ECHO OF DALRIADA BIOGRAPHY

The band has changed their name to Dalriada in 2007.

The band was founded in 1998 in Sopron (Hungary), but the final line-up and the active period started in february 2003. The bandname was chosen this time too.
Their style is epic-folk-metal with other musical elements (Hungarian folk music, renessaince music). The line-up is: Laura Binder (vocals, flute), András Ficzek (vocals, guitars), Mátyás Németh Szabó (guitar), András Kurz (keyboards), Tadeusz Rieckmann (drums), György Varga (bass).
After some concerts in the region, in december 2003 the band recorded its first demo "Walesi Bárdok" (The Bards of Wales), which is a cover of the famous ballad by János Arany.
The success of this material is shown by the positive reviews and the concert invitations. In the following year (2004) the band had concerts in cities as Tatabánya, Agárd, Röjtökmuzsaj, Sopronkövesd, Szombathely and multiple times in Sopron and Budapest, at the Volt-festival and in the Petõfi Csarnok. They played with bands like Moby Dick, Ossian, Pokolgép, Lord, Beatrice. The "Bards Of Wales" is also played in regional radios and Internet radios.
Diaksziget.com voted them the band of the month in august 2004. One song is on the compilation of the Usound record company. In November 2004. the band released its first album called "Fergeteg" (~Storm in English), which was produced by the Hammer Music Production company.
In december a hungarian TV channel DUNA TV broadcasted an interview with the band.

In February 2006. they released their second album: Jégbontó (~Ice Destroyer in English).

In the winter times of 2006 the band recorded a new album and they released it in March 2007. The album is named Kikelet (Springtime).


Source : www.dalriada.hu