''Ancestral Romance'' is the eighth full-length
album
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by the Spanish
power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
band
Dark Moor
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 b ...
, 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
, the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...
de La Mancha.
*"Mio Cid" is inspired by the legend of the Spanish hero
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...
.
*"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 the capital of the Province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula off the Atlantic Ocean separated fr ...
.
*"Ritual Fire Dance" is based on ''
Danza ritual del fuego'' by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.
References
DARK MOOR Official Website
2010 albums
Dark Moor albums
Scarlet Records albums
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