Cairn

On The Summer Solstice Of 2008 Cairn Was Born In The First Melodies Of 'Solstiseraph'. Composing For A Debut Record Continued Apace Through The Winter And Though Many Of The Songs And The Band Itself Went Unnamed Until Spring A Unifying Lyrical Narrative Quickly Emerged. The Intent Of The Name Cairn Is Twofold First To Pay Homage To The Literal And Spiritual Old World From Which The Word Comes Second To Declare The Band's Ideological Intent. Combining Elements Of European Folk Progressive And Doom Cairn Is Elegiac Metal Neither Restrained Nor Defined By A Single Genre. 'Raise The Cairn' The Project's Debut EP Is A Concept Album That Draws Its Core Inspiration From The Ocean And Wild The Sagas And Natural Apotheoses. 'Raise The Cairn' Was Released On June 21 2011 - Three Years To The Day After It Was Begun. read less