Dalriada (band) explained

Dalriada
Landscape:	yes
Origin:	Hungary
Genre:	Folk Metal
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	AFM Records
Website:	www.dalriada.hu
Current Members:	Laura Binder András Ficzek István Molnár Mátyás Németh-Szabó Ádám Monostori Gergely Szabó Ádám Csete

Dalriada is a 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.^[1] In 2012, the band toured through Europe with Arkona and Darkest Era.^[2]

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 attempted to compete in Eurovision, but since their music contains traditional folk tunes, they could not qualify to enter.^[3]

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)^[4]

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 bárdok	demo	Self-released	—
2004	Fergeteg	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	29^[5]
2006	Jégbontó	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	13^[6]
2007	Kikelet	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	4^[7]
2008	Szelek	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	2^[8]
2009	Arany-album	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	4^[9]
2011	Ígéret	studio	AFM Records	6^[10]
2012	Napisten Hava	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	3^[11]
2015	Mesék, Álmok, Regék	compilation	Hammer Music / Nail Records	11^[12]
2015	Áldás	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	2^[13]
2016	Forrás	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	11^[14]
2018	Nyárutó	studio	Hammer Music / Nail Records	1^[15]
2021	Őszelő	studio	H-Music Hungary	1^[16]
2021	Hazatérés – 15 év Dalriada	live	H-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

External links

• • Official Dalriada Profile at Myspace

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dalriada készítette az év metal lemezét . Hungarian . 10 March 2010 . Kultúra.hu . Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources . 2010-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112302/http://www.kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=951&articleID=298019&ctag=&iid=11 . 21 July 2011 .
2. Web site: Hírek . News . Hungarian . Dalriada official website . 26 September 2012 . 2012-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127030101/http://dalriada.hu/hirek . 27 January 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: Dalriada Interview @ Metal Female Voices Fest 2013. .
4. News: Népszerű magyar zenekarban folytatja a megye legbrutálisabb dobosa KEMMA. KEMMA. 2018-01-21. hu-HU.
5. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták. zene.slagerlistak.hu. 9 September 2015. lightmedia.hu.
6. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták. zene.slagerlistak.hu. 9 September 2015. lightmedia.hu.
7. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2007.03.12.-2007.03.18. . Hungarian . Slágerlisták . . 14 June 2015.
8. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2008.04.14.-2008.04.20. . Hungarian . Slágerlisták . . 14 June 2015.
9. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2009.09.28.-2009.10.04. . Hungarian . Slágerlisták . . 14 June 2015.
10. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2011.02.14.-2011.02.20. . Hungarian . Slágerlisták . . 14 June 2015.
11. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2012.10.01.-2012.10.07. . Hungarian . Slágerlisták . . 14 June 2015.
12. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták. zene.slagerlistak.hu. 9 September 2015. lightmedia.hu.
13. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták. zene.slagerlistak.hu. 9 September 2015. lightmedia.hu.
14. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2016.05.16.-2016.05.22. . Slágerlistak . Hungarian . . 19 February 2018.
15. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2018.01.19.-2018.01.25. . Slágerlistak . Hungarian . . 19 February 2018.
16. Web site: Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista 2021.04.09.-2021.04.15. . Slágerlistak . Hungarian . . 7 May 2021.