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IRISH FOLK METAL / PAGAN METAL Stream 'The Living and the Dead' via optional plattform: The Witch is for all Cruachan's female fans. I wrote this song as an homage to all the warrior women out there, I felt a Pagan Forest Witch represents the ultimate in feminine power - independent and strong, you don't mess with her. When I wrote the words, I intended that the music had to be something special. I wanted something that a lot of people, maybe even people not into metal, would listen to. One of the greatest Irish rock bands of all time is Thin Lizzy and I decided the music would be written in their style. It's not a rip off, you won't hear the riffs in The Witch in any Thin Lizzy song but you can definitely hear the Lizzy vibe throughout. We further added to the 'cool' by having Stu 'La Rage' Dixon from the legendary VENOM perform a guest guitar solo on the song. More about: Ireland’s Cruachan have enjoyed a storied career since they took those tentative first steps back in 1992. As frontman and sole original member Keith Fay elaborates; ‘When I started writing music as a 13-year-old, I had no idea that I was laying the foundations for what would become a brand-new genre, Folk Metal, or that I was planting the seeds of what would be one of the longest running Irish metal bands in history. There have been many ups and downs over the last thirty years, band members have come and gone, record deals have come and gone. We've played some of the biggest metal festivals on the planet, travelled to more countries than most Irish bands would ever dream possible. And it has all led to this - our ninth album, 'The Living and the Dead'. D I S C O V E R Spotify: Facebook: Instagram: Bandcamp: Webshop: Youtube: \cruachankeith Website: #cruachan #folkmetal #irishmetal ℗ & © 2023 Despotz Records
