Dolmens - Les Guerriers de Lug (1999) pagan blackmetal
pagan blackmetal from France. "Le Solstice des Dieux" , a song from "Les Guerriers De Lug" , demo tape 1999 , full demo tracklist :
1 - Intro 0,52
2 - Le Solstice des Dieux 5,38
3 - Symboles Triomphants 6,41
4 - Les Guerriers de Lug 2,25
5 - Lugnasad 7,59
6 - Terre de Légendes 4,57
7 - Ancestrale Cérémonie pour la Dévotion des Dieux du Panthéon Gaulois 3,47
total playing time full album : 32,19
Dolmens , french pagan black metal band from Lyon (France) :
François (Horgr) - lead vocals, guitars, bass
Raphaël (Celtill) - keyboards, backing vocals
Yvan Kwietniak - drums, backing vocals
"Les Guerriers De Lug" , demotape 1999 , their only release .
recorded during January / February 1999 .
band photo, engineered and mixed by Samuel .
artwork by Aurora Borealis
self released (Lugdunum Records 001, Lugdunum Records is their own label, managed by Horgr)
Lug / Lugdunum is the ancient name of their city, Lyon .
(Lug-Dunum , fortress of Lúg)
Lug / Lugh / Lugus was an ancient Pagan Celtic God in Irish Mythology .
Lughnasadh is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals (in honour of the divinity Lúg) , along with Samhain, Imbolc and Beltane
as Dolmens, they were active some years, approx. from 1996 to 2000 ,
but in the same time the three members were active with another blackmetal band, Heredes, releasing some stuff from 1997 to 2011 (initially as a true band, '97-'98, then , after years of inactivity, as an one-man band by Horgr, 2009-2011) .
Horgr and Celtill were active also with another band of industrial blackmetal, The Hordes , releasing 2 albums from 1999 to 2003 .
Horgr had his personal solo project Horgr, 2 releases in 1998-99 .
Celtill (Raphael Guyon) , besides some other bands like for exhample Crystalium (blackmetal) was also member of the blackmetal band K Amon K (they were all in Crystalium..), authors of the excellent "Arca Ende Aeterna" album 2021 .
"In memory of our fathers the Gallics"
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