Gandalf's Fist "The Clockwork Prologue"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 1, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. The Belly of the Earth
2. An Expedition Amidst the Ice Burrows
3. Wardens
4. Badgerwhacked
5. Solar Huntress
6. Dirty Doyle’s Surface Souvenirs
7. Supplies for the Festivities
8. Secrets, Traitors and a Smashing Set of Porcelain Ducks on Layby
9. Blackening
10. Hall of the Badger King
11. Sun Sickness
12. Menders of Devices
13. The Clokkemaker
14. A Shortcut across a Deranged Steam Conveyor
15. The Waxwork Downs
16. The Sovereign Airship Station
17. Leader of Men
18. Wheels in Motion
19. The Lamplighter (Overture)

Line-up: 
Dean Marsh - Guitars, Synth Programming, Mandolin, Octave Mandola, Additional Bass, The singing voice of the good people of Cogtopolis
Ben Bell (Patchwork Cacophony, Broken Parachute) - Piano, Hammond Organ, Synths, Fretless Bass, Nashville Guitar, Vocals as The Choir of Doom, Spoken words of the deranged Steam-Conveyor
Stefan Hepe - Drums, Percussion
Christopher Ewen - Bass, Bargain Snacks
Luke Severn - Tubular Bells, Goose Flute, The singing voice of the Nightkeepers
   With
William Stewart - Violins
Keri Farish - The singing voice of the Clokkemaker and her all-seeing spyglasses, Spoken words of The Clokkemaker/Washer Ethel
Melissa Hollick - Sung words of Eve
Mark Benton - Spoken words of King Dahks/City Announcer/City Official and distant expulsions of the Lamplighter
Tim Munro - Spoken words of The Tinker
Alicia Marsh - Spoken words of Eve/various market traders
Bill Fellows - Spoken words of Dirty Doyle/Irontooth/Nightkeeper Spy
Paul Kavanagh - Spoken words of The Primarch
Christopher Ewen - Spoken words of The Boy
Rafferty Marsh - Spoken words of an urchin at the weasel pie stall

Description/Reviews: 

“The Clockwork Prologue” is a 2-CD ‘Expansion Pack’ for 2016’s “The Clockwork Fable” it features an extension of the original story and is packed with brand new Gandalf’s Fist music and story.

Media/Samples 
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The Clokkemaker

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Gandalf's Fist "The Clockwork Fable"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2016
Tracklist: 
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)
1. A Sermon for Shadowmas (1:18)
2. Victims of the Light (9:10)
3. Old Friends, New Enemies (4:23)
4. Ditchwater Daisies (7:22)
5. De-ranged (3:30)
6. The Lamplighter (Parts IX-XIII) (12:13)
7. In the Name of the Spy (2:56)
8. The Bewildering Conscience of a Clockwork Child (10:20)
9. Escape! (3:25)
10. A Solemn Toast for the Steam Ranger Reborn (10:38)

CD 3 - Act III: From Burrows We Came (61:52)
1. The Oldest Flame (1:58)
2. The Lamplighter (Parts XIV-XV) (2:58)
3. Flight for the Surface (2:10)
4. The Climb (12:24)
5. At the Summit (8:05)
6. Fight for the Light (8:08)
7. Quest for Power (1:12)
8. At the Sign of the Aperture (12:33)
9. A Machine Serves His Purpose (1:30)
10. The Clockwork Fable (5:13)
11. Escape from Cogtopolis (1:14)
12. Through the Lens (3:25)
33. Epilogue - Oh Bugger! (1:02)

Total Time 194:02

Line-up: 
Dean Marsh - Guitar/Synths/Mandolin/Octave Mandola/Bass
Christopher Ewen - Bass/Bargain Snacks
Stefan Hepe - Drums/Percussion
    with
Matt Stevens - Ambient Guitars
Dave Oberlé - Bodhrán/Tan-Tan
Nathan Madsen - Saxophone

The Choir:
Dean Marsh - The singing voice of the good people of Cogtopolis
Luke Severn - The singing voice of the Nightkeepers
Arjen Lucassen - Sung words of Armistead
Blaze Bayley - Sung words of the Primarch
Dave Oberlé - Sung words of Pastor Simon
Melissa Hollick - Sung words of Eve
Dying Seed - Background chants

