The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth

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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
Studio album by Skyclad

Publication
(s)

17th October 1991

Label (s) Noise Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Folk metal , thrash metal

Title (number)

10

running time

46 min 47 s

occupation
  • Bass , acoustic guitar, background vocals:
    Graeme English

production

Karl-Uwe Walterbach , Kev Ridley and Skyclad

chronology
- The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992)
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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the first studio album by the British folk metal band Skyclad , and is one of the first ever folk metal albums. The song The Widdershins Jig in particular is considered to be groundbreaking for the genre. The album cover is by Garry Sharpe-Young .

A new edition for the Russian market appeared in 2005.

Track list

All the songs were written by Walkyier and Ramsey except A Minute's Piece and Moongleam and Meadowsweet , which are old English songs.

  1. The Sky Beneath My Feet - 5:41
  2. Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout) - 5:29
  3. A Minute's Piece - 1:10
  4. The Widdershins Jig - 3:40
  5. Our Dying Island - 7:07
  6. Pagan Man - 1:00
  7. The Cradle Will Fall - 6:26
  8. Skyclad - 5:01
  9. Moongleam and Meadowsweet - 4:35
  10. Terminus - 6:38

style

music

On the album Skyclad combines Thrash Metal with Irish / Celtic folk . In almost all songs the Thrash Metal elements dominate, only The Widdershins Jig is strongly influenced by folk.

Texts

In the texts, Walkyiers reflects on his (poetic) vision of life. A topic of almost all texts is the irresponsible use of nature. “I don't preach and I don't try to impose my opinion on others, but I want to make people think,” said Walkyier. All texts are written in English .

criticism

There are only a few reviews of the album that were written shortly before or immediately after its release. Many reviews are therefore from the last few years and were therefore written afterwards.

The German metal magazine Rock Hard gave the album 9 out of 10 points and praised the concept of the album:

“More varied than with his earlier band, with medieval-sounding violins and other sprinkles, sometimes even the main musical idea is carried through the entire song by these instruments. The desired combination of old English folk tradition and speed metal has actually succeeded in rudiments. In a direct comparison with the new album of his ex-colleague Sabbat, Mr. Walkyier (despite his limited vocal abilities, but after all, he shouldn't sing "Heideröslein") does better with me, which is expressed in nine thick points. But: Thrash purists, hands off !! "

- Jörg Schulz : CD review

metalstorm.ee rated the album with 8 out of 10 points and especially compares the album with the newer releases of Skyclad:

"A heavier Skyclad, much more dense and less folky, that's what you're gonna get when you purchase this, a damn fine record from a band that was about to create a whole new genre that ten years later would become very popular.

A heavier, more compact and less folky album; you get that when you buy this album, a nice CD from a band that created a new genre and became famous ten years later. "

- Undercraft : CD review

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review at metalstorm.net (accessed April 14, 2010)
  2. ↑ The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth on discogs.com
  3. ↑ starpulse.com
  4. ↑ Skyclad biography on rockhard.de
  5. ↑ Jörg Schulz: Skyclad - Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth. rockhard.de, May 1991, accessed March 6, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Undercraft: Skyclad - Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth. metalstorm.ee, October 7, 2004, accessed March 6, 2010 .

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