India (Xandria album)

India
Studio album by Xandria
Released August 22, 2005
Recorded Pleasurepark Studios, Belgium
December 2004 - June 2005
Length 51:58
Label Drakkar Entertainment
Producer José Alvarez-Brill
Xandria chronology
Ravenheart
(2004)		 India
(2005)		 Salomé – The Seventh Veil
(2007)
Singles from India
  1. "In Love with the Darkness"
    Released: 2005
"In Love With The Darkness"
Single by Xandria
from the album India
Released 2005
Format CD, single
Recorded 2005
Length 3:49
Label Drakkar Records 82876 711892

India is the third studio album by German symphonic metal band Xandria. It was released on August 22, 2005 via Drakkar Entertainment label.[1] The album also released one single, "In Love with the Darkness".

In comparison with its predecessor Ravenheart, the album presents a larger variety of musical ideas and a more powerful and dynamic sound, a clear progression for the band.[2] The album features the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg and several guest musicians: the Irish folk band Sceal Eile, musicians and the female singer of the band Lyriel and the Australian Grant Stevens.

The producer José Alvarez-Brill is the same of Ravenheart. The recordings took place with some interruptions used for further song writing and arranging from December 2004 to June 2005.[3] The album was released on August 22, 2005 and reached #30 in the German album charts.[4]

Concept

Christopher Columbus wanted to reach the goal of finding a new sea route to India. He never discovered it, but something just as important—America. Just like he sailed westwards filled with his goal, we are striving for our goals in life, maybe even for our one and only goal. And often we find, like Columbus, something completely different on our way, something that is new, that becomes important to us. India stands for this one goal, as a symbol for what we are looking for and maybe do not find at all—but something completely different instead.[5]

“ Writing the songs, we noticed that many of the words describe points on this journey, on this quest. Be it disappointments, love, struggles, decisions we have to take. And thus it was logical to frame the songs by both title tracks "India" and "Return to India", because by doing this we take a musical trip through them as well. ”

Marco Heubaum statement on the Xandria Official Site[5]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "India"  Marco HeubaumHeubaum 5:17
2. "Now & Forever"  HeubaumHeubaum 3:20
3. "In Love with the Darkness"  Lisa Middelhauve, Nils MiddelhauveL. Middelhauve, Heubaum, N. Middelhauve 3:49
4. "Fight Me"  HeubaumHeubaum 3:37
5. "Black and Silver"  L. Middelhauve, N. MiddelhauveL. Middelhauve, Heubaum 3:56
6. "Like a Rose on the Grave of Love"  L. MiddelhauveL. Middelhauve 4:25
7. "Widescreen"  N. MiddelhauveHeubaum 4:15
8. "The End of Every Story"  HeubaumHeubaum, Philip Restemeier 4:54
9. "Who We Are (And Who We Want to Be)"  L. MiddelhauveL. Middelhauve 4:17
10. "Dancer"  HeubaumHeubaum 3:50
11. "Winterhearted"  L. Middelhauve, N. MiddelhauveL. Middelhauve, Heubaum, Restemeier 4:18
12. "Return to India"  N. MiddelhauveN. Middelhauve 6:00
13. "Lullaby" (bonus track)   2:43
Total length:
 54:41

Personnel

Xandria
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ "Xandria – India". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. ↑ "XANDRIA - India" (in Italian). Rock Impressions.com. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Xandria - India". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  4. ↑ "India chart" (in German). Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  5. 1 2 "Xandria discography" (in German). Xandria Official Site. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

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