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.
Swan Lake
Dark Moor Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
Forever her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
In swan lake
In swan lake
In swan lake
In swan lake
Tired to ride in the royal hunt
To listen sweet lies that I am wont
I am the prince!
The future king!
Boomed in my head my mother's voice
Take to wife! should be my choice
Oh, cruel fate!
That my soul hate!
To forget all I fled into the woods
Searching preys goods
Then I saw the lake
Lost in the deep forest
And its water chorused
An odd melody
Swans of nice white feather on the dusk
Swam in a dance in harmonious masque
Hunter I am!
My bow was prepared
[Bridge]
But her beauty was shown me in the depth
Spouting, silent, from the lake
And her pale look kept a sad poem
Lost in despair
Dragged into the warlock's lair
In the shadows
[Chorus I]
Her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
Forever her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of noble...
Like a night tide
Together we cried
Our lips sealed its secrets way
And my doubts died
But when came the dawn
My dream sank covered by dark waters
[Bridge]
But her beauty was shown me in the depth
Spouting, silent, from the lake
And her pale look kept a sad poem
Lost in despair
Dragged into the warlock's lair
In the shadows
[Chorus I]
Her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
Forever her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
[Chorus II]
My princess's tears fall in the moonglade
The lake is afraid
The night shows the spell
Then I can feel my heart run into my chest
Now I know my quest
In the hell of the storm
I'll break her swan-form
So inside the waves
We will find our graves
But the warlock's curse will be broken
[Bridge]
But her beauty was shown me in the depth
Spouting, silent, from the lake
And her pale look kept a sad poem
Lost in despair
Dragged into the warlock's lair
In the shadows
[Chorus I]
Her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
Forever her soul will be a swan
Until
She feels
The love of nobleman
[Chorus II]
My princess's tears fall in the moonglade
The lake is afraid
The night shows the spell
Then I can feel my heart run into my chest
Now I know my quest
In the hell of the storm
I'll break her swan-form
So inside the waves
We will find our graves
But the warlock's curse will be broken
The Rothboart's curse will be broken
The Rothboart's curse broken...
The Rothboart's curse broken...
The Rothboart's curse broken...
The Rothboart's curse broken...
[Chorus III]
Our spirits will be free
Will fly
The sky
Over the green lake's trees
Forever our spirits will be free
Will fly
The sky
Over the green lake's trees
Remember us in the stars
Remember us in the stars
The lyrics of Dark Moor's "Swan Lake" tell the story of a prince who becomes infatuated with a swan princess cursed to remain a swan until she receives the love of a nobleman. The prince becomes lost in the woods, escaping his royal duties and finding solace in hunting. He hears an odd melody coming from a nearby lake and discovers a group of swans dancing harmoniously. However, one swan stands out - the cursed princess. Despite being dragged into the warlock's lair by the curse, the prince falls in love with her and promises to break the curse. Together they face the warlock's curse and break it, allowing their spirits to be free in the sky and green lake's trees.
The lyrics are beautifully crafted, seamlessly weaving a story of love and redemption into a song that is both powerful and moving. The imagery of the swans dancing on the lake and the prince's struggle against the curse is vivid, transporting the listener into the heart of the tale. The chorus is particularly poignant, with its repeated emphasis on the swan's soul being free once she feels the love of a nobleman.
Line by Line Meaning
Her soul will be a swan
The singer's beloved's soul is under a curse which has turned her into a swan
Until
The curse will remain as long as the singer's beloved doesn't feel the love of a nobleman
She feels
The curse can only be broken when the singer's beloved feels the love of a nobleman
The love of nobleman
The love of a nobleman is required to break the curse on the artist's beloved
Forever her soul will be a swan
Unless the curse is broken, the artist's beloved will remain a swan forever
In swan lake
The story is set in swan lake, where the singer first encounters his beloved in swan form
Tired to ride in the royal hunt
The singer is tired of participating in the royal hunt and listening to fake flattery that he is used to
To listen sweet lies that I am wont
The artist is used to hearing flattering lies from others
I am the prince!
The artist is a prince of the kingdom
The future king!
The artist is the heir to the throne and is destined to be the future king
Boomed in my head my mother's voice
The singer is haunted by his mother's voice in his head, urging him to take a wife
Take to wife! should be my choice
The artist's mother wants him to choose a wife to marry
Oh, cruel fate!
The singer feels that his fate is cruel for having placed this curse on his beloved and not allowing him to marry her
That my soul hate!
The singer hates the curse placed on his beloved by fate
To forget all I fled into the woods
The singer flees to the woods to forget about his problems
Searching preys goods
The artist hunts for food in the woods to sustain himself
Then I saw the lake
The artist stumbles upon the swan lake in the woods
Lost in the deep forest
The swan lake is located deep in the forest
And its water chorused
The water of the swan lake makes a strange melody
An odd melody
The melody produced by the swan lake's water is unusual and strange
Swans of nice white feather on the dusk
The swans in the lake are of beautiful white plumage in the evening light
Swam in a dance in harmonious masque
The swans swim in a harmonious dance, resembling a masquerade
Hunter I am!
The singer identifies himself as a hunter
My bow was prepared
The artist is always prepared to hunt anything that crosses his path
But her beauty was shown me in the depth
The singer is mesmerized by the beauty of his beloved when he first sees her in the swan lake
Spouting, silent, from the lake
His beloved emerges silently from the swan lake
And her pale look kept a sad poem
The sadness in her eyes conveys a deep sense of sorrow
Lost in despair
The artist's beloved appears to be lost and in despair
Dragged into the warlock's lair
The artist's beloved is taken away by the warlock's spell
In the shadows
The warlock operates in darkness and secrecy, away from prying eyes
Like a night tide
The events in the story unfold like the changing tides of the night
Together we cried
The artist and his beloved cry together
Our lips sealed its secrets way
They kiss and keep their love a secret
And my doubts died
The artist's doubts about his love for his beloved disappear
But when came the dawn
When daylight returns, reality sets in and their dreams dissipate
My dream sank covered by dark waters
The artist's dream of being with his beloved is shattered and disappears like water sinking into darkness
My princess's tears fall in the moonglade
The singer's beloved cries tears in the moonlit night
The lake is afraid
The swan lake appears to be unnerved by the events unfolding around it
The night shows the spell
The magic spell cast by the warlock is evident in the night's darkness
Then I can feel my heart run into my chest
The artist's heart races with anticipation and fear
Now I know my quest
The artist realizes what he needs to do to save his beloved
In the hell of the storm
The singer needs to face great danger and difficulty to break the curse and rescue his beloved
I'll break her swan-form
The singer is determined to break the curse and turn his beloved back into human form
So inside the waves
The artist and his beloved are swallowed by the waves of the swan lake
We will find our graves
They accept the possibility of dying together
But the warlock's curse will be broken
The artist's determination to save his beloved and break the curse is unwavering
The Rothboart's curse will be broken
The curse placed on the singer's beloved by the warlock Rothboart will be broken
Our spirits will be free
When the curse is broken, the spirits of the artist and his beloved will be free
Will fly
Their spirits will soar like birds
The sky
They will fly high into the sky
Over the green lake's trees
Their spirits will fly over the trees surrounding the swan lake
Remember us in the stars
The artist and his beloved will be remembered forever in the stars
Contributed by Carter G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.