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Posted: 23-03-2007, 00:23
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зломбный релизомби Group: News makers Posts: 5600 Warn:0% ![]() |
trax: 01. The Magician 02. The Chariot 03. The Star 04. Wheel Of Fortune 05. The Emperor 06. Devil In The Tower 07. Death 08. Lovers 09. The Hanged Man 10. The Moon 11. The Fool (Bonus Track) Label: Scarlet Records Musicians Alfred Romero: vocals Enrik Garcia: guitars Dani Fernandez: bass Roberto Cappa: drums Add.: choirs, Manda Ophuis (Nemesea The first Dark Moor album ‘Shadowland’ was released way back in 1999, so we can say that the band has been around for a while. Initially the power metal with many classical influences was relished with vocals by Elisa C. Martin, but at the end of 2003 problems arose in the band and Elisa was one of the members who preferred to look for fortune elsewhere (more precisely in Dreamaker). No problem at all, because it meant that we could make acquaintance with singer Alfred Romero on the self-titled ‘Dark Moor (2004) and this was even better and more successful for these Spanish guys. A tour with After Forever around that time brought them to Belgium for the first time. Since then the band had stayed loyal to his concept and now it is time for their sixth studio album ‘Tarot’. As the title immediately suggests, they have written an extensive and well executed concept story about the mysteries of the tarot cards and how we can link this with real life. We welcome a new drummer (Robert Cappa), but as for the recordings, Dark Moor chose the familiar guidance and skilled judgement of producer Luigi Stefanini (also famous from Rhapsody, Labyrinth and Vision Divine; all bands with a little bit of resemblance with these Spanish band’s approach). The music is very bombastic and filmic, just as the intro, which fluently pass into the catchy ‘The Chariot’. A video clip has been shot for this song and the fetching vocal lines soon stay in your mind. Moreover, it is in a minute obvious that guitarist Enrik Garcia is doing an ingenious job on this album. I can hardly believe that there is just one guitar player adding a zest to this album. Alfred Romero has a marvellous voice which reminds me of Daniel Estrin of Voyager in ‘The Star’, but Kamelot fans will protest and claim that the comparison with Kahn is much more appropriate. Anyway, the man just sings brilliant, though I have to say that we can rarely hear him doing solo vocal parts. Most of the time he is backed by the voice of Manda Ophuis (from the Dutch Nemesea) and even more by a lot of choirs. This album really has an opulence of choirs. These are minutely recorded a month before the rest of the album was registered. Fortunately everything has been served with a superior sound and this makes it a stunner. The band is able to realize their intentions. For arrangements and working it out precisely must have been a huge job. Not one weak song can be found on the album and more than once I was extra charmed by the fetching vocal lines and really sublime guitar skills (listen to ‘Death’ for example). Only one track can be labelled as ballad and that is ‘Lovers’ (eh... typical). But the prestigious nature of this music is most efficient in longer compositions. That is why I want to mention them as highlights. ‘Devil In The Tower’ has some folk/troubadour influences in its vocals, again much classical parts – it almost approaches Rhapsody – it turns into piano and strings towards another speedy guitar solo to end in a kind of repetitive canon chant. The other long track ‘The Moon’ is based upon a classic symphony and catches the eye by its beautiful, slow guitar solo with introvert piano notes. It is their first album on Scarlet Records and the success of Dark Moor will surely expand again. Highly recommended for fans of Kamelot, Rhapsody, Vision Divine and symphonic metal. |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 00:25
(post 2, #728496)
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зломбный релизомби Group: News makers Posts: 5600 Warn:0% ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 00:32
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зломбный релизомби Group: News makers Posts: 5600 Warn:0% ![]() |
LF, я еще топик не успел до конца оформить.... ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 00:50
(post 4, #728503)
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Hand of Doom ![]() Group: Roots Posts: 17384 |
а кому сейчас легко ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 01:24
(post 5, #728515)
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Старый пессимист Group: Prestige Posts: 4495 Warn:0% ![]() |
sanbo Балуешь ты нас ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 10:34
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Металист алкоголик ![]() Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 3639 Warn:0% ![]() |
Отличный альбом они смастерили ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() А вот и Видео из этого альбома This post has been edited by jocker on 23-03-2007, 10:39 |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 14:48
(post 7, #728639)
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Superman Group: News makers Posts: 1229 Warn:0% ![]() |
Я не понял, а куда делся Анан Кадури? ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 16:34
(post 8, #728666)
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Hand of Doom ![]() Group: Roots Posts: 17384 |
Мда... Не плохо, конечно, но без Элизки это что-то не то. Играют хорошо, но с вокалом попенгаген. По сравнению, конечно - в целом дисочек на крепкую четверку ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 19:16
(post 9, #728713)
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зломбный релизомби Group: News makers Posts: 5600 Warn:0% ![]() |
они взяли нового драммера Roberto Cappa... ну, наверное, все вокруг етого и закручено... так скать смотрите на что етот Роберто способен.... вобщем с задачей справился... кажись... |
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Posted: 23-03-2007, 23:19
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Advanced Group: Members Posts: 250 Warn:0% ![]() |
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Posted: 27-03-2007, 16:16
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Goooooooooooooooooooood thanks! |
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Posted: 25-07-2007, 09:34
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Ваня Б. Коровкин Group: News makers Posts: 3654 Warn:0% ![]() |
Ну вот и до этого альбома уши дошли. При всей моей нежной любви к испанской тяжелой музыке, к этой компании я отношусь прохладно. Вообще, многие группы можно было и не создавать. Невнятное тарахтение барабанов и гитар под клавишный хорус - настолько популярный саунд, что уши отказываются воспринимать что-то еще в этом клише, и приходится себя заставлять ![]() Если говорить об альбомах Dark Moor, то самым выдающимся их творением был и остается "The Gates Of Oblivion", который почему-то не проходил на Нетлабе. Будучи обладателем японского издания этого опуса уже собрался было исправить положение, как обнаружил в сети вполне живой релиз этого же японца (Victor / VICP 61796), который на поверку оказался не только правильно срезан, но и сопровожден ковриками включая даже картинку "Cool Japanese Writings" ![]() ![]() UPD: состряпал Topic Link: Dark Moor (2002) The Gates Of Oblivion (Japanese Release) |
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Posted: 25-07-2007, 13:42
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Герой Асфальта ![]() Group: Roots Posts: 18547 |
Было и даже два раза, причём один раз, Сергей Оверкиллович выкладывал японский вариант ![]() |
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