Caledonia (Suidakra album)

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Caledonia
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Studio album by Suidakra
ReleasedNovember 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)
RecordedGernhart Records Studio, July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) - July 30, 2006 (2006-07-30)
Genre Melodic death metal
Length49:57
Label Armageddon
Suidakra chronology
Command to Charge
(2005)		Caledonia
(2006)		 Crógacht
(2009)
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Caledonia is the eighth studio album by the German melodic death metal band SuidAkrA. The lyrical themes of Caledonia are the mystical side of the tribe of the Picts, their war against the attacking Roman Empire and the co-incidence of these two completely different worlds.

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden and the United Kingdom around 1993. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the "Gothenburg metal” scene.

Suidakra German band

Suidakra is a melodic death metal band from Germany. During their twenty-year career, they have performed over 200 live shows for several European and Russian tours, as well as a North American tour. They are known for their use of traditional instruments to augment their sound, such as the bagpipe, banjo, and tin whistle.

Picts ancient and medieval tribal confederation in northern Britain

The Picts were a confederation of peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from the geographical distribution of Brittonic place name elements and Pictish stones. The name Picts appears in written records from Late Antiquity to the 10th century, when they are thought to have merged with the Gaels. They lived to the north of the rivers Forth and Clyde, and spoke the Pictish language, which was closely related to the Celtic Brittonic language spoken by the Britons who lived to the south of them.

Contents

Caledonia was recorded and mixed between July 10, 2006 and July 30, 2006 by Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Recording Studio in Siegburg, Germany. The album was released on November 17, 2006 by Armageddon Music. It was released in the USA on May 22, 2007 through Locomotive Records.

Track listing

All music by SuidAkrA. All lyrics written by Marcel Schoenen.

  1. "Highland Hills" – 8:01
  2. "A Blackened Shield" – 5:15
  3. "The Ember Deid (Part II)" – 3:15
  4. "Evoke the Demon" – 5:27
  5. "Forth-Clyde" – 5:31
  6. "Ramble" – 2:57
  7. "Dawning Tempest" – 5:13
  8. "The Distant Call" – 3:34
  9. "On Torrid Sand" – 3:52
  10. "The IXth Legion" – 5:44
  11. "Farewell" – 1:14

Personnel

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

A lyricist or lyrist is a person who writes lyrics—words for songs—as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's melody.

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References

  1. ↑ About.com review
  2. ↑ Allmusic review


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