Eppur si muove (album)

Eppur si muove
Eppur si muove
Studio album by Haggard
Released	2004
Genre	Symphonic metal, death-doom
Length	50:16
Label	Drakkar Entertainment
Producer	Dieter Roth
Haggard chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	^[1]
Tartarean Desire	^[2]

Eppur si muove is the third full-length album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 26 April 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment.

The album is based on the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), who, according to legend, muttered the phrase eppur si muove, meaning "And yet it does move", after being forced to recant, in front of the Inquisition, his belief that the earth moved around the sun.

In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 23rd best symphonic metal album.^[3]

The following is a musical theme recurring in many tracks on the album (as All'inizio è la morte, Per Aspera ad Astra and the titletrack Eppur si muove):

$\relative c' {\clef treble \key c \major r8 a'8 a4 e'8 e4 d8 c8 \times 3/2 {a4} | a8 a8 g4 d'8 d8 c8 b8 g8 \times 3/2 {r4} | g'8 g8 a4 e8 e4 d8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 b8 \times 5/4 {r2} | \times 3/2 {c4} c4 g8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 \times 3/2 {b8} | b16 a8 g8 b8 g8 a2 }$

^ Metal Storm review
^ "Tartarean Desire review". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
^ Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[1] Metal Storm review

[2] "Tartarean Desire review". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

[MHbestsymph-3] Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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