Beltaine

celtic

There are 6 bands with this name: 1) Beltaine - 90s post hardcore/rock from Rhode Island. 2) Beltaine Celtic Group is one of the new Polish bands playing celtic folk. 3) Czech Beltaine's music is based on a combination of doom and death metal with pagan elements and touches of folklore. 4) There is also another Polish band called Beltaine. They are from Warsaw and play dreamy, gloomy rock/folk similar to Dead Can Dance or Deep Forest. 5) Another folk project, headed by Omnia's Jenny. 6) A young band of British musicians who released a beautiful album of 5 songs called Half Way. 1)Beltaine - post hardcore/rock from Rhode Island. In the summer of 1993, James Quigley, along with friends Way O'Malley and Henry Evans began creating music together. Through word of mouth, they found drummer Sean Gilchrist and guitarist Paul Vieira who had been playing together for years. Practicing for hours in a small barn out in Charlestown, Rhode Island the five members wrote songs quickly and easily. In just a few months they were recording their four song cassette demo at Sampson Studios in Tiverton, RI with engineer Keith Souza (now owner of Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI). Numerous local shows followed. The band recorded more songs for a 3 song vinyl EP that eventually came out on Watermark records, though you would be hard pressed to actually find any anywhere! Later in '94 after a show at Club Babyhead, Henry was asked to leave due to musical differences and the band drafted i...