Like Tierra Santa (the only other Spaniards I've listened to thus far), Dark Moor are from Spain. Unlike them, they sing in English.
Unfortunately, they don't sing very well. At least, Elisa Martin doesn't. Her voice is just too weak, and her pronunciations pretty bad, and marr what could have been a very decent debut. As it is, the songs are strong enough to still make Shadowland worthwhile, particularly the likes of "Calling On The Wind", the quite lovely "Magic Land" (where the male vocals add strength) and "Time Is The Avenger". With touches of folk, there is some really good material on here, but they really need to fix up the vocal part of their make up.
***1/2
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