The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth

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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth cover
Studio album by Skyclad
Released 1991
Genre Folk metal
Label Noise Records
Skyclad chronology
The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
(1991)
A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
(1992)


The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the first album by British folk metal group Skyclad, and is thus probably the first ever folk metal album, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Sky beneath My Feet
  2. Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout)
  3. A Minute's Piece
  4. The Widdershins Jig
  5. Our Dying Island
  6. Pagan Man
  7. The Cradle Will Fall
  8. Skyclad
  9. Moongleam and Meadowsweet
  10. Terminus
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