Dark Age of Reason

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共10首歌曲

艺人: Arcana
语种: 英语
厂牌: Cold Meat Industry
发行时间: 1996年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

Following their astonishing appearance on Cold Meat Industry's "...And Even Wolves Hid Their Teeth" sampler, the whole world was eagerly awaiting the release of Arcana's debut full-length, and the duo of Peter Pettersson and Ida Bengtsson did not disappoint them, by presenting an unparalleled form of melancholic ambiance which fed greatly on Medieval and Ecclesiastical/Gothic Baroque music to deliver somber and glorious anthems of refined beauty and sorrow. Dead Can Dance comparisons immediately surfaced, but the fact is that Arcana have captured an intimate essence that Dead Can Dance had only hinted at. It was indeed dark, but also strangely blissful and serene... Arcana built grand and bold orchestrations where ethereal string, piano, oboe and clarinet melodies were allowed to rise from the keyboards in order to complement the majestic and epic percussion and the male and female choirs and solo vocals which seemed to blend into it all in an intimately compromising way. The dismal atmospheres reached deep into the listener and quickly coiled around him in order to transport him to Arcana's magic and quiet world. Pieces such as "Angel of Sorrow', "Dark Age of Reason" or "...For My Love" offered decadent and dungeon-like moods - they were dense, claustrophobic, cataclysmic, but most of all, strangely intriguing and mystic. "Source of Light" and "The Song of Mourning", on the other hand, were lush and gorgeous anthems where joy and glory shined bright like the sun, even if heavily clouded by a bittersweet melancholy - strong, noble and uplifting, pretty much what you would expect death itself to bring as you rise to the heavens, yet also very sad. The melody of "The Calm Before the Storm" was somehow naively beautiful and merry, whereas "Like Statues in the Garden of Dreaming" and "The Oath" were both soothing and graceful. "Serenity"'s tragically romantic and intimate feeling is something that you'd want to share with your loved one as you hold her in our arms, or as your mourn her loss. Praised by critics and fans alike, "Dark Age of Reason" remains to this day as Arcana's most melancholic work.

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