Astronomy (Dragonland album)
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| Studio album by Dragonland | ||||
| Released | 13 November 2006 | |||
| Recorded | January - September 2006 at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Power metal, Progressive metal, Symphonic metal, Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 1:00:51 | |||
| Label | Century Media (Europe, North America), King Records (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Patrik J., Olof Mörck, Henrik Udd | |||
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| Chronicles of Chaos |   |
Astronomy is the fourth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland, released in Europe on 13 November 2006 and in North America on 28 November 2006. While their third album Starfall focused heavily on keyboards and had a more upbeat lyrical tone, according to guitarist Olof Mörck, Astronomy is "gloomier, more stygian and packed with crunching guitars; both furiously fast and bone-grindingly heavy."
All tracks written by Olof Mörck, except "Intuition", by Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø.
In a February 2007 interview with Metal Reviews, guitarist Olof Mörck went into details about some of musical and lyrical influences in Astronomy:
As suggested with the album title, many of the songs on the album are based around space subjects:
Another point of interest is the song "Beethoven's Nightmare" which intertwines heavy guitar riffs and classical piano melodies to tell the story of Beethoven writing a symphony about a tragedy that is consuming his life, while he laments about being deaf and wishing he could hear a sound "that could open my mind".
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