Folk-Lore | ||||
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Released | February 4, 2002 | |||
Genre | Celtic metal | |||
Length | 45:41 | |||
Label | Hammerheart | |||
Producer | Denis Buckley, Shane MacGowan | |||
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Singles from Folk-Lore | ||||
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Folk-Lore is the third studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2002 on Hammerheart Records.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bloody Sunday" | 4:15 |
2. | "The Victory Reel" (instrumental) | 1:21 |
3. | "Death of a Gael" | 5:38 |
4. | "The Rocky Road to Dublin" (traditional) | 3:07 |
5. | "Ossian's Return" | 4:44 |
6. | "Spancill Hill" (traditional) | 6:00 |
7. | "The Children of Lir" | 5:08 |
8. | "Ride On" | 4:41 |
9. | "Susie Moran" | 4:11 |
10. | "Exiles" | 6:36 |
11. | "To Invoke the Horned God" (digipack version bonus track) | 6:02 |
Total length: | 51:43 |
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