Eppur Si Muove (album)

Eppur Si Muove

Studio album by Haggard

Released

2004

Genre

Symphonic metal

Length

50:16

Label

Drakkar Entertainment

Producer

Dieter Roth

Haggard chronology

Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
(2001)

Eppur si muove
(2004)

Tales of Ithiria
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm
Tartarean Desire

Eppur Si Muove is the third full-length album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on April 26, 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment.

The album is based on the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564 –1642), who, according to legend, muttered the phrase eppur si muove, meaning "And yet it does move", after being forced to recant, in front of the Inquisition, his belief that the earth moved around the sun.

The following is a musical theme recurring in many tracks on the album (as All'inizio è la morte, Per aspera ad astra and the titletrack Eppur si muove):

$\relative c' {\clef treble \key c \major r8 a'8 a4 e'8 e4 d8 c8 \times 3/2 {a4} | a8 a8 g4 d'8 d8 c8 b8 g8 \times 3/2 {r4} | g'8 g8 a4 e8 e4 d8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 b8 \times 5/4 {r2} | \times 3/2 {c4} c4 g8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 \times 3/2 {b8} | b16 a8 g8 b8 g8 a2 }$

* English translations not official.

The short version of Herr Mannelig clocks at 3:20; after two minutes of silence, a hidden track starts.

The limited edition includes two bonus tracks.

It also includes a DVD, containing five Wacken Open Air 1998 videos and a bonus video clip.

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