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Cruachan 'The Hawthorn' T-Shirt

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On October 2nd, the legendary Irish folk metal band Cruachan will release their brand new single 'The Hawthorn'! Right now you can pre-order a special limited edition T-shirt, strictly limited to 100 pieces.
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The Hawthorn features former GWAR vocalist Kim Dylla on backing vocals and Geoffrey Dell'Aria on tin whistle and bag pipes. The Hawthorn is set in Ireland during the 1700's when the population were heavily under the influence of the Catholic church while still holding onto old Pagan beliefs. The Hawthorn tree is a fairy tree, you will see them all over Ireland growing in strange unlikely places where other trees would have been cut down. It is extremely unlucky to cut down a hawthorn tree else you anger the Faerie folk. In the song, the woman is taking her dead baby to bury under the tree, to give her baby to the faeries. We don't know how the baby died or what has led to this decision but she is set in her ways and the baby will not have a Christian burial.

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Cruachan

Cruachan were formed by Keith Fay in 1992, originally called 'Minas Tirith', the name was changed when the direction focused more on Irish history and mythology. The main defining factor for Cruachan is the fusion of Irish folk music with metal, which had never been done before. In 2020 they signed with Despotz Records. ... more

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