Starfall (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Starfall
Type = studio
Artist = Dragonland


Released = October 27, 2004
Recorded = at Division One Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre = Power metal
Length = 49:19
Label = Century Media "(Europe, North America)", King Records "(Japan)"
Producer = Tom S. Englund of Evergrey, Arnold Lindbergh
Reviews =
* The Metal Observer rating-10|8.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7408 link]
Last album = "Holy War" (2002)
This album = "Starfall" (2004)
Next album = "Astronomy" (2006)

"Starfall" is the third album released by the power metal band Dragonland, and the first not to deal with "The Dragonland Chronicles". The music for "Starfall" was mainly written between May 2003 and July 2004 after arriving home from their 2003 Japan tour.

Track listing

"All music written by Dragonland unless otherwise noted"
# "As Madness Took Me" – 3:57
# "Starfall" – 3:19
# "Calling My Name" – 4:49
# "In Perfect Harmony" – 4:42
# "The Dream Seeker" – 5:32
# "The Shores of Our Land" – 6:46
# "The Returning" – 4:41
# "To the End of the World" – 4:40
# "The Book of Shadows Part I: A Story Yet Untold" – 3:13
# "The Book of Shadows Part II: The Curse of Qa'a" – 2:51
# "The Book of Shadows Part III: The Glendora Outbreak" – 4:51
*"Japanese Bonus Tracks:":12. "Rusty Nail" "(X Japan cover)" - 5:47:13. "Sole Survivor" "(Helloween cover)" - 4:07

Thematic Meanings

In a 2004 [http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=36 interview] with [http://www.metal-rules.com Metal Rules] , guitarist Olof Mörck talked to Anders Sandvall, and in the interview Mörck goes into detail about the "The Book of Shadows" trilogy and the story behind the songs:
*"The Book Of Shadows is a story told in three chapters, being an adventurous epic with a movie script like feel to enhance what’s going on in the music. It starts out in Oxford, Great Britain in the late 19th century with the finding of an ancient tome, known as The Book Of Shadows. The stories and secrets it contains eventually leads to sojourns to Egypt, and the terrible findings unleashed there, once again springs to life in the last part, which is set in modern day USA. The story I wrote for it is archaically momentous, containing more writing than both previous albums lyrics combined."

The song "Calling My Name" contains sound clips by Charles Manson from the March 7, 1986 San Quentin Prison interview with Charlie Rose for "CBS News Nightwatch".

"The Shores of Our Land" tells the story of a group of Vikings returning home after a successful battle. It includes a feast scene in the middle, which was recorded by a very intoxicated Dragonlandcite web |url=http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=36 |title=Interview with Olof from Dragonland |author=Metal Rules |language=English |accessdate=2007-10-27] .

Personnel

* Jonas Heidgert - vocals
* Olof Mörck - guitar
* Nicklas Magnusson - guitar
* Christer Pedersen - bass
* Elias Holmlid - keyboards, synthesizers
* Jesse Lindskog - drums

Guest Musicians

* Johanna Andersson - female vocals on "The Shores Of Our Land"
* Tom S. Englund of Evergrey - vocals on "The Shores Of Our Land", guitar solo on "Calling My Name"
* Henrik Danhage of Evergrey - guitar solo on "The Shores Of Our Land"

Credits

* Mixed and Engineered by: Arnold Lindberg
* Mastered by: Dragan Tanaskovic at Bohus Mastering, Sweden
* Cover Art by: [http://www.toxicangel.com/ ToxicAngel]
* Band Photos by: [http://www.ollecarlsson.se/ Olle Carlsson]

References