Astronomy (Dragonland album)

Astronomy
Studio album by Dragonland
Released November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13)
Recorded at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Power metal
Progressive metal
Melodic Death metal
Length 1:00:42
Label Century Media (Europe, North America), King Records (Japan)
Producer Patrik J., Olof Mörck, Henrik Udd
Dragonland chronology
Starfall
(2004)
Astronomy
(2006)
Under The Grey Banner
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Chronicles of Chaos [1]
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Astronomy is the fourth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland, released in Europe on November 13, 2006 and in North America on November 28, 2006. While their third album Starfall focused heavily on keyboards and had a more upbeat lyrical tone, according to guitarist Olof Mörck, Astronomy is "gloomier, more stygian and packed with crunching guitars; both furiously fast and bone-grindingly heavy."[2]

Contents

Track listing

All music written by Dragonland unless otherwise noted

  1. "Supernova" – 5:09 (Featuring Elize Ryd of Amaranthe)
  2. "Cassiopeia" – 4:06 (Featuring Elize Ryd of Amaranthe) (Solo by Marios Ilipoulos of Nightrage)
  3. "Contact" – 4:25
  4. "Astronomy" – 3:20 (Featuring Jake E of Dreamland/Amaranthe)
  5. "Antimatter" – 3:00 (Featuring Jimmie Strimmel of Dead by April/ex-Nightrage)
  6. "The Book of Shadows Part IV: The Scrolls of Geometria Divina" – 4:04
  7. "Beethoven's Nightmare" – 6:11
  8. "Too Late for Sorrow" – 3:36 (Featuring Elize Ryd of Amaranthe & Jake E of Dreamland/Amaranthe)
  9. "Direction: Perfection" – 4:29 (Featuring Jimmie Strimmel of Dead by April/ex-Nightrage)
  10. "The Old House on the Hill Chapter I: A Death in the Family" – 4:30
  11. "The Old House on the Hill Chapter II: The Thing in the Cellar" – 3:08
  12. "The Old House on the Hill Chapter III: The Ring of Edward Waldon" – 6:18
13. "Intuition" (TNT Cover) – 4:15
14. "The Last Word" – 4:12

Lyrical references

In a February 2007 interview[3] with Metal Reviews, guitarist Olof Mörck went into details about some of musical and lyrical influences in Astronomy:

As suggested with the album title, many of the songs on the album are based around space subjects:

Another point of interest is the song "Beethoven's Nightmare" which intertwines heavy guitar riffs and classical piano melodies to tell the story of Beethoven writing a symphony about a tragedy that is consuming his life, while he laments about being deaf and wishing he could hear a sound "that could open my mind".

Personnel

Guest Musicians

Credits

References