Ebonshire Explained

Ebonshire
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Nox Arcana
Cover:	Ebonshire-Nox_Arcana.jpg
Released:	December 7, 2018
Genre:	Neoclassical dark wave, Christmas music
Label:	Monolith Graphics
Producer:	Joseph Vargo
Prev Title:	Ebonshire 5
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana
Next Year:	2019

Ebonshire is the 27th album released by Nox Arcana. It is a collection of songs from 5 earlier volumes in a series of winter holiday EPs inspired by Nox Arcana's holiday music trilogy: Winter's Knight (2005), Winter's Eve (2009), and Winter's Majesty (2012), which are each set in a fantasy realm called Ebonshire. This full-length release includes 4 new tracks.^[1]

Composer Joseph Vargo explained that each year a new volume of songs is to be added to the Ebonshire series for the winter holiday season.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

1. The Shire Path — 2:29
2. Winterdream — 3:43
3. Homeward Bound — 2:53
4. Drifting Ivory — 3:57
5. Through Wintry Wilds — 2:41
6. Shades Of The Past — 2:37
7. December's Child — 2:49
8. Winter Spell — 4:13
9. Running With Wolves — 2:58
10. Candles In The Snow — 3:01
11. Lost In Time — 3:23
12. Echoes of Elise — 3:29
13. Hearthside Lullaby — 3:25
14. The Dark Before The Dawn — 4:15
15. Silver Horizon — 3:25
16. Kindred Spirits — 2:42
17. Solstice Eve — 3:30
18. Evening Snowfall — 3:52
19. Stars In The Heavens — 3:58
20. Rex Ventorum — 3:53
21. Journey's End — 7:34 *

• Includes a bonus track.

External links

• Nox Arcana's official website
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0003247969|pure_url=yes}} ''Ebonshire''] at Allmusic

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nox Arcana announcement 2018. Facebook. 28 November 2018.
2. Web site: Nox Arcana announcement. 2013-12-15.
3. Web site: New Releases by Nox Arcana. Blaue Rosen. 30 November 2015.