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Skyclad is a British heavy metal band with strong folk influences in their music, some would say they invented the genre of folk metal . They were formed by former Sabbat vocalist Martin Walkyier, and Satan / Blind Fury / Pariah guitarist Steve Ramsey in 1990 to represent the “ultimate pagan metal band”.

From the start, they have incorporated a diverse range of influences from British folk music to German thrash metal which has fed their constantly evolving sound. They are widely considered the inventors of folk metal.

The lineup remained stable for the recording of 2000’s Folkémon, but founding member Walkyier left the band in 2001, citing various reasons, such as financial difficulties or the bands unwillingness to tour in South America owing to security concerns as the final straw, though other band members have commented that his somewhat pessimist personality was one of the major contributing factors to the groups lineup instability. Walkyier went on to form The Clan Destined. For many fans, Walkyiers lyrics and delivery style were one of the bands central attractions, and there were fears that his departure spelled the end of the band. After replacing drummer Jay Graham (who left shortly after Walkyier) and moving Kevin Ridley onto vocals, the group sprang into action to remedy these fears with 2002’s No Daylights…Nor Heel Taps which featured studio recordings of “Irish Pub versions” of Skyclad classics by the new line-up, proceeded by a single, 2001’s “Swords of a Thousand Men”. The single’s title track, a cover tune (originally recorded by Tenpole Tudor), also appeared on Folkémon as a bonus track, although in a different version.

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1	Penny Dreadful full track	93
2	Inequality Street full track	83
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4	Land of the Rising Slum full track	71
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6	Sins of Emission full track	61
6	The Widdershins Jig full track	61
8	Anotherdrinkingsong	55
9	Cardboard City full track	53
10	Another Fine Mess full track	51
11	Polkageist!	49
12	The Great Brain Robbery	44
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SelenaSweety wrote:
7 hours ago

just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. Penny Dreadful is my favorite, love it!

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Pulfa wrote:
15 days ago

Free download An Danzza Fantasy music folk

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jimctu wrote:
last month

wow! nice the clan destined is awesome! btw...anyone has the skyclad videos in HQ? is impossible to find =S

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FjordSweetFjord wrote:
October 2009

finally got "Jonah's Ark" in the mail today, now all I need is "Burnt Offering To A Bone Idol" and I have got all their albums :) I wish it wasn't so hard to find!! Easily one of the most underrated heavy metal bands, the song writing is fantastic.

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Darth_Roxor wrote:
October 2009

Holy shit, Martin will be reviving The Clan Destined - http://www.theclandestined.com/news.php

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RauS_DF wrote:
September 2009

nice

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DessPL wrote:
September 2009

Oui Avant-Garde a Chance is definitely my favourite album, loving it since 2003 or something like that. As of puns, my favourite has always been Great Blow for a Day Job :)

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theDismayer wrote:
September 2009

Yep, there's a distinct parallel between Peavey and Kevin on their latest effort

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matze_74 wrote:
September 2009

Kevin sounds on the new album like he always sounded live. And that's more like Peavey from Rage than like Martin ;) :D

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jacobo123 wrote:
September 2009

The first four albums are amazing. Specially Wayward Sons... simply brilliant.

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Madcap_pl wrote:
September 2009

I got a feeling that Kevin is trying to sing more like a Martin. I liked his clean vocals far better. After first listening I must say that the new album is much worse than SoN.

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Takkeri wrote:
August 2009

Kevin's vocals have gotten better definately. I love the raspy singing in Black Summer Rain, we need more of that. Superculture even reminds me of System of a Down which is very surprising. Best track is surely The Well-travelled Man, very solid lyrics and nice overall feel. But as a whole i doubt i'd give the album more than 8. Hope that it (especially the lyrics) still grow on me.

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Colony666 wrote:
August 2009

anyone else think new album sounds alot like old skyclad, even Kevin sounds like walkyier!

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Charonicus wrote:
August 2009

Yeah Takkeri. I left a reply on your page but I'll echo it here for everyone else. Silent Whales of Lunar Sea is of course, Silent Wails of Lunacy. :)

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Viking_Hero wrote:
August 2009

<3

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Takkeri wrote:
August 2009

Charonicus. Yeah, thats a funny one. I've been thinking a long time if Silent whales of lunar sea is a pun meaning "Silent waves of lunacy". A bit clumsy, but lunacy rhymes nicely. It also supports the story of Another fine mess and Martin seems to pronounce it that way in the song. Never bothered to google about it thought :P.

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jimctu wrote:
August 2009

the martin's lyrics are extremely intelligent...but kevin has good ones too... however, i prefer martin singin... =)

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Charonicus wrote:
August 2009

Alex, best titles and best lyrics, imo. Martin was a genius wordsmith. (And Ridley ain't bad). :P I remember when I finally figured out that Oui, Avant-garde A Chance was "We haven't got a chance". I was gobsmacked!

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AlexGSavchuk wrote:
August 2009

They have the best song titles ever.

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alchemist_os wrote:
August 2009

aah dear idioteque04 again has an urgent need to surf around last.fm, having nothing else to do in his life but to open the band pages and start trolling to the listeners and last.fm users... talking about need to get a life sheez!

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