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Points: 71 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 09:35

I've been a big fan of Shadow Gallery for quite some time.  Got all their albums.  I wouldn't say Legacy is the weakest.  I'd go as far to say its one of their strongest.  "First light" is incredible and Cliffhanger 2 is just supreme.

The reason why they aren't all that well known is because they've never performed properly live together, and they have their own day-jobs.



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Points: 2373 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 17:31

I received a lot of undeserved praise here - it takes very little to stand up for someone on the Internet. Still, thank you, Progmaniaczka and Eugene. It's also good to have the situation cleared up and to see that no harm had been intended or done.

Re Shadow Gallery, I really like "Legacy" and if the other albums are even better... well...

Are they great in a more objective meaning of the word? Probably not. "Legacy" has its flaws, for example I still fail to hear an organising principle in "First Light" (sorry, Bionic Commando), to me it just sounds like a few very good, but unrelated songs glued together quite arbitrarily. And yeah, from the admittedly very little I heard by Birdsongs of the Mezozoic, they are a tough act to beat. It's no wonder that Shadow Gallery can pale in comparison. But this doesn't really change my attitude towards them.

 

 
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Points: 6699 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 19:46
I love Shadow Gallery.  The first album i heard from them was Tyranny and i just loved every bit of it.  Legacy was alright too, but i find Room V to be just amazing.  They really broke the formula that they had been using in the past.
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Points: 706 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 19:50
Shadow Gallery?

Nope, sorry. Bought one album and sold it back after 3 listens.

Maybe I'm missing something...but I don't think so.


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Points: 31627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2005 at 17:49
I heard the debut album a couple a weeks ago, as well as Carved In Stone. I liked both and have ordered 3 albums by them (Shadow Gallery, Carved In Stone, Tyranny) 
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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2005 at 11:04
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2005 at 11:16
I think they're good- but not the best.
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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2005 at 11:40

I found "Carved In Stone" in a cutout bin in an outlet mall 2 years ago.

It didn't impress me then.  I'll give it another go.
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OK. I listened to it this morning. It's not quite as bad as I remembered. But not great.

Kind of like Kansas around the time of "Power".  Mundane songwriting with flashes of interesting instrumentation.  It doesn't suck, but I wonder why anyone could worship these guys.
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Points: 31627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 16:47
I've heard through all three SG records i ordered now(got them in the mail earlier today). They are all excellent, and currently, Carved In Stone is my favorite
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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 16:49
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Points: 35 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 23:43
If I hate the song Legacy, does that mean I will probably dislike the rest of Shadow Gallery's stuff?
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Points: 224 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 00:40

The first SG CD I heard was Carved in Stone and I will not lie if I say that that changed my life. Since then on I love Shadow Gallery...

It's my favorite band, I have all thier CD and I confess I am a Hard Core Die Fan!

LONG LIVE SHADOW GALLERY!
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 00:49
Originally posted by Evolver Evolver wrote:

OK. I listened to it this morning. It's not quite as bad as I remembered. But not great.

Kind of like Kansas around the time of "Power".  Mundane songwriting with flashes of interesting instrumentation.  It doesn't suck, but I wonder why anyone could worship these guys.

Don't base your opinion on their earlier work.They have matured quit a bit into an amazing band.Try the concept album Tyranny,the story from that album is continued on their newest release Room V(a brilliant cd).


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Points: 150 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 02:26
I have grown sick and tired of allmost all the progmetal groups, but for some reason I love Shadow Gallery. Discovered them when I saw that Labrie had a litle part on the tyrany album. From that day I had a new favourite.
It is said to be the first Test-pressing of the corean release??

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Points: 41 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 13:01

 Great band! I was so impressed with 'Room V' that I now wish I had checked them out before. I think it was because I didn't see any of their albums in stores but I had read good things about them. They kinda remind me of what made Dream Theater so good before, especially now that DT aren't so good anymore...
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