Of Magic Illusions

{{Infobox album

| name = Of Magic Illusions

| type = studio

| artist = Ancestral Legacy

| cover = Of Magic Illusions cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 July 2005

| recorded = 2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal

| length = 01:11:47

| label = Magik Art Entertainment

| producer =

| prev_title = Crash of Silence (DVD)

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Trapped Within the Words

| next_year = 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.

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

{{tracklist

| total_length = 01:11:47

| title1 = All Things Must End

| note1 = Instrumental

| length1 = 02:06

| title2 = Self-Enslavement

| note2 =

| length2 = 08:14

| title3 = Of Magic Illusions

| note3 =

| length3 = 06:38

| title4 = When Sense Dies

| note4 =

| length4 = 05:57

| title5 = Separate Worlds

| note5 =

| length5 = 06:51

| title6 = Crash of Silence

| note6 =

| length6 = 06:33

| title7 = Forsaken

| note7 =

| length7 = 07:14

| title8 = The Silent Season

| note8 =

| length8 = 06:57

| title9 = Enveloped (Rapture cover)*

| note9 =

| length9 = 04:58

| title10 = Whispering Voices*

| note10 =

| length10 = 04:33

| title11 = Ringer of Death*

| note11 =

| length11 = 05:29

| title12 = Cross the Sea*

| note12 =

| length12 = 06:17

}}

(*)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 =

  • Elin Anita Omholt - Female Vocals
  • Eddie Risdal - Harsh Vocals/Guitars
  • Tor Arvid Larsen - Guitars
  • Anton Dead aka Atle Johansen - Bass
  • Børre Iversen - Drums

= Production and Engineering =

  • Eddie Risdal - Mixing, Songwriting, Photography
  • Cato Pedersen - Photography, Cover art