|
| Carnival Of Lost Souls | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nox Arcana
Label: Monolith Graphics
Category: Music
List Price: $13.99
Buy New: $10.99
You Save: $3.00 (21%)
New (9) Used (1) from $9.69
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 49708
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 808817001421
EAN: 0808817001421
ASIN: B000FOT9EE
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new! Still sealed! Ships within 24hrs. 100% satisfaction guaranteed!
|
| Customer Reviews:
The Devil's Carnivale August 13, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The diabolical Ring Leader bids you come forward, you are welcomed to immerse yourself within the dark carnival worlde of olde, a phantom circus of wonders and horrors wherein patrons' curiosities become overwhelming, to sometimes gain the better of them and become part of the sideshow...
Bewitching orchestrations accompany the wayfairer, spellbinding the observer to enter the fetters of ominous tents containing myriad spectacles of nightmarish fane. Compelling oddities possess the mind further into the darkness displayed before your eyes...
Tricks and treats lay waiting 'round every corner, collected the world over from timeless eras, echoing ghostly whispers to present the greatest show on earth...
An absolutely enchanting opus; besides the brilliant orchestrations, Carnival of Lost Souls manages to conjure the underlying sensation of this Magical world to create a haunting frame which enhances the experience ever more. One could almost perceive the sights, scents and sounds therein - from laughing phantom children to the crack of the lion-tamer's whip, to the fortune teller's enthralling reading, and the breathing calliope, played as if with a life of its own...
Freaks! Jesters! Exotic creatures from foreign lands... Pay the toll at the gate, at the mere cost of your soul... this is The Devil's Carnivale, The Circus Diabolique... you will never want to leave...
Can't get enough! September 29, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm usually a one band one CD kind of girl, but with Nox Arcana you just can't get enough. I'll confess I've chosen my Nox Arcana (this, Transylvania, Darklore Manor) and Midnight Syndicate (Realm of Shadows, Born of the Night) CDs based on their covers (and what an incredibly hansome collection they make). Often reviews help you make a selection between similar items. But this is not possible in the instance of NA/MS...they are simply all superb! So I'm reassuring you not to feel shallow or musically ashamed to base your selection largely on the most appealing cover art (or your favourite colour!). This is really the perfect opportunity for Zen selection.
That said, there is one specific point to be made about Carnival of Lost Souls. Tacked on to the very end of the recording are several minutes of ?early 80s rock. It's really quite listenable, and understandable that the lads want to momentarily unleash their alter-egos, but it is totally out of kilter with the rest of the CD and wrenches one rather harshly back into the 20th/21st centuries.
Getting Better All The Time November 1, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Carnival.." is a much improvement over "Transylvania" and I though Transylvania was really good.
This is great stuff to play in the background while dishing out the Halloween treats to the kids.
I'll eventually get all the Nox Arcana CDs just to complete the set. Based on what I've heard from the 3 I have, they will all be worth it to have.
Great Work guys!
 Coney Island huant July 14, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is as the illustration potrays a huanting melody with a carnival flavor.
First Time Was The Charmer April 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first time to explore this "spooky" genre in music, as well as the first exposure to Nox Arcana--and, my, what a darkly seductive experience it was. I'm not quite sure what I expected. Something "Gothic" for sure--but would it be art?
It WAS art, art-full, deeply mesmerizing & very entertaining.
AND "Carnival" is technically brilliant.
One of the things I missed when CDs replaced LPs was the creativity that went into the record jackets. Most pop CDs these days offer very little for the eye--but this is not the case in Carnival of Lost Souls. A beautiful little booklet is enclosed loaded with wonderful drawings & other illustrations, as well as a Goth libretto of sorts & many other strange & curious & wonder-full things.
Obviously Nox Arcana knows how to make the Dark Side fun.
I definitely want more...
******************************
Dagon
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
