Track Listing

1. Darkest Hour
2. Melancholia
3. Descent Into Madness
4. The House of Usher
5. Madeline's Lament
6. Haunted Memories
7. Annabel Lee
8. Legacy of Sorrow
9. The Black Cat
10. The Cask of Amontillado
11. Mysteries of the Night
12. Midnight Dreary
13. The Raven
14. Morbid Reminiscence
15. Lenore
16. A Dream Within A Dream
17. The Tell-Tale Heart
18. Murders in the Rue Morgue
19. The Pit and the Pendulum
20. Masque of the Red Death
21. Nevermore

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66148 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-20
• Number of discs: 1

Review
Nox Arcana is intelligent horror. Their versatility and willingness to explore all realms of horror and the dark side is what will keep Nox Arcana enduring for some time to come. --Fangoria

Review
A superb unleashing by the minstrels of the macabre, dedicated to master of the macabre. --Malefik Musick

Review
Shadow of the Raven continues in [Nox Arcana's] vein of greatness... [they] delve so deeply into what it truly must have been like to be Poe, it makes you wonder if Vargo and Piotrowski aren't actually vampires that at one time shared an evening with the man, cavorting on the rundown streets of Baltimore. --Horror-Punks.com

Customer Reviews

Amazingly Macabre
There are almost no words to describe this amazing album. Every track has its own macabre beauty. my favorite pieces on this disk are The House of Usher, Madeline's Lament, Annabel Lee, Legacy of Sorrow, Mysteries of the Night, The Raven, Morbid Reminesence, and Lenore. I hope you enjoyed this album as much as I did.

Quothe the Raven "Nox Arcana!"
You know you're holding something spectacular when you get chills just reading the track listing. Such was my response upon holding the latest gem from Nox Arcana, Shadow of the Raven, in my hands. A tribute to one of the greatest Gothic writers of all time, Edgar Allan Poe, this cd is a masterpiece of art; flawlessly capturing in musical notes what Poe set down in ink.

Based upon some of his greatest stories and most famous poems, this disc is their finest work to date.

Starting with the vocal track "Darkest Hour" you enter the despair and sorrow that was Poe's life. This feeling never really leaves you as you move onto the other songs. Some of the best are "Descent Into Madness" which will leave you with the feeling of growing dread, "Madeline's Lament" holds a gentle touch of sadness and "Haunted Memories" lives up to its' name with a haunting quality lying within each note. "Annabel Lee" is soft and poignant. "Mysteries of the Night" is simply beautiful while "The Raven" is heartbreakingly so. "A Dream Within A Dream" has an almost ethereal quality to it while "The Tell-Tale Heart" will have your own pounding with terror. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is pure suspense and "The Pit and the Pendulum" is absolutely disturbing.

This album is definitely a must have for fans of both Poe and Nox Arcana. To be without this album? Well....quothe the Raven "Nevermore!".

Dark, Macabre, Brilliant.
In a word, Brilliant. The work of Nox Arcana keeps getting better. As a professional Magician, I not only enjoy this music at my leisure, it serves as inspiration in my work. I am especially moved with Annabel Lee, Lenore and of course, the Raven. When this album was released, I did not hesitate to purchase it because I have enjoyed their past works. Carnival of Lost Souls and Darklore Manor to name two. Edgar Allan Poe himself would seem proud, in his own melancholy way, to have a soundtrack to accompany his immortal works.