SHADOW GALLERY: 'Prime Cuts' Available

September 30, 2007

Magna Carta Records has issued a "best-of" collection from progressive power metallers SHADOW GALLERY, entitled "Prime Cuts". The CD features 12 tracks newly chosen by the band, including a previously unreleased demo from the "Carved In Stone" sessions ("Rule The World") and edits of two tracks from the "Legacy" LP ("The Crusher" and "Colors"). The track listing is as follows:

01. Mystery
02. Ghost Of A Chance
03. Deeper Than Life
04. Hope For Us
05. The Crusher (edit)
06. Colors (edit)
07. The Final Hour
08. Say Goodbye To The Morning
09. Don't Ever Cry, Just Remember
10. New World Order
11. Legacy
12. Rule The World (prev. unreleased demo)

For more information, including audio samples, click here.

SHADOW GALLERY began in the early 1980s under the name SORCERER, changing their name just in time to sign with Magna Carta Records in 1991. It was a young band joining forces with a young label. Both were doing something brave and fraught with risk: They were making music that is complex enough to merit careful attention, built around a compelling but oddly non-commercial blend of virtuosity and emotion, and saying that maybe there's a place in the world for something other than three-minute songs. SHADOW GALLERY uses its chops to tell stories — big stories, sometimes so big they have to span across multiple albums.

Longtime fans will especially relish "Rule the World", a song recorded as a demo during the sessions for the second album, "Carved in Stone". It's very interesting to listen to it, and then flash forward to a more recent song, and see just how crystal clear the band's musical vision has always been — there has always been a sound that they are reaching for, and the perfection of that sound gets a little bit closer with each new album they record.

SHADOW GALLERY's fifth album, "Room V", was released in May 2005 via InsideOut Music.

Up close and personal with SHADOW GALLERY guitarist Gary Wehrkamp:

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