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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth

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Released
  
17 October 1991

Artist
  
Skyclad

Producer
  
Kevin Ridley

Genres
  
Folk metal, Thrash metal

Length
  
46:47

Release date
  
17 October 1991

Label
  
Noise International

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Recorded
  
Jacobs Studios, Surrey England

The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991)
  
A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992)

Similar
  
Skyclad albums, Folk metal albums, Other albums

The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the debut album by British folk metal group Skyclad, and is regarded as one of the first folk metal albums, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre. Front cover artwork is by Garry Sharpe-Young.

Contents

Track listing

  • All lyrics by Martin Walkyier. All music as noted under "Writer(s)". (Published by Dark Wings.)

    • Personnel

    Skyclad
  • Martin Walkyier - vocals
  • Steve Ramsey - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Graeme English - electric bass, classical guitar
  • Keith Baxter - drums, percussion
    • Additional musicians
  • Joe "Guido" Caprani - vocals on track 1
  • Dominic Miller - classical guitar lead on track 9
  • Mike Evans - fiddle
  • Rog Patterson - keyboards, piccolo

    • Songs

    1The Sky Beneath My Feet5:41
    2Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout)5:29
    3A Minute's Piece1:11

    References

    The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth Wikipedia
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