As the Dark Against My Halo

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.

As the Dark Against My Halo
Studio album by
The Crüxshadows
ReleasedAugust 7, 2012
Recorded2012
GenreSynthpop, electronic rock
Length77:47
LabelWishfire Records
ProducerRogue
The Crüxshadows chronology
Valkyrie
(2011)		 As the Dark Against My Halo
(2012)		 Helios
(2016)

Style and concept

The album features a mix of Dark Wave, synthpop and alternative rock.

The album has been inspired by mythology[2] and literature. According to singer Rogue, the song "Matchstick Girl" refers to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Match Girl.[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Terrorizer4/5[2]
Sonic Seducerpositive[4]

As the Dark Against My Halo received mixed reviews from the musical press.

Terrorizer marked the quality of the production and specifically lauded the string arrangements.[2] 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.[4]

Online music magazines and blogs were often less kind. Reflections of Darkness offered "Call it as you wish but I prefer to call it imagery of Prussian bureaucrats suffering from insomnia." [5]

Brutal Resonance added that "Beats are weak farts, synths sounds have no power and depth, and the violins sound like they are recorded through bad microphones in a shed."[6]

Charts

The album is the first of the band's albums to reach the #1 position on The German Alternative Charts (DAC).[7] 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[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."And I Believe"2:38
2."Valkyrie"6:03
3."Halo"6:09
4."Burning"6:27
5."Sleepless"5:16
6."Quicksilver"5:26
7."The Infinite Tear"4:18
8."Indivisible"6:23
9."Porcelain"5:27
10."Angelus Everlasting"5:37
11."Sentinel"6:11
12."Matchstick Girl"6:54
13."Dark Matter"6:06
14."Africanus"4:52
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References
  1. "The Darkness before the… Halo". The Crüxshadows official website. August 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. Morris, Kevin (August 22, 2012). "Review : The Cruxshadows – As the Dark Against My Halo". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. Pannwitz, Tanja (2012). "The Crüxshadows". Orkus (in German). No. 10. pp. 80–81.
  4. Froghy, Jasmin. "The Crüxshadows – As the Dark Against My Halo". Sonic Seducer (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  5. Dunkle, Ray. "CD Review: Crüxshadows, The - As the Dark Against my Halo". Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  6. "Review: The Crüxshadows - As the Dark Against My Halo | Brutal Resonance". www.brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  7. "The Crüxshadows". cruxshadows.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  8. "The Crüxshadows: Quicksilver". cruxshadows.com.
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