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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the debut album by British folk metal band Skyclad, and 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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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
Studio album by Skyclad
Released	17 October 1991
Recorded	Jacobs Studios, Surrey England
Genre	Folk metal, heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal[1]
Length	46:47[2]
Label	Noise
Producer	Skyclad, Kevin Ridley
Skyclad chronology
The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991) A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992)

Track listing

• All lyrics by Martin Walkyier. All music as noted under "Writer(s)". (Published by Dark Wings.)

Personnel

Skyclad

• Martin Walkyier - vocals
• Steve Ramsey - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
• Graeme English - electric bass, classical guitar
• Keith Baxter - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Joe "Guido" Caprani - voice on track 6
• Dominic Miller - classical guitar lead on track 9
• Mike Evans - fiddle
• Rog Patterson - keyboards, piccolo

References

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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (рус. Своенравные Сыны Матери-Земли) — дебютный студийный альбом британской фолк-метал-группы Skyclad, одна из первых записей в жанре фолк-метал.

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