Advantages: moody morbid motifs... Disadvantages: ...below a gruesome patina of black metal
......whether it be heavy post punk speed riff barrage & croaked vocals (as in 'the cotton optic'), ghost ship shanties & sickened mantric melancholic murmurs wrapped in a stifling distorted guitar sound carpet (as in 'brass dogs'), hectic industrialized black metal monotony melted into dissolving acerbic throat-singing & fading pathetic chants for salvational oblivion (as in 'an enigma in brine'), bass-hollowed and blood-soaked bars of heavy blues-butchered doom metal and gothic incantations against a backdrop of rainy insanity (as in 'a cloud formed teardrop asylum'), the bitter sound of fast-paced stampeding war machines haunted by burning ghosts of madness and finally shredded into pieces during a frantic dervish dance of death (as in 'aeon in cinders'), morbidly picturesque and almost symphonic melodies of withered yet sublime song...
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...spinning with their suitors spring to mind. One of the jewels of the album is Play Minstrel Play, Jethro Tulls Ian Anderson providing some majestic flute playing that transforms the slow medieval piece into a fast paced whirling dervish of a number.
The album is really about showcasing the talents of Blackmore and Night and therefore is reliant on the guitar playing and the vocals, the later sounding at its best on the slower numbers such as Ocean Gypsy and Spirit of the Sea. The guitar also gets its chance to shine, as if anyone ever had any doubts about Blackmores abilities his weapon of choice. There are three instrumental numbers all very different, listen to them and you know that you are listening to a master. Also to be found amongst the original tracks are a couple of reworked familiar numbers, Writing on The Wall is rocked up...
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Advantages: A cd that makes you become familiar with Irish folk music at once Disadvantages: The last song is a bit boring
...down, relax and close your eyes you can appreciate them a lot..
In the album you can also find a song called Josephine's Waltz that was written by a Danish band; the Dervish recorded this song together with this group and the result is very, very good!
Track listing:
1 Touching Cloth Kelly 3:50
2 AR Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi (For Ireland Won't Tell Her Name) Traditional 6:35
3 Jim Coleman's Set Traditional 4:10
4 An Spailpin Fanach Traditional 2:40
5 Packie Duigman's Traditional 3:25
6 Lone Shanakyle Traditional 5:25
7 Drag Her 'Round the Road Traditional 4:35
8 Peata Beag Traditional 4:30
9 The Trip to Sligo Set Traditional 3:46
10 Sheila Nee Iyer Traditional 2:20
11 The Kilavill Set Traditional 4:10
12 I Courted a Wee Girl Traditional 4:20
13 Josefin's Waltz Tallroth...
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