Dark Moor was formed in 1993 in Madrid, Spain, and recorded their debut alb… Read Full Bio ↴Dark Moor was formed in 1993 in Madrid, Spain, and recorded their debut album, Shadowland, in the summer of 1999. Dark Moor played live supporting Demons and Wizards on their Spanish tour.

Dark Moor began the recording sessions for their second album, The Hall of the Olden Dreams, in August 2000 at New Sin Studios with producer Luigi Stefanini. During these recording sessions, the band recorded their cover of "Halloween", which was included on the CD The Keepers of Jericho part I - A Tribute to Helloween (Arise Records).

Their E.P. The Fall of Melnibone was released in June 2001. This E.P was a limited edition; 1500 copies were released and only for the Spanish market.

Dark Moor began the recording of their third album, The Gates of Oblivion, in Autumn 2001 at New Sin Studios. Dark Moor signed with the major label JVC for the Asian release. The band played 18 gigs at festivals such as Rock Machina, Viña Rock and Nit De Reis. After the first part of the tour, keyboardist Roberto Peña left the band and they were forced to finish the tour with a guest musician.

In August 2003 Dark Moor recorded four new exclusive acoustic tracks along with a string quartet, to be included in Between Light and Darkness, which was released in April 2003. Due to differing points of view regarding the musical direction for the next Dark Moor album, vocalist Elisa Martin, guitarist Albert Maroto and drummer Jorge Sáez decided to leave Dark Moor to start a new band.

The two remaining members of the band decided to start a search for new members. After the auditions, they accepted vocalist Alfred Romero, guitarist Jose Garrido, and drummer Andy C.

In August 2003, the band started recording their fourth album, Dark Moor, at New Sin Studios in Italy. Following a month of recording sessions, the album was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.

On 23 November 2006, the band announced the departure of their drummer on their official website, due to "incompatibility with his other musical projects." He would go on to play drums for Saratoga. His replacement, Roberto Cappa, was previously in the Spanish metal band Anima Sola.

In January 2009, their seventh album Autumnal was released.

The band made an announcement on their website, dated 4 June 2010, that their eighth album was in the works. It featured Berenice Musa as a guest vocalist. The album is titled Ancestral Romance and it was released in November 2010.

On 18 June 2013 the band released their ninth album Ars Musica, with the Japanese limited version including a bonus CD with five bonus tracks. They toured Mexico and Asia the same year, as well as few dates in Europe in 2014 to support the new album.

Dark Moor started recording their 10th studio album, Project X, on 27 July 2015 and released it in Europe on 6 November 2015 on Scarlet Records.

On 21 July 2018, Enrik Garcia, guitarist and founder of the band, announced via Facebook that their next album would be called Origins and that, after the parenthesis they did with ufology themes on Project X, they would return to their habitual themes; Origins will be about the celtic world, also adding celtic instruments on their new songs. This album has been released on 12 December 2018.

Green Eyes
Dark Moor Lyrics

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[Based on the story of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (Spanish poet 1836-1870)]
And old legend tells
A spirit of the devil dwells
In a lake beyond the trees
And I found my ruin in this place

Green eyes
Like a beam of the sun

That, swift, hides while it runs
Within the white foam
Green eyes
Your glance burned my chest
The desire of the quest
Of some eyes like those

Loneliness did filled my soul
And my mind they stole
I became drunk with its melancholy
When I saw her eyes in water

Green eyes
Like a beam of the sun
That, swift, hides while it runs
Within the white foam
Green eyes
Your glance burned my chest
The desire of the quest
Of some eyes like those

My course was her call
To her bed of emeralds
Waters jumped in glints of light
And then closed over my body

Green eyes
Like a beam of the sun
That, swift, hides while it runs
Within the white foam
Green eyes
Your glance burned my chest

The desire of the quest
Of some eyes like those

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Dark Moor's "Green Eyes" are based on the story of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, a Spanish poet and writer known for his works in Romanticism. According to the legend, there is a spirit of the devil that dwells in a lake beyond the trees, which is where the singer of the song finds ruin. The singer then describes the green eyes that he sees, comparing them to a beam of the sun that quickly disappears. The eyes burn his chest with desire, and he becomes intoxicated with their melancholy.

The lyricist portrays the loneliness the singer feels in his soul and how this loneliness overtook his thoughts when he saw the eyes in the water. The green eyes seem to call out to him, and he accepts their call to their bed of emeralds. Water jumps in glints of light with the singer, and soon after, the waters close over his body. The lyrics show the singer's obsession with the green eyes as he seeks to fulfill his desire by answering the call of the emerald bed.

Overall, the lyrics of "Green Eyes" encapsulate the tragic theme of an individual's downfall when driven by desire and obsession for something, in this case, the green eyes that the singer saw in the water.

Line by Line Meaning

And old legend tells
According to an age-old myth

A spirit of the devil dwells
There is a demonic presence

In a lake beyond the trees
It resides in a lake amidst the woods

And I found my ruin in this place
This is where my downfall began

Green eyes
Eyes of green color

Like a beam of the sun
Gleaming brightly like a ray of sunshine

That, swift, hides while it runs
That disappears as quickly as it appears

Within the white foam
Amidst the water's frothy surface

Green eyes
Eyes of green color

Your glance burned my chest
Your gaze stirred intense emotions in me

The desire of the quest
The longing for the search