The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev Song Details

"The Dark Is Rising" by Mercury Rev had its release date on March 3, 2017. This song appears to be safe for all ages as it is not explicit. The track order of this song in Mercury Rev's "Istanbul 2011" album is number 12 out of 12. Based on our statistics, The Dark Is Rising's popularity is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 156 BPM, a half-time of 78BPM, and a double-time of 312 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, running, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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