Narnia: 'From Darkness To Light' finally available!

Amazing album from what I’m hearing!!!

This is TRUE Christian Metal, those lyrics WOW!!!

Sounding great.

I haven't found it available anywhere for under $20 yet.  I hope the price comes down a tad.

It's kind of strange the vinyl costs less then the cd.

After 3 or 4 listens I am liking this!

After the first listen, I like it. It has classic Narnia elements. The war that tore the land stood out for me.

alldatndensum wrote:I haven't found it available anywhere for under $20 yet.  I hope the price comes down a tad.

I found it for $17.78 on deepdiscount.com .... check it out! Just put in Narnia in the search and presto! There it is!

They even have Long Live The King reissues with all versions...cd, Lp, and Picturedisc... I think those are pre-order for September.

That's a little better but it's still pretty steep. Must not have U.S. distribution.

Black Rider wrote:That's a little better but it's still pretty steep. Must not have U.S. distribution.

Maybe Bill from Roxx bring some copies to USA market...

Preordered this from Amazon two months ago and forgot about it. It came today. I preordered it for $16 w/ free shipping and that was the price that stuck. Thought that was cool.

Album sounds great as always but I just got home and just started listening.

I like it but I kind of miss the neo classical days.

Black Rider wrote:I like it but I kind of miss the neo classical days.

yeah, I missed it too. And just from watching the clips on youtube.

Hopefully they will bring merchandising with them next month, so I can buy it.

Thiago-Brazil wrote:

Black Rider wrote:I like it but I kind of miss the neo classical days.

yeah, I missed it too. And just from watching the clips on youtube.

Hopefully they will bring merchandising with them next month, so I can buy it.

They will. But the new album probally just the vinyl, because FDTL was released here by Voice Music/MusiK records

Well, I'm that annoying person that likes the new style more than the old (what they were known by to all their longtime fans). I was a huge power metal fan when Narnia came into the scene and I thought of the them as generic. I wasn't into the neoclassical style unless it was something like Symphony X that had some muscle to it. For me, Course of a Generation got me on board. I subsequently went back and enjoyed some of the older material but these last three are my favorites.

alldatndensum wrote:I haven't found it available anywhere for under $20 yet.  I hope the price comes down a tad.

Apparently there is a double album Japan version that will set you back even further

Ordered one from ebay for $16 and change, free shipping.

You poor Yanks... I know what it's like. I had the same problem with some Neal Morse and Michael Sweet material. Also with ShadowStrike recently. And don't get me started on Galneryus.

Anyway, as far as I can tell the Japanese 2 CD version contains the most recent live album We Still Believe.

This release needs a little more pub.  Tons of variety here.  Best of 2019 for me.  The most mature release to date for the band.  The production is just outstanding it's very broad and warm; not quite metallic as the past but still heavy with the best mix of Christian's vocals that I've heard.

This is the best of Narnia's songwriting and they've come a long way. The songs really breathe and they avoid the repetitiveness of the past.  The choruses are really catchy and rememberable especially "You Are the Air That I Breathe."  "The War Torn Land" is probably the best composition of Carl Grimmark's career as well as the most original.  Grimmarks tremendous solo'ing is fully represented here on most the songs; not as showy as the past, but enhancing the song which is what they are meant to do.  The riffing is not typical metal chugga-chugga but fitting for the song, rather than writing the song around the riff.  "Has the River Run Dry?" is the best lead riff and it kills during the chorus and seems to owe itself to Dio-era Rainbow.

The keys are outstanding with lots of different tones including throwbacks to the 80's sound.  Plus they don't drown out the music like with a lot of Euro-power metal.  There's also lots of different interplays between guitar and keys where neither takes center stage but make an interesting tapestry.  This is especially apparent on the breezy and rhythmically-bouncy "Sail On" - a song that will get your head bobbing and grooving.

Not my favorite Narnia, but it is their most complete work with little to no skippers.  This is not the metal you think of from your youth but I would describe it as lush metal.

I couldn't agree more, Superjuice. I think it is a tremendous album, and is now my favorite Narnia album. "The War That Tore The Land" has been so impactful to me. I often can't listen to it without tears. Not only is it stunning beautiful, but the lyrics take me into the throne room of God. I am often undone listening to that track.

Follower of Jesus wrote:I couldn't agree more, Superjuice. I think it is a tremendous album, and is now my favorite Narnia album. "The War Torn Land" has been so impactful to me. I often can't listen to it without tears. Not only is it stunning beautiful, but the lyrics take me into the throne room of God. I am often undone listening to that track.

An awesome song(“The War That Tore The Land”) indeed...in fact it is a tremendous album to be sure. I’m glad that this thread was brought up again because this was definitely one of the best albums last year and I don’t hear much about it anymore. The more I listen to this album I see the maturity in song writing and the overall flow is so  great. This is definitely one of my favorite Narnia albums. Also, MNFST has been stuck in my head for a while now...one of their best written songs imo.

Definitely my favorite in the catalog. Mature, super solid, amazing production, losing nothing of their sound but trying some new things still.

I actually listen to the title track more than any other song. What tremendous lyrics on that song, what feel in Christian's delivery and CJ's delivery and what a real and true cry for many during these darker days!

I listened this late in the game since I ordered it from the band's website and it took two months to get here.  After listening to it for a month, I was surprised by the lack of reaction around here.  I figured if I bumped this I would get more feedback and, just as I thought, people are overwhelmed by the quality of this album.

It's pretty rare for a band to achieve such a tremendous landmark of music this late in their career, but Narnia has done it.  For an example showing the quality of this album, I have been listening to the newest Michael Sweet album in my car which is being raved about in most venues, but I keep bumping that one out and going back to this one instead.  Ten ain't bad, but it's not on the same level or height of vision.