Death & Legacy

Death & Legacy can be considered a concept album of sorts. The album's tracks are based on historical figures and events in history,[8] a concept that Serenity would use on their next album.

• 'New Horizons' – The exploits and adventures of England's Sir Francis Drake.
• 'The Chevalier' - Giacomo Casanova and the woman who resisted his seduction.
• 'Far from Home' - The Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa.
• 'Heavenly Mission' - Jacques de Molay, a Knight Templar, during the last years of the Crusades.
• 'State of Siege' – The terror of Gen. Hernán Cortés and the siege of Tenochtitlan, through the eyes of a shipmate.
• 'Changing Fate' – A ballad with Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake
• 'When Canvas Starts To Burn' - Albrecht Dürer, the German theorist and painter.
• 'Serenade of Flames' - Heinrich Kramer, an inquisitor against witchcraft and advocate of the Malleus Maleficarum.
• 'Youngest of Widows' – The reign, implications, and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
• 'Beyond Desert Sands' - Marco Polo and his travels to southeast asia and China.
• 'To India's Shores' – The voyage and times of Christopher Columbus.
• 'My Legacy' - Galileo Galilei’s persecution and his blindness.

Death & Legacy spawned three singles with "The Chevalier", "Serenade of Flames", and "When Canvas Starts To Burn".

A music video was shot for "The Chevalier", the album's lead single. The video was shot in Schloss Matzen castle, which is located in the west part of Austria. The video was shot during winter in the castle rooms, in the style and fashion of the second half of 18th century, during the Rococo and early Romanticism periods. Georg, who plays Casanova, is seen riding on a black horse and carrying a falcon, mixed with scenes where women with masks attempt to seduce him. Ailyn, Casanova's lover, is then seen in a room with Georg; both looking at the mirror. She then walks between trees and a lake in the park, and then sings alone. Clips of a horse and a falcon in a slow motion are also shown, along with scenes in which Georg and Ailyn are sitting with other band members around the dining table. The video ends with two of them singing together outside, as the sun illuminates them. The song and video was dedicated to Giacomo Casanova and was released on January 24, 2011.[9]

Lead vocalist Georg Neuhauser stated this about making the music video, "It was an awesome experience for everybody! This time, we worked together with Salvatore Perrone, an Italian director. We knew what we wanted and even tho it was not easy, we all worked as a big team, and this was the surplus. It took us nearly 3 days, shooting under the snow and rigid temperatures of our land, Tyrol in Austria. We also used some animals, as horses and falcons and those elements gave the storyboard a realistic flavor."[10] The video was released on January 24, 2011.[11]

The second single was "When Canvas Starts To Burn", and it also has an accompanying music video. It was shot in a studio in Tyrol, Austria, with band members playing and singing the song during a storm. It's mixed with scenes of girls playing the violin and posing on a red velvet bed. The song and video were dedicated to Albrecht Dürer, a northern renaissance painter on whom the lyrics are based. The video took one day to shoot and was released on November 14, 2011.[12]

A teaser for the single "Serenade of Flames" was also shot by the band.[13]

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