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SEALED ;GANDALF'S FIST The Clockwork Fable 3 disc digipak issue Barcode 0859717021460 nightkeeper productions issue 3xCD self-released - GFCD006 (2016, UK) very limited 2025 reissue

A steamRock-Opera in three acts Artwork: Thomas Huth

punk-inspired triple concept album! A prog-rock “mind-movie” blending immersivestorytelling, full-cast narration, and epic progressive rock compositions. Featured contributors include:

Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon), Blaze Bayley (Ex-Iron Maiden), Dave Oberlé (Gryphon)

Mark Benton (Early Doors), Bill Fellows (Ted Lasso, Coronation Street), Zach Galligan (Gremlins)

From the very start this album sucks you in deep, and does it so well, it almost feels like you're watching "Lord of the Rings" or "Game of Thrones" or some other surreal, fantasy-type film. Comparing Gandalf's Fist's work to anyone else is simply impossible, it's just an experience you really have to try for yourself. I would highly recommend trying this album out if you're really into epic, atmospheric driven pieces of art, as the album is three and a half hours long. The amount of information they put in the album is honestly mind-blowing. Specifically, I remember one part of the album (I'm not sure on the specific track) where there was a fifteen minute exchange of only dialogue (it kept me entertained throughout the entire break.) And man, the voice acting is phenomenal. There were countless voices (each one a different character) placed all over the album, which was blended quite well with sound effects that all relate to the story of the album. With a concept and story as great as this, the music from epic tracks such as my personal favorite "The Lamplighter" tops it all off as an absolute "essential masterpiece of prog rock." Personally, I put this album as my 4th favorite prog album of all time, after Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Animals, as well as Dream Theater's Metropolis Part 2, Scenes From A Memory.

Tracks Listing

CD 1 - Act I: The Day the Great Cog Failed (66:55)

1. The Traveller and the Lighter (4:13)

2. Shadowborn (6:51)

3. The Unminable Zone (2:32)

4. The Lamplighter (Parts I-VIII) (15:57)

5. In the Cavern of the Great Cog (3:52)

6. The Great Cog (5:15)

7. The Shadow Rises... (5:52)

8. The Capture (Including the Song for a Fallen Nightkeeper) (6:51)

9. Waiting for Exile (7:05)

10. Eve's Song (8:27)

CD 2 - Act II: Of Men and Worms (65:15)

11. A Sermon for Shadowmas (1:18)

12. Victims of the Light (9:10)

13. Old Friends, New Enemies (4:23)

14. Ditchwater Daisies (7:22)

15. De-ranged (3:30)

16. The Lamplighter (Parts IX-XIII) (12:13)

17. In the Name of the Spy (2:56)

18. The Bewildering Conscience of a Clockwork Child (10:20)

19. Escape! (3:25)

20. A Solemn Toast for the Steam Ranger Reborn (10:38)

CD 3 - Act III: From Burrows We Came (61:52)

21. The Oldest Flame (1:58)

22. The Lamplighter (Parts XIV-XV) (2:58)

23. Flight for the Surface (2:10)

24. The Climb (12:24)

25. At the Summit (8:05)

26. Fight for the Light (8:08)

27. Quest for Power (1:12)

28. At the Sign of the Aperture (12:33)

29. A Machine Serves His Purpose (1:30)

30. The Clockwork Fable (5:13)

31. Escape from Cogtopolis (1:14)

32. Through the Lens (3:25)

33. Epilogue - Oh Bugger! (1:02)

Total Time 194:02

Musicians

- Luke Severn / vocals (8,16)

- Dean Marsh / lead vocals, 6- & 12-string guitars, mandolin, octave mandola, bass, synths, composer

- Chris Ewen / bass

- Stefan Hepe / drums, percussion

With:

- Melissa Hollick / vocals (2,4,10,14,16,24,32)

- Arjen Lucassen / vocals (16)

- Blaze Bayley / vocals (28)

- Dave Oberlé / vocals (12,20), bodhrán, tan-tan

- Matt Stevens / ambient guitar

- Nathan Madsen / sax

- Dying Seed / chanter (26)

Voice Actors:

- Mark Benton - as "The Lamplighter/Prison Guard/First Secretary"

- Zach Galligan - as "The Steam Ranger"

- Tim Munro - as "The Tinker"

- Alicia Marsh - as "Eve"

- Paul Kavanagh - as "Pastor Simon"

- Bill Fellows - as "Armistead/Nightkeeper Spy"

- Paul Barnhill - as "The Primarch/Nightkeeper Breathren"

- Christopher Ewen - as "The Boy"

- Luke Severn - as "Second Secretary/another Nightkeeper Brethren"

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