Dalriada (band)

Dalriada (band)
Dalriada

Dalriada performing in November 2010
Background information
Origin Hungary
Genres Folk Metal
Years active 2003–present
Labels AFM Records
Website www.dalriada.hu
Members
Laura Binder
András Ficzek
István Molnár
Mátyás Németh Szabó
Tadeusz Rieckmann
Barnabás Ungár

Dalriada is a folk metal band from Sopron, Hungary that was formed in 1998 as Echo of Dalriada, but shortened their name to Dalriada in late 2006. Their third studio album Kikelet and all subsequent albums were successful in the official Mahasz music charts with Szelek peaking at the second position in 2008. Their Arany-album won the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards out of 70 contestants.[1]

Contents

Album titles

The titles of their albums are ancient Hungarian names of months, but not used today. So "Fergeteg" is the ancient name of January, "Jégbontó" is February, "Kikelet" is March, "Szelek" is April, "Ígéret" is May, "Napisten" is June, "Áldás" is July, "Új Kenyér" is August, "Őszelő" is September, "Magvető" is October, "Enyészet" is November, "Álom" is December. Arany-Album is an exception, because it contains the poems of János Arany, a Hungarian poet from the 19th century.

Band name

Dalriada (also Dál Riata) was a Gaelic overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Ireland. For more information see Dál Riata.

Discography

Year Album Release type Label Hungarian top 40 album charts
2003 A walesi bárdok demo Self-released —
2004 Fergeteg Studio album Hammer Music / Nail Records —
2006 Jégbontó Studio album Hammer Music / Nail Records —
2007 Kikelet Studio album Hammer Music / Nail Records 4[2]
2008 Szelek Studio album Hammer Music / Nail Records 2[3]
2009 Arany-album Studio album Hammer Music / Nail Records 4[4]
2011 Ígéret Studio album AFM Records 6[5]

Members

Current line-up:

  • Laura Binder - vocals (1998-present)
  • András Ficzek - vocals (1998-present), guitars (2000-present)
  • Mátyás Németh-Szabó - guitar (2006-present)
  • István Molnár - bass (2008-present)
  • Barnabás Ungár - keyboards, backing vocals, harsh vocals (2009-present)
  • Tadeusz Rieckmann - drums, harsh vocals, backing vocals (2001-present)

with

  • Attila Fajkusz - violin, tambourine, backing vocals (2007, 2009-present)
  • Ernő Szőke - doublebass (2009-present)
  • Gergely Szőke - viola, lute, acoustic guitars (2009-present)


Former/past members:

  • Péter Hende – guitars (1998 – 2001†)[6]
  • Marcell Fispán – guitars (1998 – 2005)
  • György Varga – bass, harsh vocals (2002 – 2008)
  • Gergely Nagy – keyboards (2003 – 2006)
  • András Kurz – keyboards (2006 – 2009)

References

  1. ^ "Dalriada készítette az év metal lemezét" (in Hungarian). Kultúra.hu. Hungarian Ministry of National Resources. 10 March 2010. http://www.kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=951&articleID=298019&ctag=&iid=11. Retrieved 2010-08-08. 
  2. ^ "Archívum" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. week 11, 2007. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2007&het=11&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Archívum" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. week 16, 2008. http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2008&het=16&submit_=Keres. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Archívum" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. week 40, 2009. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2009&het=40&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "Archívum" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. week 7, 2011. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2011&het=7&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  6. ^ MacLaren, Ed. "Laura Binder - Dalriada". Femme Metal Webzine. http://www.femmemetal.net/LauraBinderDalriadaInt.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 

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