Impending Ascension Explained

Impending Ascension
Type:	studio
Artist:	Magellan
Cover:	Magellan_-_Impending_Ascension_cover.jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	All songs recorded and mixed at Audio Production Group, Sacramento, Ca., October 1992-March 1993, except "Estadium Nacional" which was recorded and mixed at H.O.S. Studios in Menlo Park, Ca., June 1992.
Genre:	Progressive metal Progressive rock
Length:	49:02
Label:	Magna Carta Records
Producer:	David Houston
Prev Title:	Hour of Restoration
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Test of Wills
Next Year:	1997

Impending Ascension is the second studio album by the progressive metal/rock band Magellan.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Trent Gardner.

1. "Estadium Nacional" - 11:16
2. "Waterfront Weirdos" - 11:05
3. "Songsmith" - 5:33
4. "Virtual Reality" - 5:28
5. "No Time for Words" - 2:09
6. "Storms and Mutiny" - 11:50
7. "Under the Wire" - 1:42

Personnel

Musicians:

• Trent Gardner - lead vocals, keyboards, backing vocals
• Wayne Gardner - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
• Hal Stringfellow Imbrie - bass, vocals
• Doane Perry – drums on "Waterfront Weirdos" at Narnia Oaks Studio, Woodland Hills, Ca. All other drum tracks by Magellan.
• Hope Harris – female voice on "Virtual Reality"

Production:

• David Houston – engineer
• Shawn Lux – cover paintings and coat of arms c/o Lux Metals, Santa Rosa, Ca.
• Mike Martin – engineer
• Kenneth Lee Jr. – mastering at Rocket-Lab, San Francisco April 1993
• Trent Gardner – cover concept
• Wayne Gardner – Magellan portrait and "The Overseer & His Witnesses" painting

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum page