What is "blackhouse"

n. (alternative spelling of black-house English)

A blackhouse (, ; ) is a traditional type of house which used to be common in the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, and Ireland.

Blackhouse is a Christian industrial band based out of Eureka, California. Blackhouse plays what has been cited as "primo industrial rock", contrasting with industrial rock styles promulgated by artists such as NIN, Klank, or Circle of Dust. Blackhouse was formed in 1984 and is cited as the first band to make industrial music for the Christian market.

Blackhouse is the seventh studio album by Scottish celtic fusion band Peatbog Faeries, released in May 2015 by the band's label Peatbog Records. After recording their acclaimed album Dust (2011), the band played live for the following few years, during which time fiddler Peter Tickell left the band, to be replaced by Ross Touper. As the band had not recorded an album for some years, they returned to record Blackhouse mainly in a cottage in Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan during 2014, although recording continued into 2015. Their first album with Touper, and their first without a brass section since Welcome to Dun Vegas (2003), Blackhouse was produced by Calum MacLean and displays a very eclectic array of genres, fusing the band's Scottish celtic roots with genres such as jazz, funk, reggae, dance and house.

The album was released to a very positive reception from music critics, who commended the array of music. One reviewer said the album was "a monumental homage to home, a sumptuous cavalier shot of bravado and experiment, which has undoubtedly assured the Peatbog Faeries individualism and taken them to the borders of lands unknown. Dazzling." The album was nominated for numerous year-end awards, including "Instrumental Album for the Year" at the Fatea Awards 2015, "Best Album from a Band" at Folk Worlds 2015 Album Awards and "Album of the Year" at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2015.