Beyond the Sea (Dark Moor album)

Beyond the Sea
Studio album by Dark Moor
Released	31 January 2005
Recorded	New Sin Studios, M20 Studios, May-October 2004
Genre	Neo-classical metal, power metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length	50:23
Label	Arise
Producer	Luigi Stefanini, Enrik García, Big Simon
Dark Moor chronology
Dark Moor (2003) Beyond the Sea (2005) Tarot (2007)

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.^[1] It is the band's first record to feature new bassist Dani Fernandez. The song "Beyond the Sea" was featured on a compilation in the memory of producer Big Simon.

Track listing

1. "Before the Duel" - 3:50
2. "Miracles" - 6:11
3. "Houdini's Great Escapade" - 4:59
4. "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" - 0:52
5. "The Silver Key" - 6:15
6. "Green Eyes" - 4:36
7. "Going On" - 4:41
8. "Beyond the Sea" - 3:57
9. "Julius Caesar (Interlude)" - 2:23
10. "Alea Jacta" - 5:01
11. "Innocence" (Japanese bonus track) (originally from the Between Light and Darkness EP, as "the Sea") - 6:40
12. "Vivaldi's Winter (japanese Bonus track)", (includes 2-minute silence and a hidden piano-only track) - 7:40

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 Ruiz - choirs
• José Garrido - choirs
• Kiko Hagall - choirs
• Marcial Ortiz - choirs
• Juan Vidal - choirs
• Elena Canales - choirs
• Lucia Ribera - choirs
• Tina Alonso - choirs
• Yolanda Alonso - choirs

Concepts

• "The Silver Key" is based on the "Dreamlands" of H. P. Lovecraft.
• "Green Eyes" is based on the story of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (Spanish poet 1836-1870)
• "Julius Caesar" and "Alea Jacta" are based on Julius Caesar, a Roman military and political leader.
• "Vivaldi's Winter" is a metal version of an Antonio Lucio Vivaldi's composition. This track includes a silence about 5 min 40 sec in between "Vivaldi's Winter" and "noname Piano Music".

References

1. "Dark Moor - Beyond the Sea". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-04-21.