Autumnal

Dark Moor - Autumnal (2009)

Autumnal seasonis a the latest album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor. It is their seventh full length album. The recording of this album was announced as early as May 4, 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 off of 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 the 7th of 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, performing On The Hill of Dreams.


Track listing

1. Swan Lake (Based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet)
2. On the Hill of Dreams (First single, First video)
3. Phantom Queen (Based partly on the story of Cú Chulainn, and The Morrigan)
4. An End So Cold (Based on Shakespeare’s Ophelia)
5. Faustus (Based on Goethe’s drama)
6. Don’t Look Back (Based on the classical Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice)