''Gothic'' is the 22nd
concept album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...
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 ...
. The album opens with an introductory narration, describing terms of an inheritance of an old gothic mansion called Grimstone Manor. The story described in narrative form and in the liner notes contains elements of danger and romance like that of a 19th-century
Gothic novel
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of ea ...
. Musically, the album features Nox Arcana's brand of
dark ambient music, with the use of pipe organ, violins, harpsichord, piano, choirs, and other instrumentation, representing a musical journey through the haunted mansion.
Track listing
# Testament — 2:07
# Grimstone Manor — 2:53
# Ashes To Ashes — 2:30
# Forgotten By Time — 2:53
# The Portrait Gallery — 2:48
# Into The Darkness — 3:14
# Familiar Haunts — 3:50
# The House Beyond The Graveyard — 1:01
# Unhallowed Halls — 3:02
# The Doll House — 2:31
# Melancholy Memories — 2:51
# Stir Of Shadows — 2:07
# Dark Realms — 2:30
# Beyond The Forbidden Gate — 3:07
# In The Blood — 3:05
# The Beast Within — 3:03
# The Black Crypt — 1:55
# Wake The Dead — 2:46
# The Others — 2:54
# Rise Of The Ancestors — 3:14
# Dark Surrender — 5:36
* The song "Dark Surrender" ends at 3:15. An untitled hidden track begins at 3:35.
References
External links
Nox Arcana's official website
Nox Arcana albums
Halloween albums
2015 albums
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