Of Magic Illusions

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Of Magic Illusions
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Studio album by
Released1 July 2005
Recorded2003
Genre Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal
Length1:11:47
Label Magik Art Entertainment
Ancestral Legacy chronology
Crash of Silence (DVD)
(2004)
Of Magic Illusions
(2005)
Trapped Within the Words
(2008)

Of Magic Illusions is the first full-length album by the Norwegian band Ancestral Legacy, released on 1 July 2005 under Magik Art Entertainment. Originally was a self-released demo album from April 2003.

Contents

Background

The album includes three bonus tracks taken from the 2002 demo Emptiness, plus an extra track from the Of Magic Illusions recording session: “Enveloped” a cover of the Finnish band Rapture, from the album Songs For The Withering (2002). A music video was made for the track "Crash of Silence".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."All Things Must End" (Instrumental)02:06
2."Self-Enslavement"08:14
3."Of Magic Illusions"06:38
4."When Sense Dies"05:57
5."Separate Worlds"06:51
6."Crash of Silence"06:33
7."Forsaken"07:14
8."The Silent Season"06:57
9."Enveloped (Rapture cover)*"04:58
10."Whispering Voices*"04:33
11."Ringer of Death*"05:29
12."Cross the Sea*"06:17
Total length:01:11:47

(*)Tracks 9 - 12 appears only on the 2005 Re-release on Magik Art. "Cross The Sea" is an edit version of the original track.

Personnel

Ancestral Legacy

Production and Engineering

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