Ígéret is the seventh studio album of the Hungarian folk metal

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band Dalriada

Dalriada (band)

Dalriada is a folk metal band from Sopron, Hungary that was formed in 1998 as Echo of Dalriada, but shortened their name to Dalriada in late 2006. Their third studio album Kikelet and all subsequent albums were successful in the official Mahasz music charts with Szelek peaking at the second...

. This is their first album that incudes a song not only in Hungarian, since "Leszek A Hold" has Finnish verses, sang by Jonne Järvelä

Jonne Järvelä

Jonne Järvelä is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani and of former project Shaman. He is known in the Verga folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, Jaktens Tid. He once was a member of the Sami music group Angelin tytöt.- See also...

 of Korpiklaani

Korpiklaani

Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman.-Biography:While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal...

. The album title means "promise" in Hungarian.

Style

Ígéret combines metal elements like male and female growling with clean song and Hungarian folk, featuring a power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 ballad, "Mennyei Harang" as well as contrapuntal

Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...

 solos. Strong vocal melodies have been observed throughout the album. The album shows influences of Power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 and a few hints of Thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

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Reception

The album received favourable reviews from various webzines. Onemetal.com and the Austrian Stormbringer webzine lauded the successful combination of metal and folk and the songwriting on Ígéret. The latter remarked the diversity of the various tracks and singer Laura Binder's skill in clean vocals and growls.

Ígéret was also a commercial success and peaked at position 6 in the Hungarian Mahasz

Mahasz

Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....

official charts.

Track listing

The song "Igazi Tűz [True Fire]" is a tribute to former band member Péter Hende who died unexpectedly in 2001.

Personnel

• Laura Binder - vocals
• András Ficzek - vocals, guitars
• Mátyás Németh-Szabó - guitar
• István Molnár - bass
• Barnabás Ungár - keyboards, backing vocals
• Tadeusz Rieckmann - drums, harsh vocals, backing vocals

Session/guest musicians:

• Jonne Järvelä - vocals (on track 10)
• Attila Fajkusz - violin, tambourine, backing vocals
• Ernő Szőke - doublebass
• Gergely Szőke - viola, lute, acoustic guitars