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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
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First of the fourteen Skyclad records held here. It came a year into a run that began in 1990. 1991 puts it two years ahead of the genre it is filed under: this tree dates Folk metal from 1993. It is one of the four records Folk metal is listed as starting from.
From Wikipedia
The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the debut album by British folk metal band Skyclad. Though still rooted in thrash, it is regarded as one of the first folk metal albums, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre. Front cover artwork is by Garry Sharpe-Young.
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