Blood on the Black Robe

2011 studio album by Cruachan

Studio album by

Cruachan

Released

18 April 2011

Recorded

2011

Studio

Trackmix Studios, Dublin, Ireland

Genre

Celtic metal, black metal

Length

58:01

Label

Candlelight

Producer

Michael Richards

Cruachan chronology

The Morrigan's Call
(2006)

Blood on the Black Robe
(2011)

Blood for the Blood God
(2014)

Blood on the Black Robe is the sixth studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan. It was released in 2011 on Candlelight Records.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To War" (instrumental)	0:55
2.	"I Am Warrior"	5:19
3.	"The Column"	7:12
4.	"Thy Kingdom Gone"	4:26
5.	"An Bean Sidhe"	5:50
6.	"Blood on the Black Robe"	6:39
7.	"Primeval Odium"	7:18
8.	"The Voyage of Bran"	4:20
9.	"Brian Boru's March" (instrumental)	3:29
10.	"Pagan Hate"	5:12
11.	"The Nine Year War"	7:21
Total length:		58:01

Personnel

Keith Fay – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bouzouki, mandolin, bodhrán, percussion
John Clohessy – bass guitar
Colin Purcell – drums, percussion
John Ryan – violin, mandocello, bouzouki
John Fay – tin whistle, low whistle, percussion, cover art

Additional personnel

Alex Shkuroparsky – Galician bagpipe
Karen Gilligan – vocals on "An Bean Sidhe" and "The Voyage of Bran"
Peter Rees – artwork
Michael Richards – producer, recording

References

^ Hensch, Matt. "Cruachan - Blood on the Black Robe Review". rocknworld.com. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Blood on the Black Robe". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Review: Cruachan - Blood on the Black Robe (2011)". harvestmoonmusic.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ Bray, Simon. "Cruachan: Blood on the Black Robe". seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved 9 March 2014.