Eternity Rites
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Eternity Rites is the debut album of Austria
n band Dargaard
, released in 1998 by Draenor Productions. It instills a dark rhythm and develops "a climactic fairytale full of medieval/folk themes beautifully composed and perfectly performed".
The album includes eleven tracks, two of which are different parts of the song Eternity Rites. All the tracks are composed in mixture of neo-classical, folk and dark ambient music.
The vocals of Elisabeth Toriser, the soprano
with an operatic voice is also highly appreciated through most of reviews, which is "is both clear and powerful, yet strangely delicate."
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n band Dargaard
Dargaard
Dargaard is a neoclassical/ambient band from Austria formed in 1997. Typically in dark and somber moods, the music of Dargaard presents medieval and folk-like melodies, often orchestrated through the use of various instrument patches from a keyboard. The band is still active and has four releases...
, released in 1998 by Draenor Productions. It instills a dark rhythm and develops "a climactic fairytale full of medieval/folk themes beautifully composed and perfectly performed".
The album includes eleven tracks, two of which are different parts of the song Eternity Rites. All the tracks are composed in mixture of neo-classical, folk and dark ambient music.
The vocals of Elisabeth Toriser, the soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
with an operatic voice is also highly appreciated through most of reviews, which is "is both clear and powerful, yet strangely delicate."
Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eternity Rite (pt. 1: Sight from the Abyss/The Confession and Prophecy) | 6:43 |
| 2 | Demon Eyes | 5:08 |
| 3 | Fuer Grissa Est Dranka | 4:10 |
| 4 | Down to the Halls of the Blind | 3:24 |
| 5 | Nightvision | 3:06 |
| 6 | Arcanum Mortis | 3:32 |
| 7 | Eternity Rite (pt. 2: Invocation and Bounding) | 5:49 |
| 8 | Temple of the Moon | 3:43 |
| 9 | ... Of Broken Stones | 5:45 |
| 10 | Seelenlos | 4:09 |
| 11 | Transfer Complete | 2:07 |
Credits
- Tharen - composer, keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, vocals - Elisabeth Toriser - vocals