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Darklore Manor is an album released by gothic horror musical group Nox Arcana on Monolith Graphics in 2003. It features a style of music that bears a similarity to Joseph Vargo's earlier work on the album Born of the Night with Midnight Syndicate, a group that he helped to establish in 1998 prior to his founding of Nox Arcana.

This album was inspired by a real-life haunted house located near Salem, Massachusetts, an old Victorian mansion built in 1889. According to local legend, a curse befell the Darklore family, resulting in many mysterious deaths. Then in 1941, the last of the bloodline, Damon Darklore, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughter Belladonna disappeared without any explanation.

Over the years, the abandoned Darklore Manor became a local haunt, something to scare kids on Halloween and a place for daring teenagers to hang out. In 1968, three teens disappeared after holding a seance there on Halloween. The old manor finally burned to the ground in 1971.

Midnight Syndicate, taking inspiration from Nox Arcana, wrote a very similar theme to their later album The 13th Hour in 2005.

Track listing

All music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski.

1. "Legend" – 1:49
2. "Darklore Manor" – 2:27
3. "Threshold of the Dead" – 1:18
4. "Trespassers" – 2:52
5. "Veil of Darkness" – 1:55
6. "Sanctuary of Shadows" – 3:12
7. "The Grande Hall" – 1:55
8. "Remnants" – 2:06
9. "Phantom Procession" – 1:46
10. "Belladonna" – 2:41
11. "Nursery Rhyme" – 0:40
12. "Music Box" – 2:08
13. "The Forgotten" – 2:44
14. "Nightmare" – 1:56
15. "No Rest for the Wicked" – 3:12
16. "Omen" – 0:43
17. "Seance" – 2:56
18. "Beyond Midnight" – 3:04
19. "Darkness Immortal" – 3:39
20. "Incantation" – 1:55
21. "Resurrected" – 7:12

External Sources

• Nox Arcana's official website

References

1. A History of Darklore Manor by Nox Arcana, first published in 2003, Dark Realms magazine, issue 13 VS. "A History of the Haverghast family mansion" by Midnight Syndicate, published 2005 .

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