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Dark
Moor have very quickly become one of the leading metal bands from the
Mediterranean countries since their debut "Shadowland" was released through
B.O. Records in 1999. The band actually started out in 1994 in Madrid but it
obviously took them five years to be discovered by the metal music industry.
Now they are signed to their native label Arise Records who have managed to
sign some interesting bands. No matter what you think of this band there is no
way of denying the fact that they sound very much like the Italian Rhapsody,
both musically and vocally. What separates them is that Dark Moor don't have
the ambitious and pompous orchestral arrangements of Rhapsody and they also
have a female lead vocalist which doesn't really make that much of a
difference since she sounds like a male vocalist if you don't concentrate and
listen very closely. Even though their orchestral arrangements aren't as
complex as those of Rhapsody they are still very much influenced by classical
music which you can clearly notice in almost every song such as the nice
instrumental title track. This album opens up with a very nice neoclassical
speed riff showoff on the opening track "In The Heart Of Stone" and
throughout the whole album we are lucky to enjoy plenty of powerful epic metal
with wonderful melodies and superb vocal lines. Dark Moor have definitely come
to stay.
| Tracklist |
1. In The Heart |
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Of Stone 2. A New World 3. The Gates Of Oblivion 4. |
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Nevermore 5. Starsmaker (Eldereth) 6. Mist In The Twilight |
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7. By The Strange Path Of Destiny 8. The Night Of The Age 9. |
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Your Symphony 10. The Citadel Of The Light 11. A Truth For Me |
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12. Dies Irae (Amadeus) |
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