THE KINGDOM & ITS FEY
Digipak CD / Gatefold 2 x 12" Vinyl LP - Cruel Moon International (Sweden) - 1996

After the release of TSBB's first two cassette productions, Sweden's Cruel Moon International expressed an interest in the band's work and thus took it upon themselves to publish their debut album, "The Kingdom & its Fey." Ancient sounds of war, pride, heritage, culture, joy, and occultism, meshed with a unique blend of Celtic and Gaelic inspired folk music, sets the stage for this release. This debut contains the band's first two cassettes, originally released through Dark Age Productions, along with several other tracks totalling to more than an hour of medieval themed music and ancient fantasy soundscapes. A declaration of the band's past is evidenced in the heavy use of synthetic instrumentation while the atmosphere of bygone eras remains expressed. The LP edition of this album features five bonus tracks and is presented in a lavish gatefold sleeve with additional separate sleeves that meet together to form a pictorial diorama.

Guest Musician: ** Ann Mahoney - vocals

Total Running Time: 1:16:28 (+ bonus tracks *)

Track Listing:

Odde Feormie
Bite Irena, Wide Feran
The Village Courtyard
Annwyfn
At that Fiery Pond
Burh Stede Beated
Behold thou My Crest
To thy Queen
Atop Mount Snowdon
Fig & Jig in the Miller's Tavern
The Charm of Making
Ecce, Victoria
Redivivus 'Ole Norwich, the Triumph of Horamane
Dragone Arte
Dance O' Lord & Lady
He Shall be King
A Hymn to Dechtire
Because the World is so Untrue, I go my way so Full of Rue
Adieu, and Off to Battle
The Stolen Princess Sleeps
Summoning the Dragons of Wyth
The Greenest Hilltop
Distillation of Lady Luna in the Vessel
Homonuculus
They Take their Own Path Home
Under the Willow * **
The Goblin Grove *
I Am an Ancient Emerald Forest *
Bloeddwydd *
BattleRam! *