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My only previous experience with French ambient act Dark Sanctuary was their “De Lumière Et d´Obscurité” album, and to speak you frankly, it really didn´t impress me whatsoever. I bought it since some reviews I read seemed to convince me about the quality of the recording. At home, the sensations were disappointing; it was dull and boring for me, so the end of the CD was in a record store, sold in exchange of some bucks. Now I had another chance to taste the music of these guys, and fortunately this time the reaction of my senses has been quite different. The style has been clearly improved and strengthened, and the style has matured to conform a piece of music clearly more inspired and complete than before. Production courtesy of Marcus Stock and his Klangschmiede Studio E is spectacular, crystalline, and absolutely relevant in order to give Dark Sanctuary the church feeling they want for their releases. The tracks are chapel hymns to reflect the dark night of the soul on the unstirred waters of loneliness. Pianos and female vocals are beautifully woven in ravishing pieces as “Cristal”. Both are the core of the music played by this act. The element which has been more worked on are percussions, crucial to communicate the listener the solemnity of some passages. If you don´t believe me, listen to the tragic pace set by drums on “Elle Et L'aube”. Most of the feelings I experience from hearing this album are melancholy and calmness of the inner thoughts, there´s no dark visions nor sinister sounds conveyed to the music. “A Mes Ennemis” is a song which represents perfectly the essence of the album: relaxing and majestic chamber music led by female classical vocals, supported by piano, church organs and orchestral synths and with occasional percussions.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Ouverture |
| 2. Elle Et L'aube |
| 3. Dein Kalter Stein |
| 4. Memento Mei |
| 5. The Garden Of Jane Delawney |
| 6. Cristal |
| 7. Mon Errance... |
| 8. A Mes Ennemis |
| 9. Sortie Du Cloître |
| 10. Des Illusions |
| 11. Je M'en Irai |
: 62.29
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