Dalriada is a Hungarian 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. In 2012, the band toured through Europe with Arkona and Darkest Era.
Album titles
The titles of their albums are supposed to be ancient Hungarian names of months (which are not used today). In fact they originate from the folk-history work "" by Hungarian writer Zoltán Paál and are not based on any scientific evidence. Specifically, "Fergeteg" is, according to Paál, 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 Forrás are exceptions, the former contains the poems of János Arany, a Hungarian poet from the 19th century, and the latter - which is an acoustic album - translates as "Source", or "Spring".
The band claim that their attempt to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest was disallowed because their music contains traditional folk tunes.
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) István Molnár – bass (2008–present) Ádám Monostori – drums (2018–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) Tadeusz Rieckmann – drums (2001–2018) 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) Ádám Csete – bagpipe, flutes, backing vocals (2012–2019)
Timeline
Discography Year Album name Album type Label Hungarian Top 40 Album Charts 2003 A walesi bárdokdemo Self-released— 2004 Fergeteg studio Hammer Music / Nail Records29 2006 Jégbontó studio Hammer Music / Nail Records13 2007 Kikelet studio Hammer Music / Nail Records4 2008 Szelek studio Hammer Music / Nail Records2 2009 Arany-album studio Hammer Music / Nail Records4 2011 Ígéret studio AFM Records6 2012 Napisten Hava studio Hammer Music / Nail Records32015Mesék, Álmok, RegékcompilationHammer Music / Nail Records112015ÁldásstudioHammer Music / Nail Records22016ForrásstudioHammer Music / Nail Records112018NyárutóstudioHammer Music / Nail Records12021ŐszelőstudioH-Music Hungary12021Hazatérés – 15 év DalriadaliveH-Music Hungary
Music videos Title Year Téli Ének 2006 A Nap és Szél Háza 2008 Hazatérés 2008 Hajdútánc 2011 A Dudás 2012 Áldás 2016 Búsirató 2017 Betyár-altató 2021
References
External links
Official Dalriada Profile at Myspace