India (Xandria album)

India
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2005
RecordedDecember 2004 – June 2005
StudioPleasurepark Studios, Belgium
GenreSymphonic metal, gothic metal
Length51:58
LabelDrakkar Entertainment
ProducerJosé Alvarez-Brill
Xandria chronology
Ravenheart
(2004)
India
(2005)
Salomé – The Seventh Veil
(2007)
Singles from India
  1. "In Love with the Darkness"
    Released: 2005

India is the third album by German symphonic metal band Xandria. It was released on August 22, 2005, via Drakkar Entertainment label. The album also released one single, "In Love with the Darkness".

In comparison with its predecessor Ravenheart, the album presents a larger variety of musical ideas and a more powerful and dynamic sound, a clear progression for the band. The album features the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg and several guest musicians: the Irish folk band Sceal Eile, musicians and the female singer of the band Lyriel and the Australian Grant Stevens.

The producer José Alvarez-Brill is the same of Ravenheart. The recordings took place with some interruptions used for further song writing and arranging from December 2004 to June 2005. The album was released on August 22, 2005, and reached number 30 in the German album charts.