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| Ancestral Romance | ||||
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| Released | 24 November 2010 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, symphonic metal, Progressive metal, neo-classical metal | |||
| Length | 50:23 | |||
| Label | Scarlet Records | |||
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Ancestral Romance is the eighth full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor, released on 24 November 2010.
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