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.
Hand in Hand
Dark Moor Lyrics
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Two lovers were caught by their appalling fate
The enmity of their families made
The passion fade and the pain unquell
When dawn came, the city was covered by
A mantle of tragic sighs
The walls of the towers are hard to climb
They're a place of death if you mention who you are
My body is frozen and cold
The skies from blue turn to grey
All my desire carries no shame
I'll spread my wings to hold you in my arms
Like daylight chasing the dark
No one can hear me, it's the sound of the night
Tears in my hands. Only loneliness I'll find
A thin ice covers my soul
My body is frozen and cold
The skies from blue turn to grey
All my desire carries no shame
The lyrics of Dark Moor's song Hand in Hand narrate the story of two lovers whose families oppose their relationship. The opening line "A unique love rose from a unique hate" suggests that their love grew stronger due to the enmity between their families. However, the line "The passion fade and the pain unquell" suggests that their love has taken a toll on them and the constant battles have weakened their love. The song continues with the description of the setting, where the city is covered in tragic sighs and the walls of the towers are a place of death.
The persona in the song is alone and feeling lonely, and the ice covering their soul suggests that they are numb to the world. The line "All my desire carries no shame" could mean that they are resolute in their decision to go against the wishes of their families and be with their lover. The persona describes themselves as spreading their wings to hold their lover, and the metaphor of daylight chasing the dark adds to the intensity of their desire. However, they also realize that their love could only exist in the shadows of the night and that loneliness will be their only companion in the end.
Line by Line Meaning
A unique love rose from a unique hate
The love between two people emerged out of the hatred that existed between their families.
Two lovers were caught by their appalling fate
The fate of two people in love was doomed due to the hostility of their families.
The enmity of their families made
The animosity between their families caused
The passion fade and the pain unquell
Their love to diminish and the agony to persist.
When dawn came, the city was covered by
The break of day arrived, and the city was blanketed by
A mantle of tragic sighs
A pall of lamentations that expressed the misery and distress of the people who lived there.
The walls of the towers are hard to climb
The physical walls of the towers are difficult to scale.
They're a place of death if you mention who you are
If your identity becomes known in the towers, it could lead to fatal consequences.
A thin ice covers my soul
My emotions are fragile, and I feel extremely vulnerable.
My body is frozen and cold
I'm physically and emotionally numb.
The skies from blue turn to grey
The world around me changes, and my optimism fades.
All my desire carries no shame
My longing for someone is pure and virtuous and isn't embarrassing.
I'll spread my wings to hold you in my arms
I'll metaphorically soar to any height to embrace the person I love.
Like daylight chasing the dark
My affectionate ardor will conquer any uncertainty that has been caused by the darkness of the situation.
No one can hear me, it's the sound of the night
I feel isolated because no one can appreciate how I feel, and the surrounding stillness exacerbates the situation.
Tears in my hands. Only loneliness I'll find
The sadness which brings me down to tears can't give solace to my life, so I'll be left in solitude.
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SplatterCatGaming
Criminally underrated band. Always weirds me out how many people know Hammerfall, and how few know Dark Moor.
Nelcros
Now this comment I did not expect to see here. I just found this today and I am loving it!
AJ Waseskuk
Found out of Dark Moor through my Pandora channel for Nightwish. Love Nightwish a bit more, but Dark Moor is hilariously underrated/unknown. Kind of sad because they're one of the better bands I listen to.
Powermetalman
they are minor for power metal
mustafamufasa
Weirdly enough this is the first song that introduced me to the beauty of power metal. What a sound!
Dale Guimond
odd to see you here, I actually found your channel due to my interest in the Dawn of War games.
Herr Doktor
I know everybody feels this way about his type of music most likely, but it is still amazing how metal always got me covered, no matter how I feel. Gives the impression somebody can relate to you, even if they don't know you exist.
Luca G
The chorus is just phenomenal.
disastertruck
"A thin ice covers my soul My body is frozen and cold", I feel this line accurately describes the temperature of my basement right now
Seth Lanning
I heard this on Pandora. This song is so amazing, it made me so sad when I could not find in on itunes....... or Google play......or amazon......or any other mp3 seller :( I sent a message to iTunes asking them to get this album, I sure hope they do.