GUN GHAOL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM EADAR BÀS IS BRUADARAN OUT 12th FEB
SHARE LIMONEAD COLLABORATION “GABH CEUM AIR AIS“
Gun Ghaol by Liam Gillespie
Scottish Gaelic metalcore band Gun Ghaol have announced their new album Eadar Bàs is Bruadaran, which translates as ‘Between Death and Dreams’ and is set for release 12th of February 2027. Alongside the announcement, the band have released a new single with Gaelic hip-hop artist Limonead. “Gabh Ceum Air Ais”, which translates to ‘Take A Step Back’, fuses the styles of both artists into a nu-metal hybrid. The band say it is the first nu-metal song to be performed in Gaelic.
Listen to “Gabh Ceum Air Ais” HERE
Eadar Bàs is Bruadaran marks another step forward in the band’s sound, with Pete Grossmann of Chicago’s Bricktop Studios mixing and mastering the record. Its first two singles already show contrasting sides of the album: “Port” draws its central motif from a 300-year-old Gaelic vocal tradition, while “Gabh Ceum Air Ais” pairs the band’s metalcore with Limonead’s Gaelic rap in an early-noughties-inspired nu-metal track. The album follows 2024 debut Leum, which Cailean recorded, mixed and mastered himself, and 2025 EP Sgrios, mixed and mastered by Dundee-based Kieran Smith (To Kill Achilles).
Speaking on the album, Cailean says: “This is our first album as an actual band rather than just myself, so it feels like our real debut. It’s a chance to make a statement about what Gun Ghaol is, and a taste of what Gaelic metalcore can be. There’s such a rich history of Celtic sounds and folklore for us to dive into.”
“This is just the first chapter.”
For “Gabh Ceum Air Ais”, the band turned to the music where Cailean first cut his teeth with the heavier side of music. “Linkin Park is what got me into heavy music,” explains Cailean. “That combination of rapping, DJ scratches, screaming and a big chorus is what makes nu-metal so much fun.”
“It’s exactly what we’ve tried to do with Gabh Ceum Air Ais. You’ll hear those early noughties influences all over the song. Gaelic nu-metal exists now, and I really hope we keep seeing more Celtic artists pushing boundaries.”
Cailean met Limonead, real name Sinead Swann, at the annual FilmG awards in Glasgow over the summer. The video for her debut single “Nach Buidhe Dhut” won the FilmG Choice award on the night. The song was released in March 2026, found a wide audience on TikTok, and received a co-sign from Móglaí Bap of Kneecap.
Sinead said: “I’ve followed Gun Ghaol for a while, so when they asked about a feature it was a no-brainer. I grew up with parents who were both metalheads, so this was an incredible opportunity. It’s an awesome thing to make something that’s never been done before in the language.”
Cailean Stone and Limonead
Gun Ghaol, which translates as “without love”, describe themselves as the world’s only Gaelic metalcore band, with every song and lyric in Scottish Gaelic. The project began in 2023, when vocalist Cailean Stone, a broadcaster and media coach from Thurso whose background includes a spell as senior reporter at Radio Clyde, posted a TikTok of himself screaming lyrics in Gaelic. Viewers commented that they had never heard Gaelic used that way. He kept building the following, released a handful of songs, and recorded, mixed and mastered the debut album Leum, released on 18 October 2024.
“I grew up in a Gaelic-speaking household in the Highlands, and there was often Gaelic music playing on CDs or on the radio, but it was all what you’d expect: folk music, strummed guitars, the occasional fiddle or accordion,” says Cailean. “The closest you got to rock was Runrig, and their heyday was the 1980s. That’s what Gun Ghaol was born out of: a desire to create the kind of heavy music that I wish I could’ve listened to as a kid, and create something that has never existed before in the language.”
“For people new to Gun Ghaol, it’s not about needing to follow the lyrics. It’s understanding that we’re a band who want to say things in our own language. Gaelic has hundreds of words or turns of phrase that have no direct English translation, and being able to use those in the context of heavy music is really special.”
Cailean’s mother grew up on the Isle of Lewis and learned English at school. Gaelic is the language the two of them speak together, and as a singer and songwriter who has competed regularly at the Royal National Mòd, her performance background and native tongue were big influences on him. She features on the closing track of Eadar Bàs is Bruadaran.
Belladrum Festival invited Gun Ghaol to open its Garden Stage in August 2025, which became the project’s debut show, and Cailean recruited a full band: Stuart Bradley on drums, Finlay Cable on bass, and Ewan Cruickshank and Paul Martin on guitars. The five-piece made their Irish debut at Dorn San Aer in Donegal the following month, released the EP Sgrios in September 2025, and played a series of Scottish shows supporting Kill The Lights, Glamour of the Kill and Coilguns.
“We’ve had such a welcoming reaction from the heavy music scene, to the extent that people have come up to me at merch after a show to tell me they started learning Gaelic because of our band,” says Cailean. “Gaelic media, like BBC Alba and Radio nan Gàidheal, have also been big supporters of ours.”
The language runs through the band’s 2026 releases. “Salm” features Gaelic psalm-singing from Cailean’s childhood, while “Dorchadas”, featuring Irish band Vileblood, is billed as the first metalcore song performed in both Gaelic and Irish. In May, the band released “Gun Alba”, billed as the first World Cup song in Gaelic, to mark Scotland’s return to the tournament after 28 years. BBC Introducing described their sound as “metalcore breakdowns with the energy of a hardcore show”.
The video for “Gabh Ceum Air Ais” was shot under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, aiming to capture the industrial look of many nu-metal videos from the early 2000s.
Watch below.
Gun Ghaol begin their first headline tour in November, with shows in Inverness and Edinburgh sold out weeks in advance. Other stops include Cailean’s hometown of Thurso, Aberdeen, Dundee and an appearance at Glasgow’s Core Festival, followed by headline shows in Manchester and Newcastle in January and a four-date Irish run in March.
“Gabh Ceum Air Ais” is available on streaming platforms now. Eadar Bàs is Bruadaran will be released 12th February 2027.
Pronunciation
Gun Ghaol: “Goon Ghoul”
‘Gabh Ceum Air Ais’: “Gav Came Irash”
Limonead: “limonade”
Gun Ghaol are
Cailean
Stuart Bradley – drums
Finlay Cable – bass
Ewan Cruickshank – guitar
Paul Martin – guitar
Gun Ghaol tour dates
06.11 Inverness, Upstairs (sold out)
07.11 Thurso, Central
08.11 Aberdeen, Krakatoa
21.11 Dundee, Hidden
22.11 Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire (sold out)
29.01 Manchester, Gullivers
30.01 Newcastle, Lubber Fiend
04.03 Belfast, Voodoo
05.03 Cork, Fred Zeppelins
06.03 Limerick, Dolans Kasbah
07.03 Dublin, Fibber Magees