Digital Ghosts (Shadow Gallery album)
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Digital Ghosts is the sixth album by the progressive-metal group Shadow Gallery
. It was released on October 23, 2009 in Europe and November 3, 2009 in the U.S. This is the first album since their former singer Mike Baker died on October 29, 2008.
Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery is an American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. After changing their name to Shadow Gallery and recording a short 8-track demo, the band was signed to Magna Carta Records in 1991...
. It was released on October 23, 2009 in Europe and November 3, 2009 in the U.S. This is the first album since their former singer Mike Baker died on October 29, 2008.
Track listing
Bonus Tracks on the Limited Edition Digipack
- "Two Shadows" is a reworked song (a Japanese bonus track from disc Room VRoom VRoom V is the fifth album by the progressive metal group Shadow Gallery, released in 2005 . It continues the story started in Tyranny, picking up after Tyranny's Act II....
) with vocals by Mike Baker. - "Gold Dust (demo)" is a demo version of album song with vocals by Carl-Cadden James.
- "In Your Window" is a capella version of the vocal harmonies from the album song "Digital Ghost".
- "World Of Fantasy (Demo)" is a demo version of a non-album song with vocals by Mike Baker.
Reception
Personnel
- Gary Wehrkamp - electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, drums
- Brendt Allman - electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Carl Cadden-James - bass guitar, fretless bass, flute, vocals (shares lead vocals on "Venom")
- Brian Ashland - lead vocals, guitar solo on "With Honor"
- Joe Nevolo - drums on "Venom" and "Gold Dust"
Additional musicians
- Ralf Scheepers (Primal FearPrimal Fear (band)Primal Fear is a German power metal and speed metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers and Mat Sinner . Sinner & Scheepers formed the band after Ralf was not hired as Rob Halford's replacement in Judas Priest...
) - Lead vocals on "Strong" - Clay Barton (SuspyreSuspyre-About the band:Suspyre's sound is heavily influenced by a wide variety of musicians and bands; most prominently: Dream Theater, Opeth, Symphony X, Mahler, Stravinsky, Mozart and Bach....
) - Lead vocals on "Venom" - Srđan BrankovićSrđan BrankovićSrđan Branković, is a Serbian heavy metal musician, best known as the member of the progressive/power metal band AlogiA.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Video albums:-Singles:-References:* *...
(Expedition Delta, AlogiAAlogiaIn psychology, alogia , or poverty of speech, is a general lack of additional, unprompted content seen in normal speech. As a symptom, it is commonly seen in patients suffering from schizophrenia, and is considered as a negative symptom...
) - Guitars on "Strong" - Vivien Lau (Shadrane) - Keyboards on "Gold Dust"
- Mike Baker - Vocals on "Two Shadows" and "World Of Fantasy"