Mael Mórdha "Damned When Dead"

Between November 2011 and January 2012 Mael Mórdha recorded their fourth album at Foel Studio in Wales, with producer Chris Fielding. 

Entitled Damned When Dead, the album was released by Candlelight Records in September 2013.

Track list:

1. Laudabiliter 05:16   
2. King of the English 07:20   
3. Dawning of the Grey 07:44   
4. All Éire Will Quake 06:07   
5. Bloody Alice (of Abergavenny) 05:40   
6. The Sacking of the Vedrafjord 05:06   
7. A Dirge 02:16  
8. Damned When Dead 08:10   

Total time: 47:39

Spoken word taken from Laudabiliter, allegedly written by Pope Adrian IV in 1155.

Kyrie, at the beginning of "Laudabiliter" is adapted from the Kyrie used in the Gregorian Mass number XIII (Stelliferi Conditor Orbis).

Recording information:

Recorded at Foel Studio, Wales in November 2011

Mastered in January 2013.

Mael Mórdha "Manannán"

Mael Mórdha is a doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland. Its name can also be written in traditional Irish typography, as Mael Mórḋa. The band's music melds doom metal with Irish folk music to create what has been referred to as "Gaelic doom metal".

Mael Mórdha's third full-length album, entitled "Manannán", was released on 14 May 2010, by Grau Records.

Track list:

1. Through the Lungs of the Dead 05:11   
2. The Summoning 07:34   
3. The Doom of the Races of Éire 04:35  
4. Our Ancestors Dwell Here 05:29  
5. Manannán 07:34   
6. A Nation in Ruins 06:16   
7. The Gaedhilic Twillight 04:41   
8. Back to Éire I Go with a Heavy Heart 04:13   

Total time:   45:33  

The verse in the middle of "A Nation in Ruins" is taken from the poem called "The Wanderer" from the Book of Exeter written in the 10th century.

Recording information:

Recorded in Apollo Studios and Elektra Studios, Dublin between the months of April and May 2009.