Shadow Gallery 阴影回廊
- 风格
- #前卫金属 #前卫摇滚 #重金属 #能量金属
- 地区
- United States of America 美国
艺人介绍
1983年由Mike Baker、Carl Cadden-James、Ron Evans和Kurt Hutchinson共同组成「Sorcerer」，85年时吉他手Chris Ingles应邀加入。 早期的Sorcerer大多cover 一些一般乐团较不会尝试的乐曲，如Yngwie Malmsteen和Rush等classic rock之类的东西。
87年时鼓手Kurt Hutchinson离团，而吉他手Chris Ingles也回学校唸书去了，不久后现任的吉他手Brendt Allman加入。之后Brendt Allman和Carl Cadden-James开始著手创作“The Queen of the City of Ice”(即第一张专辑中的十七分鐘大作)，长篇幅与古典前卫导向的编曲，引来刚成立的Magna Carta音乐厂牌的注意，而乐团的曲风也正是Magna Carta经理在一片的商业音乐环境中所极欲找寻的不同声音。
而当乐团正在录制demo时，bass手Carl碰巧遇上Chris Ingles，并希望他能归团以借重他在keyboard上的功力，于是Chris再度归队做为专职的keyboard手，有了Chris的加入，使得乐团的走向更为地前卫。
然而，此时乐团转趋前卫式的曲风已不是原吉他手Ron Evans所欲追求的，於是便离开了乐团。到了1991年，乐团更名为Shadow Gallery，并正式与Magna Carta签约。终於，在92年中发行了首张同名专辑。然而当时这张张专辑似乎有如DT第一张专辑《When Dream And Day Unite》的命运一般，叫好而不叫座。
93年四月，guitar/keyboard手Gary Wehrkamp加入，使得S.G.的阵容更加地坚强。94年新任鼓手Kevin Soferra加入，至此S.G.的阵容终告确定。
到了95年七月，发行了第二张专辑。之后则录製了一些向乐团致敬的专辑，如： 《The Moon Revisited》(Pink Floyd)、《Tales From Yesterday》(Yes)、《Supper's Ready》(Genesis)、《Working Man》(Rush)等。
S.G.的这两张专辑，可说是前卫乐迷们眼中的珍宝，不仅风格独树一格，其长篇幅式华丽的编曲与浓厚的古典气势，亦是超越所有过去的作品，而达到了一个新的境地！
by David White
Shadow Gallery is a progressive rock band that stresses songwriting, production and performance in their music. Their songs are frequently long with instrumental pieces in the middle. Shadow Gallery's music is hard at times, soft at others, providing an interesting variety to the listener.
Of the original members, Mike Baker (lead vocals) and Carl Cadden-James (bass, flute) remained for the 1992 debut CD Shadow Gallery. They were joined by Brendt Allman (lead guitar), Chris Ingles (keyboards) and John Cooney (drums). This debut CD was released quickly and is considered by the band to be of demo quality. Although the production is weak, the songwriting on this CD clearly shows artistic potential.
Shadow Gallery took an enormous step in maturity for its second CD, Carved in Stone. A couple of lineup changes were made, with Kevin Soffera taking over on drums and versatile Gary Wehrkamp adding additional guitars and keyboards. Carved in Stone, released in 1995, is longer and much more mature than the debut CD. It features stunning production, far exceeding that of Shadow Gallery, and improves on the previously high-quality songwriting. The group's third album, Tyranny followed in 1998.
In 1998, the band's third album, Tyranny, was released. This is a concept album about a defense worker who becomes disenchanted with his job and searches for other meanings in his life. The music is very reminiscent of Carved in Stone, although somewhat lighter. Legacy appeared in spring 2001.
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- @普罗客(Progger)：这个来自美国宾洲的前卫金属乐团的团名与专辑唱片里陈述之故事是一个值得介绍的前卫金属摇滚乐迷话题；Shadow Gallery 取名自电影 V for Vendetta 主角所隐藏的地下住所，1998 的「Tyranny 」与 2005的「ROOM V 」这两张概念性专辑所描述的故事也与反极权统治的政治革命相关。「Tyranny 」与「ROOM V 」专辑的前奏都是以节奏快速丰富的器乐演奏短曲开头，除了展现乐团的前卫金属本色外也马上让你热血沸腾继续听下去。