Shadow Gallery

by Shadow Gallery

Shadow Gallery cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 April 1992
  • Label: Magna Carta
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:00
  • Community rating: 3.11/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Baker, Chris Ingles, Carl Cadden-James, Lianne Himmelwright, Brendt Allman, Ben Timely

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This eponymous debut positioned the Pennsylvania quintet among the pioneers of the burgeoning progressive metal scene. 'Shadow Gallery' weaves soaring vocal melodies with labyrinthine instrumental sections and intricate, neoclassical keyboard work. Despite a relatively thin production quality, the ambitious songwriting showcased a staggering level of compositional maturity.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, complex, melodic, fantasy

Tracklist

  1. The Dance Of The Fools (7:35)
  2. Darktown (9:12)
  3. Mystified (7:09)
  4. Question At Hand (6:54)
  5. The Final Hour (5:06)
  6. Say Goodbye To The Morning (6:50)
  7. The Queen Of The City Of Ice (17:10)

Credits

  • Shadow Gallery - primary artist, arranged by
  • Brendt Allman - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Lianne Himmelwright - backing vocals
  • Shawn Lux - cover [cover painting], painting [cover painting]
  • Ben Timely - drums, percussion
  • Mike Baker - lead vocals
  • John Cooney - percussion [additional]
  • Rich Lewis McCorkel - narrator

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