Blood on the Black Robe
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{{Infobox album
| name = Blood on the Black Robe
| type = studio
| artist = Cruachan
| cover = Blood_on_the_Black_Robe.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 April 2011
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio = Trackmix Studios, Dublin, Ireland
| genre = Celtic metal, black metal
| length = {{Duration|m=58|s=01}}
| label = Candlelight
| producer = Michael Richards
| prev_title = The Morrigan's Call
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Blood for the Blood God
| next_year = 2014
}}
Blood on the Black Robe is the sixth studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan. It was released in 2011 on Candlelight Records.{{cite web|last=Hensch|first=Matt|title=Cruachan – Blood on the Black Robe Review|url=http://www.rocknworld.com/thrashpit/reviews/11/Cruachan_-_Blood_on_the_Black_Robe.shtml|publisher=rocknworld.com|accessdate=9 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Blood on the Black Robe|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45053/Cruachan-Blood-on-the-Black-Robe/|publisher=sputnikmusic.com|accessdate=9 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Review: Cruachan - Blood on the Black Robe (2011)|url=http://www.harvestmoonmusic.com/2011/03/review-cruachan-blood-on-black-robe.html|publisher=harvestmoonmusic.com|accessdate=9 March 2014|archive-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316170613/http://www.harvestmoonmusic.com/2011/03/review-cruachan-blood-on-black-robe.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Bray|first=Simon|title=Cruachan: Blood on the Black Robe|url=http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=10658|publisher=seaoftranquility.org|accessdate=9 March 2014}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 58:01
| title1 = To War
| note1 = instrumental
| length1 = 0:55
| title2 = I Am Warrior
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = The Column
| length3 = 7:12
| title4 = Thy Kingdom Gone
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = An Bean Sidhe
| length5 = 5:50
| title6 = Blood on the Black Robe
| length6 = 6:39
| title7 = Primeval Odium
| length7 = 7:18
| title8 = The Voyage of Bran
| length8 = 4:20
| title9 = Brian Boru's March
| note9 = instrumental
| length9 = 3:29
| title10 = Pagan Hate
| length10 = 5:12
| title11 = The Nine Year War
| length11 = 7:21
}}
Personnel
- Keith Fay – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bouzouki, mandolin, bodhrán, percussion
- John Clohessy – bass guitar
- Colin Purcell – drums, percussion
- John Ryan – violin, mandocello, bouzouki
- John Fay – tin whistle, low whistle, percussion, cover art
; Additional personnel
- Alex Shkuroparsky – Galician bagpipe
- Karen Gilligan – vocals on "An Bean Sidhe" and "The Voyage of Bran"
- Peter Rees – artwork
- Michael Richards – producer, recording