Dark Moor - Ars Musica (2CD) (Japan SHM-CD Edition) (2013)

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Dark Moor - Ars Musica (2CD) (Japan SHM-CD Edition) (2013)

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Dark Moor - Ars Musica (2CD) (Japan SHM-CD Edition) (2013)

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Year : 2013
Style : Symphonic Melodic Power Metal
Country : Spain
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 195 mb


Info:

Dark Moor was formed in 1993 in Madrid, Spain, and recorded their debut album, Shadowland, in the summer of 1999. Dark Moor played live supporting Demons and Wizards on their Spanish tour.Dark Moor began the recording sessions for their second album, The Hall of the Olden Dreams, in August 2000 at New Sin Studios with producer Luigi Stefanini. During these recording sessions, the band recorded their cover of "Halloween", which was included on the CD The Keepers of Jericho part I - A Tribute to Helloween (Arise Records).Their E.P. The Fall of Melnibone was released in June 2001. This E.P was a limited edition; 1500 copies were released and only for the Spanish market.Dark Moor began the recording of their third album, The Gates of Oblivion, in Autumn 2001 at New Sin Studios. Dark Moor signed with the major label JVC for the Asian release. The band played 18 gigs at festivals such as Rock Machina, Viña Rock and Nit De Reis. After the first part of the tour, keyboardist Roberto Peña left the band and they were forced to finish the tour with a guest musician.In August 2003 Dark Moor recorded four new exclusive acoustic tracks along with a string quartet, to be included in Between Light and Darkness, which was released in April 2003. Due to differing points of view regarding the musical direction for the next Dark Moor album, vocalist Elisa Martin, guitarist Albert Maroto and drummer Jorge Sáez decided to leave Dark Moor to start a new band.The two remaining members of the band decided to start a search for new members. After the auditions, they accepted vocalist Alfred Romero, guitarist Jose Garrido, and drummer Andy C.In August 2003, the band started recording their fourth album, Dark Moor, at New Sin Studios in Italy. Following a month of recording sessions, the album was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.On 23 November 2006, the band announced the departure of their drummer on their official website, due to "incompatibility with his other musical projects." He would go on to play drums for Saratoga. His replacement, Roberto Cappa, was previously in the Spanish metal band Anima Sola.In January 2009, their seventh album Autumnal was released.The band made an announcement on their website, dated 4 June 2010, that their eighth album is in the works. It will feature Berenice Musa as a guest vocalist. The album is titled Ancestral Romance and it was released in November 2010.On 18 June 2013 the band released their ninth album Ars Musica, with the Japanese limited version including a bonus CD with five bonus tracks. They toured Mexico and Asia the same year, as well as few dates in Europe in 2014 to support the new album.The band started recording their 10th studio album, Project X, on 27 July 2015. The release is scheduled for November 6th, 2015 on Scarlet Records.It will be the first album featuring new bass player Ricardo Moreno who joined the band in February 2015. The band published the artwork and tracklist for this album on September 21st, and revealed their new logo at the same time.

Album:

Ars Musica is the ninth full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor, released on 18 June 2013.Dark Moor has, for whatever reasons that affect a band’s demographics, flown under the radars of the power metal scanning systems for years. Their efforts, often compared to the likes of Rhapsody of Fire and Blind Guardian, are mostly fresh, riveting pieces of fantastic power metal—the kind of stuff that imprisons your mind and soul whenever they’re given the chance to do so. I’m not going to make any rash comparisons between “Ars Musica” and Dark Moor’s other albums as I’m not horribly familiar with the bulk of them, but I will say “Ars Musica” is overall outstanding. Dark Moor’s efforts are as elegant as they are magnetic; gushing with songs that are confident, daring, catchy, and pristine, yet showing a degree of boldness that doesn’t transcend into ridiculousness or something gimmicky.With the flag of their Spanish heritage flying high—they have a song here entitled “The First Lance of Spain” for crying out loud—Dark Moor produces a hefty feast of grandiose power metal baptized in minor symphonic/orchestral influences and instruments. The songs aren’t radically different from one another, yet there’s a lot going on in each tune to give each one its own unique tint. The first number, “The First Lance of Spain,” doesn’t differ too radically from other tracks like “The City of Peace,” but the melodies and flares are often calculated and manufactured differently. That said, the aforementioned songs are two examples of the sheer excellence here. The riffs and solos are dramatic and demanding, and Alfred Romero, Dark Moor’s vocalist, proves he is one of the unsung heroes of power metal with one of its most amazingly graceful and versatile voices.It’s not like Dark Moor used some magic orb which blesses its user with awesome musical abilities to make “Ars Musica” so good; they’re just fantastic at writing cohesive, addicting anthems that have a lot of color yet not overloading with it. In fact, some of the more serious numbers, especially “Together as Ever,” are the album’s prime cuts. However, that is not to imply more chaotic songs like “Living in a Nightmare” deserve participation ribbons—Dark Moor has the game mastered no matter what they do. Female vocals are used semi-frequently behind Romero’s bellowing, and the orchestral elements are never underplayed or overcooked. The bass has an enormous presence here as well, and there are several songs in which Mario Garcia hammers out an organized bass lead and takes complete control of the whole portrait. Me gusta.However, “Spanish Suite (Asturias),” one of those neoclassical instrumental bits, runs a little too long and has pacing issues that throw it off a bit—not a horrible song, but it is far from the lush territory of its cohorts. “Ars Musica” is otherwise a stupendous experience of enchantment and supremacy by one of power metal’s strongest titans. This, ladies and gentlemen, is an album from a band that knows what it’s doing, and you’ll be enthralled by Dark Moor’s magic minutes after the power of “Ars Musica” has created an ethereal portal to an enticing world where first-rate power metal rules the day. The classy gentlemen of Dark Moor may not be overlords of their niche, yet they’re far from being a one-trick pony or a temporary flavor that’ll fizzle out. Check this out, now.

Line-Up:

Alfred Romero - Vocals (lead) (2003-present) - See also: ex-Scheherezade
Enrik García - Guitars (1993-present)
Mario García - bass
Roberto Cappa - drums

Additional musicians:

Berenice Musa - soprano voice
Luigi Stefanini - piano on #03, hammond organ on #06

Production:

Luigi Stefanini - Producer
Nathlia Suellen - Cover art

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Ars Musica (02:05)
02. The First Lance Of Spain (04:57)
03. This Is My Way (04:09)
04. The Road Again (04:32)
05. Together As Ever (04:43)
06. The City Of Peace (04:00)
07. Gara & Jonay (04:16)
08. Living In A Nightmare (04:12)
09. El Último Rey (05:07)
10. Saint James Way (03:59)
11. Asturias (05:22)
12. The Road Again (Acoustic Version) (02:37)
13. Living In A Nightmare (Orchestral Version) (04:11)

CD2: (Bonus CD)

01. This Is My Way (Orchestral Version) (04:07)
02. Together As Ever (Orchestral Version) (04:15)
03. El Ultimo Rey (Orchestral Version) (04:38)
04. First Lance Of Spain (Orchestral Version) (04:57)
05. Bohemian Caprice (Acoustic Bonus Track) (02:50)


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