As the Dark Against My Halo

As The Dark Against My Halo
Studio album by The Crüxshadows
Released August 7, 2012
Recorded 2012
Genre Synthpop, electronic rock
Length 75:48
Label Wishfire Records
Producer Rogue (musician)
The Crüxshadows chronology
Valkyrie
(2011)
As The Dark Against My Halo
(2012)

As The Dark Against My Halo is a 2012 studio album by The Crüxshadows, released by Wishfire Records.[1] It was also available at the last concerts of their tour.

Style and concept

The album features a mix of Dark Wave, synthpop and alternative rock that has been compared to artists like New Order, Placebo and Muse (band).[2]

The album has been inspired by mythology.[3] According to singer Rogue, the song "Matchstick Girl" refers to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Match Girl.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Terrorizer4/5[3]
Sonic Seducerpositive[2]

As The Dark Against My Halo received favourable reviews from the musical press. Terrorizer marked the quality of the production and specifically lauded the string arrangements.[3] The Sonic Seducer was equally positive about the songwriting and instrumentation, and noted a more complex sound compared to earlier works of the band. The reviewer criticised however that the album lacked bass tones and had been produced too high-pitched.[2]

Charts

The album is the first Crüxshadows disc to reach the # 1 position on The German Alternative Charts (AKA The Deutsche Alternative Charts or simply The DAC).[5] The single Quicksilver, a featured song on the album, reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Chart and the #2 position on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart in the USA[6]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "And I Believe"   2:38
2. "Valkyrie"   6:03
3. "Halo"   6:08
4. "Burning"   6:27
5. "Sleepless"   5:16
6. "Quicksilver"   5:26
7. "The Infinite Tear"   4:18
8. "Indivisible"   6:23
9. "Porcelain"   5:26
10. "Angelus Everlasting"   5:37
11. "Sentinel"   6:11
12. "Matchstick Girl"   6:54
13. "Dark Matter"   6:06
14. "Africanus"   4:52

References

  1. "The Darkness before the… Halo". The Crüxshadows official website. August 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Froghy, Jasmin. "The Crüxshadows – As the Dark Against My Halo". Sonic Seducer (in German). Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. 1 2 3 Morris, Kevin (August 22, 2012). "Review : The Cruxshadows – As the Dark Against My Halo". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  4. Pannwitz, Tanja (2012). "The Crüxshadows". Orkus (in German). No. 10. pp. 80–81.
  5. "The Crüxshadows". cruxshadows.com.
  6. "The Crüxshadows: Quicksilver". cruxshadows.com.
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