Dalriada
Dalriada at the 2011Ragnarök Festival
Background information
Origin	Hungary
Genres	Folk Metal
Years active	1998–present
Labels	AFM Records
Members	Laura Binder András Ficzek István Molnár Mátyás Németh-Szabó Ádám Monostori Gergely Szabó Ádám Csete
Website	www.dalriada.hu

Dalriada is a Hungarianfolk metal band fromSopron,Hungary that was formed in 1998 asEcho of Dalriada, but shortened their name to Dalriada in late 2006. Their third studio albumKikelet and all subsequent albums were successful in the top ten of the officialMahasz music charts. TheirArany-album won the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards out of 70 contestants.^[1] In 2012, the band toured through Europe withArkona and Darkest Era.^[2]

The titles of their albums are supposed to be ancient Hungarian names of months (which are not used today). In fact they originate from thefolk-history work "Arvisurák [hu]" by Hungarian writer Zoltán Paál and are not based on any scientific evidence. Specifically, "Fergeteg" is, according to Paál, the ancient name of January, "Jégbontó" is February, "Kikelet" is March, "Szelek" is April, "Ígéret" is May, "Napisten" is June, "Áldás" is July, "Új Kenyér" is August, "Őszelő" is September, "Magvető" is October, "Enyészet" is November, and "Álom" is December. Arany-Album and Forrás are exceptions, the former contains the poems ofJános Arany, a Hungarian poet from the 19th century, and the latter - which is an acoustic album - translates as "Source", or "Spring".

The band attempted to compete in Eurovision, but since their music contains traditional folk tunes, they could not qualify to enter.^[3]

Current line-up

• Laura Binder – vocals (2001–present)
• András Ficzek – vocals (1998–present), guitars (2000–present)
• Mátyás Németh-Szabó – guitar (2006–present)
• Gergely Szabó "Szög" - keyboards, backing vocals (2014–present)
• István Molnár – bass (2008–present)
• Ádám Monostori - drums (2018–present)^[4]

Session musicians

• Attila Fajkusz – violin, tambourine, backing vocals (2007, 2009–present)
• Ernő Szőke – doublebass (2009–present)
• Gergely Szőke – viola, lute, acoustic guitars (2009–present)

Former and past members

• Péter Hende – guitars (1998 – 2001†)
• Marcell Fispán – guitars (1998–2005)
• Tadeusz Rieckmann - drums (2001-2018)
• György Varga – bass, harsh vocals (2002–2008)
• Gergely Nagy – keyboards (2003–2006)
• András Kurz – keyboards (2006–2009)
• Barnabás Ungár – keyboards, backing vocals, harsh vocals (2009–2014)
• Ádám Csete – bagpipe, flutes, backing vocals (2012–2019)

Timeline

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