¿Dónde Está La Luz?

¿Dónde Está La Luz?
Studio album by WarCry
Released February 1, 2005
Recorded 2004
M-20 Studios in Madrid, Spain
Genre Heavy metal
Power metal
Length 50:31
Language Spanish
Label Jaus/Avispa
Producer Víctor García
Alberto Ardines
WarCry chronology

Alea Jacta Est
(2004)
¿Dónde Está La Luz?
(2005)
Directo A La Luz
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Rolling Stone [1]
El Gráfico favorable[2]
Metal Storm [3]
Metal Symphony [4]

¿Dónde Está La Luz? (English: Where Is The Light?) is the fourth studio album by power metal band WarCry, released on February 1, 2005 (see 2005 in music and 2005 in heavy metal music), and distributed through Avispa Music.

¿Dónde Está La Luz? was recorded in the M-20 Studios in Madrid. Roberto García left Avalanch after the release of El Ángel Caído due to personal and professional problems with Alberto Rionda. He had always worked as guitarist, but WarCry needed a bassist after Jardón's departure at the end the band's last concert from El Sello De Los Tiempos Tour,[5] so he decided to handle bass duties in order to become a member. The album was released in digipak format, as CD-DVD. The DVD contained a music video of the song "Contra El Viento", an interview to the band members, some of the recording sessions in the studio, and more. All the songs were composed by frontman, lead singer, and songwriter Víctor García.

The album was well received by critics and mostly by fans, being considered as "WarCry's heaviest album to date"[1][6] (the previous ones were power metal). Francisco Fonseca of Metal Archives described the record as "catchy, with almost no fast drumming, lots of good riffs, choruses in every song, ballads, and metal fusions."[7] The lyrics of this work deal with agony, fantasy, but most of all, with social issues, such as abuse, crime, and discrimination.

¿Dónde Está La Luz? Tour was the tour supporting the album, from where was released Directo A La Luz, a recording of a concert in Madrid on November 5, 2005. This live album had a great reception by critics and the fans, soon certified gold and reaching number 1 in the Spanish chart of DVD's sales, staying in high positions for many weeks.[8]

Track listing

CD

All songs written and composed by Víctor García. 

No. TitleEnglish Translation Length
1. "Nuevo Mundo"  New World 4:49
2. "El Anticristo"  The Antichrist 5:14
3. "El Regreso"  The Return 4:59
4. "Perdido"  Lost 5:22
5. "Hacia el Infierno"  To Hell 4:31
6. "El Amor de Una Madre"  A Mother's Love 4:56
7. "Contra el Viento"  Against the Wind 4:31
8. "En un Lugar sin Dios"  In a Place without God 5:24
9. "Tu Ausencia"  Your Absence 4:43
10. "El Último"  The Last One 6:02
Total length:
50:31

DVD

  1. Interview (García and Ardines talk about the album's title, theme... etc).
  2. Recording Sessions (Scenes of the recording sessions in the studio with every member).
  3. Extras:
  1. Credits

Songs

All the information is given by Víctor García on their website, where he commented that "this work is based on the current social reflexions. With my personal involvement in all the songs, where I try to clarify everything that is not so obvious, and a subjectivity that could either match or not your point of view":[9]

Credits

Band

Collaborations

Production

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "¿Dónde Está La Luz? - "Rolling Stone" review". warcry.as. 2005-10-08. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  2. "El Gráfico review".
  3. "Review on Metal Storm". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  4. "Review at Metal Symphony".
  5. "Alvaro Jardón leaves WarCry". maxmetal.net. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  6. "¿Dónde Está La Luz? - "Metal Storm" review". metalstorm.ee. 2005-07-26. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  7. Francisco Fonseca. "A nice Sing Along Album". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  8. "Patanes Tour: Interview with...". patanes-tour.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  9. "WarCry - ¿Dónde Está La Luz? song by song". warcry.as. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-16.

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