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[DEMO] The Red Barn

by Cruel Mother

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[Demo] Lyrics adapted from The Murder of Maria Marten / Murder in the Red Barn (Roud 215), telling the story of the murder of young Maria Marten by her lover, William Corder, at the Red Barn of Polestead, Suffolk, in 1827. The "Red Barn murder", as it became known, rapidly ignited popular imagination and caused a sensation in the popular press. It was reported in many broadsides and adapted into novels, folk song, plays, and, later, a number of films during the 20th-century. Percy Grainger collected a fragment of the folk song in 1908, recorded on wax cylinder.

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released April 1, 2023

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Cruel Mother London, UK

Formed within the tolling of the Bow Bells in East London, doom metal band Cruel Mother take their lyrical inspiration from English printed broadsides and the folk song corpus, particularly the rich tradition of English murder ballads. The band mixes heavy riffs and crunchy grooves with the melancholic lament of the fiddle, creating a doom concept band unlike any other. ... more

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