingly to
The shepherd and his flock
The veil of death, a pauper's mask
Among the hawthorn-o
A solemn task must now transpire
The shepherd tends his flock
God is lost, love is lost
Among the hawthorn-o
The dank of time pervades the air
The shepherd tends his flock
An ancient wind disturbs the leaves
Among the hawthorn-o
There is a presence in the air
The shepherd tends his flock
A church bell peals, a branch cast forth
Among the hawthorn-o
Christ shall not receive this soul
The shepherd tends his flock
Into the ground, into the earth
Among the hawthorn-o
Life breeds life, death brings life to
The shepherd and his flock
Great work, absolutely love this!
Isn't Keith the Metatron's buddy from Ireland ? Or is it somebody else ?
@@thrownswordpommel7393 yes i am :)
@@cruachankeith whens the next album release keith, this single got me hyped for what else is to come!
@@cruachankeith you guys are so talented
Whenever people claim that folk metal is "silly party metal", I always point 'em towards Cruachan and Moonsorrow. Absolutely beautiful music.
Folk metal is the smooth life... 🤘
Heilung, Skald, Nytt Land, Danheim, Einar Selvik are all good examples as well.
We have never been “silly party metal” and have always been proud of our musical output, party music is not our scene so thanks for noticing that 🤘🏼thanks for your kind comment 👍🏻
Somehow people haven't mentioned Eluveitie here lol I don't count them as silly party metal either.
What I like about the song is that when he goes from softly singing “among the hawthorn-o” to aggressively singing “among the hawthorn-o”
I could'nt find words, how unbelievable good this band is..Hail Cruachan...🤘
How come this has so few views?
Very beautiful piece of music.
You have my support for your bid to Eurovision!
This is for sure Cruachan's masterpiece! I love them since "Tuatha Na Gael" and somehow this song catches the atmosphere of this and fills transports it to a new sound. An absolute earcatcher!! I wish they would be more popular!! 🖤
I was having a really bad today until I was thinking about Cruachan so much! Their music relaxes me so much. Keep up the good work. i love you guys!!!! Thank you !
Wow!!!🎶 Beautiful song!
Powerful music with powerful story :) Great song
Nice animation, good song.
Glad that could see the band at Folk Summer Fest 2019.
The video art style , the music and vocals...just wow. Kinda gave me 'Ride on' vibes in a good way, I was totally happy with that. Love at first listen so to speak. New Cruachan was much needed right now 😊💚 Can't wait to get the pre-order t-shirt and new album 💚
It gives me vibes for "Ride On", at least for gradation. Its masterpiece for me, great song! Love you Keith, Love Cruachan!
Thank you 🤘
These guys are really good.
beautiful
I love the song, the instrumental intro is just magnificent!
Good stuff. Looking forward to the new album.
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
=🇮🇹🙋7:44 am, South.
This is super beast love the jam
i had heard of this band, before, but never actually listened to any of their songs, to my knowledge, until now. did not disappoint.
Awesome .....
Owwwww i like this style 🖤🖤
masterpiece 🖤🖤
Oh damn, new music. Love it. Thank you.
Amazing ! 🤘🏾
This was really good very artistic and calm listening to.
I really LOVED this 💯💜
Som que faz gosto passar pra frente.
Bom demais👏👏👏🔥
Demais!
Now this what i calld best advertisement . Gald i clikd 😎❤️❤️
That was sooooooooooo awesomeeeeeeeee
respect
Great piece of deeply rooted Irish music with power chords ! Love it!
Good luck at Eurosong lads, Éire abú
Awesome!
Great song!!!
Well done lads, fcuking super !!!
Cool tunes!
Magistral
This song is very good,i like this,like a fantasy song of pirates story
I enjoyed this
If you like pirate stories then you will love Sea Queen of Connacht from Cruachan's Blood for the Blood God
Vocals are gorgeous as always!
Music is top and video exceeded expectations, was not sure what would lurk behind the thumbnail! Looking forward to your new album, mates!
Kinda reminds me of Ride On.
Me encanta este tema!
Awesome tune man😁
Ride On with Shane MacGowan probs the highlight of the century
A moment we’re very proud of 👍🏻
Yeah cruachan strikes back
Brilliant song. I am so looking forward to the 9th album hopefully by next year. I wonder what it will be called?
Kinda like Blackmores Night meets Lordi. Sounds great.
Does the protagonist make it to the Hawthorn tree or does she succumb to the forces of darkness on her journey? Is the ending a post-death vision of what she wanted but never made it?
You see her at the end of the video at the Hawthorn tree
Hope Forest Songs will be out to buy on cd iTunes drives me mad
Why can't we send this to eurovison something different
Kommt super ❤
Bravo
A Cillín baby what.
3:02 James Hetfield vocality.
Are we to expect a new album from Cruachan then? Look forward to that
Later this year we’re releasing our new album “Forest Songs”
Wish you could bring back Caren Gilligan for future efforts I love her powerful Irish voice whilst adding a certain feminine class not to detract from the rest of the band. Folk-Lore is one of my fave albums of this century 👍
Wish you could bring back Caren Gilligan for future efforts I love her powerful Irish voice whilst adding a certain feminine class not to detract from the rest of the band. Folk-Lore is one of my fave albums of this century 👍
Wish you could bring back Caren Gilligan for future efforts I love her powerful Irish voice whilst adding a certain feminine class not to detract from the rest of the band. Folk-Lore is one of my fave albums of this century 👍
хорошая песня
Love Cruachan esp for the album Folk Lore seem to be where horslips left off and then taking it up a notch exceeding them through historical and mythological elements kind of miss Caren Gilligan's mellowing but strong female voice. The artwork on all the cd albums are beautiful
New album?
if anyone can give me the song with subtitles,plz give me it 😊
мотив напомнил немного напомнил Korpiklaani - Surma
thought the same
vacker musik
alguien mas el tema le suena parecido ah
Sverker - corvus corax
This is after Patrick? I imagine it is. Not because to name the church but the philosophy
Even that nice lyrics and song
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I like the song and the visuals. Fake film noise is always a bad idea.
Why? I asked for it and and love it. It's the most successful video (obvs based on being live 5 days) we've ever put out. I seen the version without noise, hated it, and now love it.
@@cruachankeith It's matter of taste of course, and yours is way more important than whatever feedback I have for you. Also please don't lose sight of the first and most important part, that I like both visuals and the song.
When a movie wants to make something look aged, they will use costumes, hair & make-up, things we recognize like cars or other products, they will grade the colors and maybe even go black & white, slower than normal frame rate etc. They don't just click "add film noise" checkbox and dial it to 11 because it creates a dissonance that breaks the illusion. When I said that I like the visuals, I really meant it, it's beautiful, modern & stylish and it goes with the music. Here is the oldest animation I could think of: ua-cam.com/video/SI702KkWrD8/v-deo.html notice how clean it looks? The artifacts are very different.
The analog in audio would be adding a skipping record loop that flops every 1.8 sec (1 / 33-1/3 rpm in secs). Yeah, you can, but now it compete with the rhythm and it will probably not sound real. Opposed to emulating the limited bandwidth of tape, warmth of analog tube amps, style of music, style of music, type of instruments and how they sound etc.
Hope it helps?
Where is that lyrics dude when you need him?
yessss
Romans 10
8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.",
What have you been smoking dude? I’ve stopped taking drugs years ago but I think I’ll have some of whatever you’re on 🤷🏻♂️