Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ricky Warwick was cut from the cloth of a mill workers jacket, embracing no-frills, emotionally direct, pure music exemplified by such American influences as Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. Born in County Down, Northern Ireland, a teenage Ricky relocated to Scotland and got his first taste of rock n roll when he was asked to join UK punk/folk band New Model Army as an additional guitarist…
Oui Avant-Garde á Chance is the seventh full-length album British folk metal band, Skyclad. It contains 8 original tracks, 2 remixes and 2 covers: "Come On Eileen" (originally by Dexys Midnight Runners) and "Master Race" (originally by New Model Army). The apparently nonsensical French album title is a pun - when pronounced in English it's, 'We haven't got a chance'.
Ten Years is an EP release from US Power Metal act Pharaoh, a band that features the vocal talents of Control Denied’s Tim Aymar. The EP is released to cerebrate the first ten years of the band and contains six tracks; two from the recording sessions of their prior full-length, Be Gone from 2008, two that were previously released only on the bonus 7” that came with the vinyl of Be Gone, and two cover songs, those being New Model Army’s White Light and Slayer’s Tormentor.
"…Without a doubt Skyclad manage to bring Folk nearer to Metal-fans, not least by paving the way with their unique style-mix on the albums before, somehow diffusing the borders between these two genres. At the position of the electric guitar stepped the violin, plus some bagpipes, mandolins and lots of acoustic guitars. The two cover-versions are by Dexy's Midnight Runners ("Come On Eileen") and New Model Army ("Master Race"), radiating the same flair as the self-compositions, being very well assimilated by the band's own sound…." ~Metal-Observer