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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Shadow Gallery - Prime Cuts + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-22-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.shadowgallery.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Shadow Gallery Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Prime Cuts Label : Magna Carta ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Apart from their occasionally slightly corny ║ │
│║ debut album, Shadow Gallery have produced some ║ │
│║ of the best melodic progressive metal albums of ║ │
│║ the last 10 years. This release is a compilation ║ │
│║ of material, some of it edited down, mainly from ║ │
│║ the later Legacy/Tyranny period. Two of the ║ │
│║ better tracks each from the eponymous debut and ║ │
│║ the excellent Carved in Stone albums complete ║ │
│║ the package though the last album V is not ║ │
│║ covered for some reason presumably due to ║ │
│║ copyright or Magna Cart not wishing it to be ║ │
│║ known they left. It also features a furiously- ║ │
│║ paced previously unreleased bonus piece ║ │
│║ originally considered for the Carved in Stone ║ │
│║ album titled "Rule the World". ║ │
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│║ Shadow Gallery were inspired by Alan Moore's ║ │
│║ novel V for Vendetta and is central to the ║ │
│║ concept of 3 of the last four albums. ║ │
│║ Technically this band are in Dream Theater ║ │
│║ territory, the major difference being their ║ │
│║ greater ear for melody and their frequent ║ │
│║ reliance on delicate piano lines and grand ║ │
│║ anthemic motifs. They also surpass most of their ║ │
│║ contemporaries in their ability to spin stories ║ │
│║ and legends in their lyrics, all demonstrated as ║ │
│║ well as anywhere in the second selection on the ║ │
│║ disc "Ghost of a Chance". ║ │
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│║ The edgy aggression of Stone's "Deeper than ║ │
│║ Life" is balanced by the simple eloquence of ║ │
│║ "Hope for Us" from Tyranny. Legacy was an ║ │
│║ altogether heavier album and two of the songs ║ │
│║ taken from it, "The Crusher" and the title track ║ │
│║ convey their technical playing skills best with ║ │
│║ anthems abandoned to Petrucci-like guitar riffs. ║ │
│║ In the end though its pomp and grand story lines ║ │
│║ which populate Shadow Gallery's world. As the ║ │
│║ promo article says û big ideas, big riffs, big ║ │
│║ production (they don't mention the big hair). ║ │
│║ For those not familiar with the band and not ║ │
│║ into prog-metal big time it is a good cover-all ║ │
│║ of their music. For those who love the genre and ║ │
│║ have the cash, just buy the last 4 albums ║ │
│║ instead. ║ │
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│║ DISCOGRAPHY ║ │
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│║ Shadow Gallery Full-length 1992 ║ │
│║ Carved in Stone Full-length 1995 ║ │
│║ Tyranny Full-length 1998 ║ │
│║ Legacy Full-length 2001 ║ │
│║ Room V Full-length 2005 ║ │
│║ Prime Cuts Compilation 2007 ║ │
│║ Digital Ghosts Full-length 2009 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Mystery [04:20] │
│ 02 - Ghost Of Chance [05:16] │
│ 03 - Deeper Than Life [04:32] │
│ 04 - Hope For Us [06:00] │
│ 05 - The Crusher (SG 2007 Edit) [05:48] │
│ 06 - Colors (SG 2007 Edit) [05:34] │
│ 07 - The Final Hour [05:05] │
│ 08 - Say Goodbye To The Morning [06:46] │
│ 09 - Don┤t Ever Cry, Just Remember [06:29] │
│ 10 - New World Order [08:11] │
│ 11 - Legacy [05:04] │
│ 12 - Rule The World (Unreleased Demo) [05:51] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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