Shadowland are a British

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band formed in the 1990s. The band's music tends towards the pop side of progressive rock, while retaining its melodic and emotional intensity. Shadowland took a lengthy break from recording and performing between 1996 and 2009. During this time Nolan was writing and performing in

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, which has a heavier musical style. Nolan has also been

Pendragon Pendragon or ( wlm, pen dreic, ''pen dragon''; composed of Welsh , 'head, chief, top' and / '' dragon'', 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Latin word , plural , 'dragon , br, Penn Aerouant) literally means 'chief dragon' or 'head dragon', bu ...

's regular

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since 1986 and, more recently, has written and toured a rock opera entitled ''She'' in a partnership with Agnieszka Swita under the band name Caamora. Late in 2008, Nolan announced that Shadowland would be reforming for a tour in early 2009. The tour promoted a

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album, ''A Matter of Perspective'', featuring the band's favourite tracks from the three previous albums as well as some new material, which was released in 2009. During the tour Shadowland filmed a DVD, ''Edge of Night'', released by Metal Mind Productions. At the same time, Metal Mind also released an individually numbered

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, ''Cautionary Tales'' containing all the earlier albums with bonus tracks, the ''Edge of Night'' DVD, and a two disc concert recording called ''Live in Poland'' which comprises the audio from the DVD. Mark Westwood (Caamora, Neo) has replaced Ian Salmon on bass in the 2009 incarnation, but the rest of the original 1990s line-up is unchanged.

Members

;Current members *

Clive Nolan Clive Nolan (born 30 June 1961) is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the development of progressive rock. He has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon (1986–present), Shadowland (1992–presen ...

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s and

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(1992–present) *

Karl Groom Karl Groom is a British guitarist and record producer. He is best known as a founding and the only constant member of the progressive metal band Threshold. His production and mixing credits are mainly with progressive and power metal bands. M ...

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(1992–present) * Nick Harradence -

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s (1992–present) * Mark Westwood – bass and acoustic guitars (2009–present) * Mike Varty -

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(2009–present) ;Former members * Ian Salmon - bass and acoustic guitars (1992-1996)

Discography

Albums

* '' Ring of Roses'' (1992), reissued with two extra tracks (1997), remastered with bonus tracks (2009) * ''

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'' (1994), reissued with one extra track (1997), remastered with bonus tracks (2009) * ''

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'' (1996), remastered with bonus tracks (2009) * ''A Matter of Perspective'' (2009)

DVDs

* ''Edge of Night'' (2009)

Box sets

* ''Cautionary Tales'' (2009)

References

External links

Official siteClive Nolan Online
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