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Dalriada
Dalriada at the 2011 Ragnarök Festival
Dalriada at the 2011 Ragnarök Festival
Background information
OriginHungary
GenresFolk Metal
Years active1998–present
LabelsAFM Records
MembersLaura Binder
András Ficzek
István Molnár
Mátyás Németh-Szabó
Tadeusz Rieckmann
Barnabás Ungár
Websitewww.dalriada.hu

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 top ten of the official Mahasz music charts. Their Arany-album won the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards out of 70 contestants.[1] In 2012, the band toured through Europe with Arkona and Darkest Era.[2]

Album titles

The titles of their albums are ancient Hungarian names of months (which are not used today) [citation needed] . Specifically, "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, and "Álom" is December. Arany-Album and Áldás are exceptions, the former contains the poems of János Arany, a Hungarian poet from the 19th century, and the latter translates as 'Blessing'.

The band attempted to compete in Eurovision, but since their music contains traditional folk tunes, they couldn't qualify to enter.[3]

Band name

The name of the band probably comes from Dalriada (also Dál Riata), which 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.[citation needed]

The name could also come from "dal riada", literally meaning "song arose" in Hungarian, although the word "riad" is not used anymore in this context in modern Hungarian, and the grammar is also different, with the correct modern term being "dal riadt".[citation needed]

Discography

Year Album Name Album Type Label Hungarian Top 40 Album Charts
2003 A walesi bárdok demo Self-released —
2004 Fergeteg studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 29[4]
2006 Jégbontó studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 13[5]
2007 Kikelet studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 4[6]
2008 Szelek studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 2[7]
2009 Arany-album studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 4[8]
2011 Ígéret studio AFM Records 6[9]
2012 Napisten Hava studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 3[10]
2015 Mesék, Álmok, Regék compilation Hammer Music / Nail Records 11[11]
2015 Áldás studio Hammer Music / Nail Records 2[12]
2016 Forrás studio Hammer Music / Nail Records

Music videos

Title Year
Téli Ének 2006
A Nap és Szél Háza 2008
Hazatérés 2008
Hajdútánc 2011
A Dudás 2012
Áldás 2016

Members

Current line-up

  • Laura Binder – vocals (2001–present)
  • András Ficzek – vocals (1998–present), guitars (2000–present)
  • Mátyás Németh-Szabó – guitar (2006–present)
  • Gergely Szabó "Szög" - keyboards, backing vocals (2014–present)
  • Ádám Csete – bagpipe, flutes, backing vocals (2012–present)
  • István Molnár – bass (2008–present)
  • Tadeusz Rieckmann – drums, harsh vocals, backing vocals (2001–present)


Session musicians

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

Former and past members

  • Péter Hende – guitars (1998 – 2001†)
  • Marcell Fispán – guitars (1998–2005)
  • György Varga – bass, harsh vocals (2002–2008)
  • Gergely Nagy – keyboards (2003–2006)
  • András Kurz – keyboards (2006–2009)
  • Barnabás Ungár – keyboards, backing vocals, harsh vocals (2009–2014)

References

  1. ^ "Dalriada készítette az év metal lemezét". Kultúra.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. ^ "Hírek". Dalriada official website (in Hungarian). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Dalriada Interview @ Metal Female Voices Fest 2013".
  4. ^ lightmedia.hu. "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  5. ^ lightmedia.hu. "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  6. ^ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2007.03.12.-2007.03.18". Slágerlisták (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2008.04.14.-2008.04.20". Slágerlisták (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2009.09.28.-2009.10.04". Slágerlisták (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2011.02.14.-2011.02.20". Slágerlisták (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2012.10.01.-2012.10.07". Slágerlisták (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  11. ^ lightmedia.hu. "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  12. ^ lightmedia.hu. "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
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