Beithíoch to (not) release new album

Beithíoch ditches new album in favor of not polluting world with sub-standard music:
I’ve decided to scrap most of the material [ed. for the new album]. It was pretty much ready to go, but I don’t think its up to scratch any more.
Good enough by contemporary metal/music standards. But if we’re honest “good” nowadays doesn’t have [...]

Download remaster of Aisling Dhorcha

The downloadable version of Beithíoch’s Aisling Dhorcha has changed. The version that was on this site has been replaced with the newer remastered version of the album, albeit at a lower (but still listenable) bitrate.
For those of you who have the old mp3 version of the album its still worth downloading the new one [...]

Diveliz Rex release Beithíoch “Aisling Dhorcha” on tape

German label Diveliz Rex are releasing Beithíoch’s second album Aisling Dhorcha on tape.
From their press promo:
After the already promising debut Díolaim, Beithíoch has made a big step forward and delivers the follow-up concept Cassette album Aisling Dhorcha via DIVELIZ REX. Aisling Dhorcha consists of nine fantastic Ambient Black Metal songs with Gaelic lyrics that drag [...]

Beithíoch: new album news and preview track

News from Beithíoch.
Alot of people I know will still be getting their heads around Aisling Dhorcha, for the rest of the world though I’m happy to announce that more Beithíoch is immanent.
“An Sealgaire” is a short-form work part of a two-album set. Its in the droney, ambient, instrumental metal format of pieces like “Battle Fury”, [...]

Musical eugenics – why free downloads make sense

Beithíoch explains why their albums are free:
Alot of zines mistrust Beithíoch because the music is free. It pays to be wary of freebies. They’re usually either crap or have a catch (or both if you’re really lucky).
Beithíoch is different. For a genre oversaturated with bands, giving away an album for free is a shrewd move [...]

Metal and motifs

Inspired by a post at metal site hessian.org:
The use of motifs and leitmotifs is very frequent in the musical genres of classical and opera, but we can also find some examples of their use in that furious contemporary “classical” brand of sound making we known as heavy metal.
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Motifs have been used in metal music for [...]

Beithíoch – Aisling Dhorcha : released for free

The new album from Beithíoch is finished and available for free download from HI.ARC.TOW. Aisling Dhorcha remains within the ambient black metal framework set out on first album Díolaim whilst expanding the range of dynamics and mood. Unlike the fragmented first album Aisling Dhorcha is written as a complete, continuous whole; ocassionally recalling and mutating [...]