Now considered a classic in the gothic genre, Dead Can Dance's "within the Realm of A Dying Sun" catapulted DCD from their gothic/post punk roots into something entirely unique and different. Medieveal atmosphere and an overwhelming layer of melancholy blankets the album. For those unfamiliar with the band, they hail from Australia and play a unique style of music. This album is dark and gloomy. This album, Dead Can Dance's third offering doesn't feature many influences from the gothic rock genre yet has more in common with their later albums where traditional/world music had been explored. The trademark vocals of both Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard carry the album to new heights with Lisa's powerful voice (she is actually not singing a foreign language, it's gibberish)on tracks like the tribal-esque Cantara and Brendan's gloomy croon (in my opinion one of the best male voices ever). The music weaves it's way through a peaceful and desolate journey, mostly comprised of layers of synths with lots o reverb - see "summoning of the muse" for a very minimal medieval chant later to be a direct influence the whole darkwave/dark ambient scene. The lyrics on Brendan's song are as mysterious as the music, "Xavier" has a fantasy like quility to it where as Lisa's songs provide vocals/lyrics that mean nothing. Never has the band sounded so dark and yet so Beautiful - and this is why this is my favorite by the band.
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