|
| Realm of Shadows | 
 enlarge | Artist: Midnight Syndicate
Label: Entity Productions
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
Buy Used: $8.41
You Save: $4.57 (35%)
New (3) Used (13) Collectible (1) from $8.41
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 119436
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 721772921323
EAN: 0721772921323
ASIN: B00004SYUV
Release Date: March 4, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: This item is in Good condition with all original artwork and materials. Our VHS tapes are former video store rentals with store stickers. DVDs/Games occasionally may be former video store rentals as well.
|
| Tracks:
| • | Prophecy | | • | Into the Abyss | | • | Noctem Aeturnus | | • | Tempest | | • | Eye of the Storm | | • | Sanctuary | | • | Among the Ruins | | • | Realm of Shadows | | • | Raven's Hollow | | • | Beyond the Gates | | • | The Summoning | | • | Spectral Mist | | • | Soliloquy | | • | Twilight | | • | Serpent's Lair | | • | Black Woods | | • | The Night Beckons | | • | Legions of the Dead | | • | Witching Hour | | • | Harbored Souls | | • | Eclipse |
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
"Venture forth to the Realm of Shadows where restless spirits arise from unknown depths to wander the shores of night. Midnight Syndicate once again takes you on a musical journey through the darkest corners of your imagination. Dim the lights, but take heed... what darkness conjures, the night harbors." Following the tremendous success of "Born of the Night," Midnight Syndicate presents "Realm of Shadows," their third CD featuring the unique blend of haunting orchestration and sound effects that has made them a rising force in gothic-horror music today.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 It might be the best Midnight Syndicate album October 14, 2008
Realm of Shadows might be Midnight Syndicate's best album. I know a good album when I hear one. A good album captures the listener's attention at the very beginning and holds the listener's attention throughout. It also has tracks that connect well with each other, thus reducing the likelihood that the listener will skip to the next track. I experience this when I listen to Realm of Shadows. The overall mood and sound of the album is consistent. It is not "choppy" and fragmented with sudden silence and sudden bursts. Instead, the music kind of connects well from track to track, which is perfect for this album. My favorite tracks are Noctem Aeternus, Eye of the Storm, Among the Ruins, Realm of Shadows, Beyond the Gates, The Summoning, Twilight, and The Night Beckons. Go to MS's website to order this album while supplies last, because it is out of print.
The Midnight SYndicate creates perfect Atmos-fear! January 12, 2008
This album is so dark and so perfect, everything these guys do creates emotion when you listen to it. I find myself getting the same mental images from this album as when i listen to the music in castlevania:symphony of the night (the best castlevania game ever). this album would make a fitting saoundtrack to that kind of dark world of vampire hunting or some such thing.
I believe that this album is perfect for theme parties, role playing events, and most importantly for haunted events. as a member of Terror Field, i know the importance that the music of the midnight syndicate plays upon the fear of the haunt visitor.
I would recomend this album to anyone interested in horror; their music is perfect to listen to while reading, the music sets a mood and doesn't overwhelm the senses, so you get an equal portion of what you are reading and the music. i recomend reading some of the lovecraft circle, like the chaosium series of cycles. perfect reading material for a perfect band. i can not stress it enough that these guys are amazing.
oh and i meant to add to this, that if you are unable ot get this album through amazon, check out their website: http://www.midnightsyndicate.com/
Wonderful earlier works July 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is by far one of my favorite albums from the group. I would highly recommend this album as one to have someone listen to start any sort of interest with the group.
 Realm of mediocrity April 29, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I must say that in investigating the world of Midnight Syndicate over the past year I found that this CD seems to be the most-talked about, highly-praised and least available of their releases. Now, that I have it in my possession (the 5th Midnight Syndicate CD I have bought in 10 months) I find it to be kind of bland compared to Gates Of Delirium and The 13th Hour (although it's a step up from Born Of The Night which walks the fence between creepy and corny). While the mood and sound effects on Realm Of Shadows are nice (the crows on the CD made me think I had one trying to build a nest on my balcony), there are really no tracks that stand out. They all just kind of run together. I'm not saying it's awful. Like most things in life, it just doesn't live up to the hype.
This was officially my first Midnight Syndicate CD....Life hasn't been the same since... February 2, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
You know, little did I know as I walked by this particular booth at a convention what I was listening to was going to affect me in the profound way that it did. A CD called Vampyre was playing and I stopped dead in my tracks and listened. It was simply beautiful. I asked the man at the booth if he had anything that might be appropriate for a graveyard? He recommended this CD. I also bought what was playing and didn't think twice about it. *This*, REalm of Shadows, was the first official CD that I listened to by this band known as Midnight Syndicate. I was completely transfixed by the music. I never sat down until several tracks later. I was officially crying my heart out by the second track saying "oh my God..this is so beautiful.." over and over.
That night, I didn't want to sleep. I wanted to keep listening to my new CDs as many times possible. I had never heard anything like this in my life. Before exhaustion took over I told myself I must not let the man selling these wonderful CDs get away without selling me the other two he had available! All I knew was, that I was slapped by so much inspiration that it literally hurt. Something long lost and dead inside me was reborn the night before. I saw so many images that needed to be created as a result of listening to this music. Midnight Syndicate became my instant muse. Soundtrack for the Imagination Indeed!
This review has little to say about particular tracks, but rather the over all emotion of experiencing this band's music for the first time in my own home. The peace I felt(despite the dark nature of the music). The mental images of my own yard haunt that hit me randomly in an almost *Field of Dreams* way so entangled that I had to built it to put the pieces together. Not to mention the images that came to me to simply put to canvas. I hadn't had ANY thing like this in my life that moved me to be more creative in my own life. I am thankful for this band and I will forever be dedicated to it. Thank you Ed and Gavin....
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
