''State of Mind'', released in 1997, is an album by Netherlands

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

band

Elegy An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...

Track listing

#"Equinox (Instrumental)" (Henk Van De Laars) - 1:39 #"Visual Vortex" (Dirk Bruinenberg, Van De Laars, Ian Parry) - 4:45 #"Trust" (Van De Laars, Parry) - 4:01 #"Beyond" (Parry) - 5:05 #"Shadow Dancer" (Bruinenberg, Van De Laars, Parry) - 4:13 #"Aladdin's Cave" (Parry) - 5:39 #"State of Mind" (Bruinenberg, Van De Laars, Parry) - 3:33 #"Destiny Calling" (Parry) - 6:32 #"Resurrection (Instrumental)" (Van De Laars) - 1:03 #"Loser's Game" (Van De Laars, Parry) - 3:57 #"Suppression" (Parry) - 5:09

Bonus Tracks (2009 re-release)

*"Trust" (

demo Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film *Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release * ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes * ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...

) *"Shadow dancer" (demo) *"Suppression" (demo) *"Visual Vortex" (video)

Japan Bonus Track

*"Sweet Revenge"

Line-up

Band Members

*Ian Parry -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Henk Van De Laars -

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, keyboards *

Dirk Bruinenberg Dirk Bruinenberg (born 21 August 1968) is a Dutch musician known as the former drummer of several European progressive metal and power metal bands, including: Elegy, Ian Parry's Consortium Project and Adagio. He is often recognized for his intri ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Martin Helmantel - bass

Guest Artists

*Bart Brower -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Melly Oudejans -

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

External links

Ian Parry's Homepage

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