Impending Ascension

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Impending Ascension
Magellan - Impending Ascension cover.jpg
Studio album by Magellan
Released 1993
Recorded All songs recorded and mixed at Audio Production Group, Sacramento, Ca., October 1992-March 1993, except "Estadium Nacional" which was recorded and mixed at H.O.S. Studios in Menlo Park, Ca., June 1992.
Genre Progressive metal
Progressive rock
Length49:02
Label Magna Carta Records
Producer David Houston
Magellan chronology
Hour of Restoration
(1991) Hour of Restoration1991		Impending Ascension
(1994)		 Test of Wills
(1997) Test of Wills1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Impending Ascension is the second studio album by the progressive metal/rock band Magellan.

Progressive metal is a fusion genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock that combines the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter.

Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening, not dancing.

Magellan was 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.

Contents

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Trent Gardner.

  1. "Estadium Nacional" - 11:16
  2. "Waterfront Weirdos" - 11:05
  3. "Songsmith" - 5:33
  4. "Virtual Reality" - 5:28
  5. "No Time for Words" - 2:09
  6. "Storms and Mutiny" - 11:50
  7. "Under the Wire" - 1:42

Personnel

Musicians:

Trent Gardner was an American progressive rock musician and producer. He died on June 11, 2016.

Keyboard instrument class of musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings.

Electric guitar electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup generally uses electromagnetic induction to create this signal, which being relatively weak is fed into a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.

Production:

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References

  1. ↑ "Impending Ascension - Magellan". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
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