Tyranny

Tyranny Shadow Gallery

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Release Date

September 22, 1998

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01:13:52

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Angel Mountain Production Studios
Shadow Gallery Studios

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Discography Timeline

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Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery (1992)
Carved in Stone
Carved in Stone (1995)
Tyranny
Tyranny (1998)
Legacy
Legacy (2001)
Room V
Room V (2005)
Prime Cuts
Prime Cuts (2007)
Digital Ghosts
Digital Ghosts (2009)

Tyranny Review by David White

Shadow Gallery's third album is a concept album about a defense worker's search for meaning after becoming disenchanted with his job. The music is somewhat softer than it was on Carved in Stone, but has much the same sound and the same intricate production. Guest vocalists James LaBrie of Dream Theater and DC Cooper of Royal Hunt add their talents to this album. As with other Shadow Gallery albums, this album features a good mix of fast and slow and long and short songs. Everything on the album is well written, performed and produced. The featured tracks of the album would seem to be the two longest, "I Believe" and "New World Order" which feature LaBrie and Cooper, respectively. However, Tyranny is an album that flows so well that it's difficult to think of songs individually.

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Lachlan Thomas Langmead May 18, 2026
If you like prog or power metal, this is a classic cut, the primo shit. Not groundbreaking but it’s top notch.
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All Credits
Brendt Allman Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Vocals
Mike Baker Composer
Mike Baker Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Larry Burke Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Carl Cadden-James Arranger, Bass, Composer, Engineer, Flute, Mixing, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Paul Chou Violin
D.C. Cooper Guest Artist, Vocals
Chris Ingles Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer
Laura Jaeger Vocals
Rainer Kalwitz Artwork, Cover Art
James LaBrie Guest Artist, Vocals
Ken Lee Mastering
Joe Nevolo Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
John Sterling Ruth Photography
Shadow Gallery Group, Primary Artist
Gary Sloyer Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Gary Wehrkamp Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Orchestral Arrangements, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
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