The Actors:
Mark Benton - Spoken words of the Lamplighter/Prison Guard/First Secretary
Zach Galligan - Spoken words of the Steam Ranger
Tim Munro - Spoken words of the Tinker
Alicia Marsh - Spoken words of Eve
Paul Barnhill - Spoken words of Pastor Simon
Bill Fellows - Spoken words of Armistead/Nightkeeper Spy
Paul Kavanagh - Spoken words of the Primarch/Nightkeeper Brethren
Christopher Ewen - Spoken words of the Boy
Luke Severn - Spoken words of Second Secretary/another Nightkeeper Brethren

Description/Reviews: 

Cogtopolis, the city beneath the surface, no daylight has been seen by the inhabitants in living memory. The Sun: a whisper, a legend.
Dive down into the world of clockwork mechanisms and a fantastic 3-act story of a few rebellious inhabitants fleeing from the alleged safety into uncertainty...
Check out clockworkfable.com/The-Clockwork-Fable-The-Story.html for more information...

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp
Teaser

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Gandalf's Fist "A Forest of Fey"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 20, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Childhood Ghosts
2. Gardens of the Lost
3. A Forest of Fey (Including Wisdom of the Reptile and the Lament for a Silent Verse) 
4. The Figure Speaks
5. The World We Created
6. The Circus in the Clearing (Including the Fanfare for the King's Tournament)
7. Blood for a Royal Pardon
8. Drifter on the Edge of Time
9. Forest Rose (Coming Home)
10. Return from the Tournament
11. Stories Old and Stories Told (Of Children Brave and Children Bold)
12. A Poison Tree

Line-up: 

Dean Marsh – Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin, Keys, Additional Bass

Luke Severn – Vocals
Chris Ewen – Bass
Stefan Hepe – Drums
     With
John Mitchell  (It Bites/Arena) - Vocals (11)
Troy Donockley  (Nightwish) - Cumbrian Bouzouki, Whistles, Low Whistle (2,3,6,7,10)
Dave Oberlé  (Gryphon) - Vocals, Bodhran (10)
Clive Nolan  (Pendragon/Arena) - Keys (8)
Matt Stevens  (The Fierce and the Dead) - Ambient Guitar (8, 11)
Melissa Hollick - Female Vocals
Dying Seed & Jennifer Pederson - Additional/Backing Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

“A Forest of Fey” will be the first release by the Gandalf's Fist as a four-piece and follows the psychedelic, folk-tinged journey of a young girl trapped in a malevolent woodland 

Media/Samples 
Drifter on the Edge of Time
Gardens of the Lost

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Gandalf’s Fist "A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Space Rock
Release date: September 18, 2013
Tracklist: 
  1. Another Night on the Far Side of the Universe - 1:33
  2. The Nine Billion Names of God - 7:59
  3. Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet - 4:09
  4. Somewhere Beyond the Stars - 4:25
  5. Orphans of the Sky - 7:01
  6. Maze of Corridors - 4:17
  7. A Universal Wanderer - 4:31
  8. Nexus  - 4:41
  9. North of the Wall - 3:06
10. The Battle for Tannhäuser Gate - 5:11
11. The Wanderer Goes South - 8:49

Line-up: 
Dean Marsh - Vocals/Instruments
Luke Severn - Vocals

   With
Andy Bolper - Saxophone
Davor Bušic & Suzanne Weller - Flutes
Melissa Hollick/Dying Seed/Jennifer Pederson/Beccie Watson - Additional and Backing Vocals
Stefan Hepe - Additional Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The album is themed around a deep-space signal transmitted from a derelict space station in the far reaches of the galaxy using broken instruments salvaged from a Cargo Bay.
Those lucky enough to intercept the signal on their primitive terrestrial audio-decoders, will be treated to a cosmic jam across space and time exploring a mythical figure from the 26th Century – ‘The Universal Wanderer’ - who’s legend tells of a figure who has wandered the cosmos from the birth of existence to the end of time.
Even when caught out of time and stranded beyond the borders of a decaying Black Hole, you can still expect Gandalf’s Fist to deliver the goods with their unique brand of Medieval Space Rock! Tracks such as the epic doom-laden jazz of “The Nine Billion Names of God” fit perfectly alongside the anthemic choruses of “Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet” and the renaissance-whimsy of “The Battle for Tannhäuser Gate”, creating one of the most engaging albums to be recorded from the far side of the solar system.

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming

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