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Impending Ascension is the second studio album

Studio album

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by the progressive metal

Progressive metal

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/rock

Progressive rock

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band Magellan

Magellan (band)

Magellan is a progressive metal/rock band from California, United States, formed by the two brothers Trent Gardner and Wayne Gardner in 1985. The band has had a number of well known guest musicians, such as Ian Anderson , Joey Franco , and Tony Levin...

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Trent Gardner.

"Estadium Nacional" - 11:16
"Waterfront Weirdos" - 11:05
"Songsmith" - 5:33
"Virtual Reality" - 5:28
"No Time For Words" - 2:09
"Storms And Mutiny" - 11:50
"Under The Wire" - 1:42

Personnel

Musicians:

Trent Gardner
Trent Gardner
-Magellan albums:*Hour of Restoration *Impending Ascension *Test of Wills *Hundred Year Flood *Impossible Figures *Symphony for a Misanthrope *Innocent God -Trent's projects:...

- lead vocals, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
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, backing vocals
Wayne Gardner - electric
Electric guitar
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and acoustic guitars, vocals
Hal Stringfellow Imbrie - bass
Bass guitar
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, vocals
Doane Perry
Doane Perry
Doane Ethredge Perry is an American musician, composer and author. He has been working since 1984 as drummer and percussionist with Grammy award winning band Jethro Tull.-Early life:...

– drums on "Waterfront Weirdos" at Narnia Oaks Studio, Woodland Hills, Ca. All other drum tracks by Magellan.
Hope Harris – female voice on "Virtual Reality"

Production:

David Houston – engineer
Shawn Lux – cover paintings and coat of arms c/o Lux Metals, Santa Rosa, Ca.
Mike Martin – engineer
Kenneth Lee Jr. – mastering at Rocket-Lab, San Francisco April 1993
Trent Gardner – cover concept
Wayne Gardner – Magellan portrait and "The Overseer & His Witnesses" painting

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