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group

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, originally released exclusively to clients in the motion picture and advertising industry for the purpose of

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in March 2010. It was uniquely distributed on a flash drive, rather than a physical disc. It includes 32 principal tracks, split into two themed volumes. Additionally, it contains a large collection of alternative versions; therefore, in total, ''Power of Darkness'' consists of 77 tracks. They are composed by Thomas J. Bergersen and

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. The album was recorded in

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(by Capellen Orchestra), in

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, and in

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. The cover artwork and the sleeve are designed by Steven R. Gilmore. Some tracks were made available to the general public on subsequent commercial albums, starting with ''

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'' (2010). In 2017, the album was finally released to the public, albeit modified to consist of only tracks which had still not yet been made commercially available and under the title of ''Power of Darkness Anthology''.

Track listing

Below is the original track listing. The public

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of the album as ''Power of Darkness Anthology'' was released on 1 August 2017. Its listing is different to the original – it is most of the remaining tracks which, until its release, were still unavailable for public purchase and arranged in a different order; tracks which had already been released to the public on other commercial albums were excluded. Therefore, ''Power of Darkness Anthology'' features 40 tracks and has a total length of 01:39:57. The main versions of "The Soul That Must Awaken" and "Ghost Brigades" were omitted from the release as the group were "just not happy" with them, opting to including their alternatives instead. Volume 1 – "Epic drama" Main tracks Volume 2 – "Action" Main tracks

Critical reception

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-associated reviews website, ''MundoBSO'', rated it seven out of ten stars. ''Trailer Music News'' called it "probably the most epic album by Two Steps From Hell" at the time.

Charts

As a demo, the album was not available for public purchase and therefore unable to enter any charts. However, the re-release of the album as ''Power of Darkness Anthology'' in 2017 was a public offering and did chart as follows:

Use in media

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'' and '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' and in commercials for ''

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''. *''Black Blade'' was used in trailers for ''

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'', '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', and ''

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'', TV spots for ''

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'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''

'', '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' and ''

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'', and commercials for the video games '' Homefront'', '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' and '' Binary Domain'', as well as trailers for the TV shows ''

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'' and '' Terra Nova''. *''Invincible'' was used in a commercial for

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''. *''Velocitron'' was used in commercials for ''

'' and a commercial for the video game '' Assassin's Creed Brotherhood''. *''Titan Dune'' was used in the theatrical trailer for '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)''. *''Ironwing'' was used in the launch trailer for ''

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''. *''Dark Harbor'' was used in a trailer for ''

''. *''Norwegian Pirate'' was used in the Character Progression trailer for the Smuggler class of '' Star Wars: The Old Republic''. *''Magnan Imus'' was used in the second trailer for the first season of ''

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''. *''Freefall'' was used for the entrance music of ''

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'' wrestler ''

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'' in 2011.

References

External links

* (Anthology only) {{Authority control 2010 albums Two Steps from Hell albums