Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is the third album recorded by Dead Can Dance, by now predominantly the duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry along with Peter Ulrich, after the departure of Scott Rodger and James Pinker in 1987.

Lisa Gerrard's vocals feature prominently in the second half of the album, and her singing style often has mellifluous Oriental overtones, especially on the track titled “Cantara.”

The cover's photograph was taken in Paris, at the Père-Lachaise cemetery. It features the family grave of François-Vincent Raspail.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Anywhere Out of the World" – 5:08
2. "Windfall" – 3:30
3. "In the Wake of Adversity" – 4:14
4. "Xavier" – 6:16
5. "Dawn of the Iconoclast" – 2:06
6. "Cantara" – 5:58
7. "Summoning of the Muse" – 4:55
8. "Persephone (The Gathering of Flowers)" – 6:36

Release history

Covers and samples

• Gerrard's vocals on Dawn of the Iconoclast were sampled on the electronica track Papua New Guinea by Future Sound Of London.
• Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers) was sampled on German techno group Scooter's 2001 album We Bring the Noise! and is also sometimes played as a live intro for British Gothic metal band Paradise Lost.
• British Gothic metal band Paradise Lost covered the song Xavier as a bonus track on their Symbol of Life album.
• Australian Death metal band Abramelin covered the song Cantara on their self-titled album.
• Czech Folk metal band Silent Stream of Godless Elegy covered the song Summoning of the Muse on their Behind the Shadows album.

References

1. ^ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tombeau_des_RASPAIL_au_P%C3%A8re_Lachaise.JPG

External links

• Within the Realm of a Dying Sun at Dead-Can-Dance.com
• Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Lyrics at Dead-Can-Dance.com