Nine Years of Blood

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Nine Years of Blood
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 2018
StudioTrackmix Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre Celtic metal, black metal, folk metal
Length48:26
Language English, Irish
Label Trollzorn Records
Cruachan chronology
Blood for the Blood God
(2014)
Nine Years of Blood
(2018)
The Living and the Dead
(2023)

Nine Years of Blood is the eighth studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan. It was released in 2018 on Trollzorn Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Am Tuan" (instrumental)2:37
2."Hugh O'Neil - The Earl of Tyrone"4:37
3."Blood and Victory"4:43
4."Queen of War"6:16
5."The Battle of the Yellow Ford"4:50
6."Cath Na Brioscaí"5:47
7."The Harp, the Lion, the Dragon and the Sword"5:28
8."An Ale Before Battle" (instrumental)0:28
9."Nine Years of Blood" (instrumental)1:35
10."The Siege of Kinsale"5:01
11."The Flight of the Earls"4:06
12."Back Home in Derry" ( Christy Moore cover)2:58
Total length:48:26

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Moore, Bruce Cruachan - "Nine Years of Blood" (Album Review)puregrainaudio.com Retrieved May 10, 2018 Archived 11 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine