The Middle Kingdom (album) explained

The Middle Kingdom
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cruachan
Cover:	Cruachan_TheMiddleKingdom.jpg
Released:	1 June 2000
Recorded:	November 1999
Genre:	Celtic metal
Language:	English, Irish
Label:	Hammerheart
Producer:	Dennis Buckley
Prev Title:	Tuatha na Gael
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Folk-Lore
Next Year:	2002

The Middle Kingdom is the second studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2000 on Hammerheart Records.^[1] According to Ryan Dyer of MetalSucks, the album saw the band take a more traditional approach.^[2]

Personnel

• Keith Fay – vocals, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán, bones
• Karen Gilligan – vocals, percussion
• Joe Farrell – drums, percussion
• John O'Fathaigh – Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle, recorder, uilleann pipes, artwork
• John Clohessy – bass, vocals (backing)

Additional personnel

• Andy Kelligan – Great Highland bagpipe
• John Munnelly – vocals on "Is Fuair an Chroí" and "To Hell or to Connaught"
• Marco Jeurissen – layout
• Dennis Buckley – engineering, producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barry . Aoife . 2015-03-21 . "We tour Russia more than any Irish band. I think that should be recognised" . 2024-02-01 . TheJournal.ie . en.
2. Web site: Dyer . Ryan . 2023-03-17 . Saint Patrick’s Doom and Sludge - 20 Irish Metal Bands . 2024-02-01 . MetalSucks . en.