Theater Of Illusion is set in an old Vaudeville theater on Halloween night. Winter's Eve and Winter's Majesty continue the medieval winter holiday theme. In 2009 Nox Arcana became a solo project of Joseph Vargo, who is the sole composer and musician on Blackthorn Asylum and all subsequent albums, with William Piotrowski still providing the engineering. Their gothic-Christmas release Winter's Knight peaked at #8 on the Billboard Music Chart for Best Holiday Album in 20. Phantoms Of The High Seas explores the mysteries of the deep with a ghostly adventure steeped in pirate lore. Nox Arcana also delved into the realms of fantasy with Blood Of The Dragon, which opened at #4 on Amazon's New Age chart in its first week of release. Nox Arcana created the music for Blood Of Angels in 2006, an album featuring vocals and lyrics by author and vocalist Michelle Belanger. Blackthorn Asylum explores the horrors of a forsaken 19th century sanitarium with an original storyline that expands upon Lovecraft's "From Beyond." Carnival Of Lost Souls takes listeners inside an old-fashioned traveling circus in the tradition of Ray Bradbury’s short story "Something Wicked This Way Comes." Shadow Of The Raven is a tribute to 21 horror stories by Edgar Allan Poe, while Grimm Tales brings the childhood nightmares of the Brothers Grimm to music. Several of Nox Arcana's concept albums pay tribute to classic authors: Transylvania, ventures into the land of vampires, musically expounding upon Bram Stoker's Dracula. During the Halloween season the music of Nox Arcana can be heard throughout haunted attractions and theme parks around the world, including Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, and Knott’s Berry Farm. Their music is used by professional magicians and dance troupes, aired on the Fox TV show "So You Think You Can Dance," and appears in several games like Civilization IV, Warhammer and Into The Dark. Their soundtracks have also been used in theatrical productions of Bram Stokers' "Dracula", Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and The Pendulum" and Lewis Carrol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Nox Arcana's debut album, Darklore Manor, was featured as the musical score for the WB's televised special of the 1922 silent film classic, "Nosferatu", and has spawned a book of original horror stories, "The Legend of Darklore Manor and Other Tales of Terror". Many of their albums also contain hidden riddles and interactive puzzles. The name Nox Arcana is derived from two Latin words, which roughly translate to "mysteries of the night." Nox Arcana is primarily known for creating conceptual, themed soundtracks with classic horror and Gothic literary references. Nox Arcana was formed in 2003 by Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski.
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