The Twilight Chronicles

The Twilight Chronicles
Studio album by Ten
Released	August 25, 2006
Genre	Hard rock, symphonic rock
Length	71:01 (76:55)
Label	Frontiers Records FR CD 299
Producer	Gary Hughes
Ten chronology
The Essential Collection 1995-2005 (2005) The Twilight Chronicles (2006) Stormwarning (2011)

The Twilight Chronicles is the eighth studio album released by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The album marked a shift in the band's sound, relying more heavily on symphonic orchestrations and musical landscape, more so than ever before.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes.

1. "The Prologue (The Elysian Fields)/Rome" – 12:19
2. "The Chronicles" – 6:43
3. "The Elysian Fields" – 6:49
4. "Hallowed Ground" – 7:39
5. "This Heart Goes On" – 4:24
6. "Oblivion" – 7:03
7. "The Twilight Masquerade" – 6:38
8. "Tourniquet" – 6:49
9. "Born to the Grave" – 5:00
10. "When This Night Is Done/The Epilogue" – 7:36

The Asian version (Avalon Records MICP-10582) adds:

11. "Fahrenheit" – 5:54

Personnel

• Gary Hughes – lead, backing vocals and programming
• Chris Francis – lLead guitars and bass guitar
• John Halliwell – rhythm guitars
• Paul Hodson – keyboards and programming
• Frank Basile – drums and percussion

Production

• Executive producers – Chris Francis and John Halliwell
• Mixing – Gary Hughes
• Engineer – Gary Hughes, Chris Francis, Paul Hodson and Frank Basile
• Additional engineering – Simon Brayshaw, Jason Hutton, Roger Smith and Annette Stelfox
• Drums recorded by Frank Basile then "Gogged Up" by Chris Francis.

Concepts

• "The Prologue (The Elysian Fields) / Rome" is about the legend of the foundation of Ancient Rome.^[1]
• "The Chronicles" is based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of books by C.S Lewis.

References

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page
• Powermetal.dk review