''Ebonshire'' is the 27th album released by
Nox Arcana
Nox Arcana is the American neoclassical dark wave, dark ambient musical project of Joseph Vargo. It was founded in 2003 as a duo with William Piotrowski, who left in 2008 to pursue a career in film score composing but still acts as its studio eng ...
. It is a collection of songs from 5 earlier volumes in a series of winter holiday EPs inspired by Nox Arcana's holiday music trilogy: ''
Winter's Knight
''Winter's Knight'' is the third album by gothic duo Nox Arcana. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard Magazine's Music Charts for Top Holiday Albums of 2006 and 2007.
The soundtrack is predominantly instrumental with a few traditional holiday song ...
'' (2005), ''
Winter's Eve
''Winter's Eve'' is the thirteenth studio album and second Christmas-themed album by Nox Arcana. It was released in 2009 on Monolith Graphics. Apart from traditional music for the Christmas season, the theme of this album evokes a medieval or pag ...
'' (2009), and ''
Winter's Majesty
''Winter's Majesty'' is the seventeenth album by Nox Arcana, concluding their winter-themed trilogy, which also includes '' Winter's Knight'' (2005) and '' Winter's Eve'' (2009).
The music on this album features original and traditional holiday ...
'' (2012), which are each set in a fantasy realm called Ebonshire. This full-length release includes 4 new tracks.
Composer Joseph Vargo explained that each year a new volume of songs is to be added to the ''Ebonshire'' series for the winter holiday season.
Track listing
# The Shire Path — 2:29
# Winterdream — 3:43
# Homeward Bound — 2:53
# Drifting Ivory — 3:57
# Through Wintry Wilds — 2:41
# Shades Of The Past — 2:37
# December’s Child — 2:49
# Winter Spell — 4:13
# Running With Wolves — 2:58
# Candles In The Snow — 3:01
# Lost In Time — 3:23
# Echoes of Elise — 3:29
# Hearthside Lullaby — 3:25
# The Dark Before The Dawn — 4:15
# Silver Horizon — 3:25
# Kindred Spirits — 2:42
# Solstice Eve — 3:30
# Evening Snowfall — 3:52
# Stars In The Heavens — 3:58
# Rex Ventorum — 3:53
# Journey's End — 7:34 *
* Includes a bonus track.
References
External links
Nox Arcana's official website*
''Ebonshire''at
Allmusic
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Nox Arcana albums
2018 albums
2018 Christmas albums
Christmas EPs
Christmas albums by American artists
New-age Christmas albums
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