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.

Lament of Misery
Dark Moor Lyrics

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I am the loner
The gloomy mist's owner
I am the sailor
In the sea of squalor
Waiting in the sand
That return your lovely light eyes
But I'm crying and dying
Eternally lying

Under the shower
A grave of black flower
Hollow
In my soul

The tears in my face
The rain in the sad place
My soul is kneeling
The tide brings the feelings
I could live a dream
Where your spirit call on the high seas
Oh! My lover, I'm lonely
Time passes so slowly
My heart I bear
With pain of despair
Sorrow
In the shore

From the breeze
Of the seas
The waves sing
The sweet song of your memory
In the deep
Of my soul
When the sirens
Of the ocean
Bring the silent
I cry

In my eyes
There's a lament of misery
In my sigh
A dark misery
So I die
Oh! My love

I am dreaming, darkness around
I am sailing in the ship's wound
Angels screaming
In the mist out at sea

(Silent, blackness, sirens madness
Loving, gladness, dying sadness
Dreaming hollow, feeling, sorrow
Waiting, drear, looking, fear
The angels are crying for me)

Oh! Silver mirror
Your cost was an error
I die of broken
My sentence was spoken
But in the cold foam
Stay hopes of my soul immortal
In the twilight the sky burn
And there isn't return
Only my reason
To live in this prison

Waiting
In the shore

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Dark Moor's "A Lament of Misery" convey the feelings of deep sorrow, loneliness, and despair experienced by an individual who has lost their lover. The song seems to be narrated by the singer who is caught in the depths of misery and grief after the loss. The opening lines "I am the loner, the gloomy mist's owner" establish the singer's isolation from society and the suffocating presence of sadness in their life. The following lines "I am the sailor in the sea of squalor" suggest that the singer has been cast adrift in a dark and stormy ocean, battling with the waves of misery and struggling to stay afloat.

The singer's only hope seems to be the return of their lover, symbolized by the line, "waiting in the sand that return your lovely light eyes." The singer's desperation is palpable in the lines "But I'm crying and dying, eternally lying, under the shower, a grave of black flower, hollow in my soul." The imagery of tears and rain in the song is a metaphor for the continuous emotional pain and sadness that the singer is going through.

The chorus of the song repeats the singer's yearning for their lover, wishing for a dream where their spirit would call upon them, while the tide of the ocean brings their feelings back to them. The second verse further highlights the singer's pain and anguish, describing how time passes too slowly, and their heart bears the pain of despair. The line "My soul is kneeling" conveys a sense of the singer's helplessness, while "in the shore" emphasizes their separation from their lover.

Overall, "A Lament of Misery" is a poignant and emotional song that captures the pain of loss and the depth of sorrow. The haunting melody and lyrics make it a profound listening experience.

Line by Line Meaning

I am the loner
I am an individual who is always alone

The gloomy mist's owner
I am the master of the gloomy mist

I am the sailor
I am a sailor who travels through suffering

In the sea of squalor
In the ocean of poverty and filth

Waiting in the sand
Waiting alone on the shoreline

That return your lovely light eyes
That your eyes would return to me

But I'm crying and dying
I am crying and dying

Eternally lying
Forever lying here in pain

Under the shower
Under the rain shower

A grave of black flower
A place symbolizing death and despair

Hollow
Empty inside

In my soul
Within me

The tears in my face
Tears falling down my face

The rain in the sad place
Rain falling in a gloomy location

My soul is kneeling
My soul is subservient to the pain

The tide brings the feelings
The waves bring back the emotions

I could live a dream
I wish I could live a dream

Where your spirit call on the high seas
Where you would call my name on the ocean waves

Oh! My lover, I'm lonely
Oh! My lover, I'm feeling lonely

Time passes so slowly
Time feels like it is moving so slowly

My heart I bear
I am showing my heart to the world

With pain of despair
Suffering from a great deal of hopelessness

Sorrow
Sadness

In the shore
On the shoreline

From the breeze
From the gusts of wind

Of the seas
Coming from the ocean

The waves sing
The waves produce a sound

The sweet song of your memory
The sweet melody of your memory

In the deep
Deep inside of me

Of my soul
Part of my spirit

When the sirens
When the song of the sea creatures

Of the ocean
Of the ocean waves

Bring the silent
Fills the silence

I cry
I am crying

In my eyes
In my eyes right now

There's a lament of misery
Crying about how miserable I feel

In my sigh
My sad sigh

A dark misery
A terrible sadness

So I die
It feels like I am dying inside

Oh! My love
Oh! My dear lover

I am dreaming, darkness around
I am dreaming and surrounded by darkness

I am sailing in the ship's wound
Traveling through life's wounds

Angels screaming
When angels scream

In the mist out at sea
Surrounded by fog on the open sea

(Silent, blackness, sirens madness
A quiet, pitch-black, insane song of the sea creatures

Loving, gladness, dying sadness
The complicated emotions of love

Dreaming hollow, feeling, sorrow
Feeling empty while dreaming and sorrowful emotions

Waiting, drear, looking, fear
Waiting, gloom, anticipating, fear

The angels are crying for me)
The angels weep for my suffering

Oh! Silver mirror
Oh! Insignificant silver mirror

Your cost was an error
You were not worth what was paid for you

I die of broken
I feel completely shattered

My sentence was spoken
My fate has already been decided

But in the cold foam
But in the foam of the cold water

Stay hopes of my soul immortal
My soul will always hold its hopes of immortality

In the twilight the sky burn
During the moment just before darkness, the sky will burn

And there isn't return
And there is no going back

Only my reason
My mental state

To live in this prison
Being forced to live in this state of suffering

Waiting
Waiting for the inevitable

In the shore
On the shoreline

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I am the loner
The gloomy mist's owner
I am the sailor
In the sea of squalor
Waiting in the sand
That return your lovely light eyes
But I'm crying and dying
Eternally lying
Under the shower
A grave of black flower
Hollow...
In my soul

The tears in my face
The rain in the sad place
My soul is kneeling
The tide brings the feelings
I could live a dream
Where your spirit call on the high seas
Oh! My lover, I'm lonely
Time passes so slowly
My heart I bear
With pain of despair
Sorrow...
In the shore

From the breeze
Of the seas
The waves sing
The sweet song of your memory
In the deep
Of my soul
When the sirens
Of the ocean
Bring the silent
I cry

In my eyes
There's a lament of misery
In my sigh
A dark misery
So I die
Oh! My love

I am dreaming, darkness around
I am sailing in the ship's wound
Angels screaming
In the mist out at sea

(Silent, blackness, sirens madness
Loving, gladness, dying sadness
Dreaming hollow, feeling, sorrow
Waiting, drear, looking, fear
The angels are crying for me)

Oh! Silver mirror
Your cost was an error
I die of broken
My sentence was spoken
But in the cold foam
Stay hopes of my soul immortal
In the twilight the sky burn
And there isn't return
Only my reason
To live in this prison
Waiting...
In the shore