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''As the Dark Against My Halo'' is a 2012 studio album by
The Crüxshadows The Crüxshadows is an American dark wave and dark synthpop band currently based in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The band has an international following of fans and has toured North America, Europe, and Asia. History The band was o ...
, released by Wishfire Records. It was also available at the last concerts of their tour.


Style and concept

The album features a mix of
Dark Wave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...
,
synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
and
alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
. The album has been inspired by mythology and literature. According to singer Rogue, the song "Matchstick Girl" refers to
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's fairy tale ''
The Little Match Girl "The Little Match Girl" ( da, Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the sulphur-sticks", i.e. matches) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dre ...
''.


Reception

''As the Dark Against My Halo'' received mixed reviews from the musical press. ''Terrorizer'' marked the quality of the production and specifically lauded the string arrangements. The ''
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'' was equally positive about the songwriting and instrumentation, and noted a more complex sound compared to earlier works of the band. The reviewer criticised however that the album lacked bass tones and had been produced too high-pitched. Online music magazines and blogs were often less kind. Reflections of Darkness offered "Call it as you wish but I prefer to call it imagery of Prussian bureaucrats suffering from insomnia." Brutal Resonance added that "Beats are weak farts, synths sounds have no power and depth, and the violins sound like they are recorded through bad microphones in a shed."


Charts

The album is the first of the band's albums to reach the #1 position on The German Alternative Charts (DAC). The single Quicksilver, a featured song on the album, reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Chart and the #2 position on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart in the USA


Track listing


References

{{Authority control 2012 albums The Crüxshadows albums