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Enrik Garcia
Dark Moor is a Spanish symphonic power metal band from Madrid. Formed in 1993, they produced three full-length albums before undergoing a line-up change in which three members left the band to form their own project, Dreamaker. Afterwards, the band continued under the same name, recruiting suitable replacements in time for their eponymous 2003 album. Since 2002, guitarist Enrik Garcia has been the band's sole remaining founding member. Background 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). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
String Quartet
The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violinists, a Viola, violist, and a Cello, cellist. The string quartet was developed into its present form by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, whose works in the 1750s established the ensemble as a group of four more-or-less equal partners. Since that time, the string quartet has been considered a prestigious form; writing for four instruments with broadly similar characteristics both constrains and tests a composer. String quartet composition flourished in the Classical music era, Classical era, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven and Franz Schubert, Schubert each wrote a number of them. Many Romantic era music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early-twentieth-century composers composed string quarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Establishments In Spain
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarot (album)
''Tarot'' is the sixth full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor. The songs of the album are all named after the Major Arcana deck in the Tarot card game. The first single extracted from the album was "The Chariot". Manda Ophuis of the Dutch symphonic metal band Nemesea is the guest female vocalist on ''Tarot''. The final track, "the Moon", samples Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" and "Moonlight Sonata". The bonus track, "Mozart's March" is based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Rondo A'la Turca". It was also performed live in Granada, Spain, Piorno Rock, back in 2002, five years before it was even released. Track listing # "The Magician" - 1:29 # "The Chariot" - 4:20 # "The Star" - 4:25 # "Wheel of Fortune" - 3:55 # "The Emperor" - 4:07 # "Devil in the Tower" - 7:49 # "Death" - 4:58 # "Lovers" - 4:04 # "The Hanged Man" - 5:27 # "The Moon" - 11:28 # "The Fool" onus- 4:12 # "Mozart's March onus Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Sea (Dark Moor Album)
''Beyond the Sea'' is the fifth full-length album by Spanish neo-classical metal band Dark Moor. Recorded in 2004, it was released in early 2005. It is the band's first record to feature new bassist Dani Fernández. The song "Beyond the Sea" was featured on a compilation in the memory of producer Big Simon. Track listing # "Before the Duel" - 3:50 # "Miracles" - 6:11 # "Houdini's Great Escapade" - 4:59 # "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" - 0:52 # "The Silver Key" - 6:15 # "Green Eyes" - 4:36 # "Going On" - 4:41 # "Beyond the Sea" - 3:57 # "Julius Caesar (Interlude)" - 2:23 # "Alea Jacta" - 5:01 # "Vivaldi's Winter (Bonus track)", (includes 2-minute silence and a hidden piano-only track) - 7:40 # "Innocence" (Japanese bonus track) - 4:06 Personnel * Alfred Romero - vocals & choirs, acoustic guitars * Enrik García - guitars, guttural voice * Dani Fernández - bass * Andy C. - drums, piano Additional musicians * Dobrin Ionela - choirs * Mamen Castaño - choirs * Nacho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. , Facebook claimed almost 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. , Facebook ranked as the List of most-visited websites, third-most-visited website in the world, with 23% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project X (Dark Moor Album)
Dark Moor is a Spanish symphonic power metal band from Madrid. Formed in 1993, they produced three full-length albums before undergoing a line-up change in which three members left the band to form their own project, Dreamaker. Afterwards, the band continued under the same name, recruiting suitable replacements in time for their eponymous 2003 album. Since 2002, guitarist Enrik Garcia has been the band's sole remaining founding member. Background 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). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ars Musica (album)
''Ars Musica'' is the ninth studio album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor, released on 18 June 2013. Track listing # "Ars Musica (Intro)" - 02:05 # "First Lance of Spain" - 05:06 # "This Is My Way" - 04:17 # "The Road Again" - 04:34 # "Together as Ever" - 04:53 # "The City of Peace" - 04:08 # "Gara and Jonay" - 04:27 # "Living in a Nightmare" - 04:22 # "El Último Rey" - 05:18 # "St. James Way" - 04:07 # "Asturias (Outro suite)" - 05:32 # "The Road Again" (Acoustic version - Bonus track on some CDs) - 02:43 # "Living in a Nightmare" (Orchestral version - Bonus track on some CDs) - 04:19 Japanese edition bonus disc These tracks are orchestral versions of some songs including a bonus track. # "The Road Again (Acoustic version)" - 02:43 # "Living in a Nightmare" - 04:19 # "This Is My Way" - 04:06 # "Together As Ever" - 04:15 # "El Último Rey" - 04:38 # "First Lance Of Spain" - 04:57 # "Bohemian Caprice (Bonus Track)" - 02:51 Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancestral Romance
''Ancestral Romance'' is the eighth full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor, released on 24 November 2010. Track listing # "Gadir" - 4:59 # "Love from the Stone" - 4:02 # "Alaric de Marnac" - 4:42 # "Mio Cid" - 6:39 # "Just Rock" - 2:35 # "Tilt at Windmills" - 5:19 # "Canción del Pirata" - 5:39 # "Ritual Fire Dance" - 3:58 # "Ah! Wretched Me" - 4:59 # "A Music in My Soul" - 7:31 Concepts *"Canción del Pirata" means "Song of the Pirate" in Spanish and is based on a poem written by José de Espronceda. *"Ah! Wretched Me" is based on the " Life is a Dream" by Calderon de la Barca. *"Tilt at Windmills" is based on Don Quixote de La Mancha. *"Mio Cid" is inspired by the legend of the Spanish hero El Cid. *"Alaric de Marnac" is an adaptation of Paul Naschy's latest book of the same title. *"Love From the Stone" tells of the legend of the lovers of Teruel. *"Gadir" is inspired by the first city founded in Europe, Cádiz Cádiz ( , , ) is a city in Spain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumnal
''Autumnal'' is the seventh full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor. The recording of this album was announced in early 2008, with constant updates posted on their website since then. The title of the album was revealed on November 16, 2008, on Dark Moor's website, along with the cover art and the official track listing. The first single from the album, "On the Hill of Dreams" was posted on their Myspace one month later on December 16, 2008. Towards the end of the year, December 29, it was revealed that Dani Fernandez would no longer be playing with them. The next day, they announced Dark Moor's new bassist would be Mario Garcia. This album also features the voice of Itea Benedicto, a soprano and current lead singer in the Spanish band Niobeth. A video was shot for the first single was filmed, a process that ended on 7 January 2009. The video was made public on the 12th of that same month and year. The video features the band playing in a white room, performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
