IRISH FOLK METAL / PAGAN METAL Listen to The Reaper via optional platforms: https://ingrv.es/the-reaper-meq-7 You can now pre-order Cruachan's upcoming album via; Webshop: https://despotz.bigcartel.com/productsBandcamp: https://cruachanband.bandcamp.com/ ‘The Reaper’, the third single from Irish folk-metal pioneers Cruachan upcoming ninth album ‘The Living and the Dead’, is a wonderful blend of the band’s hardest metal riffs and hauntingly beautiful folk and traditional instruments. Ireland’s Cruachan have enjoyed a storied career since they took those tentative first steps back in 1992. As frontman and sole original member Keith Fay elaborates; ‘When I started writing music as a 13-year-old, I had no idea that I was laying the foundations for what would become a brand-new genre, Folk Meta...