Room V Explained

Room V
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shadow Gallery
Cover:	Roomv_shadowgallery-albumcover.jpg
Released:	June 7, 2005
Genre:	Progressive metal, hard rock
Length:	75:34
Label:	InsideOut
Producer:	Carl Cadden-James, Gary Wehrkamp, and Shadow Gallery
Prev Title:	Legacy
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Prime Cuts
Next Year:	2007

Room V is the fifth album by the progressive metal group Shadow Gallery, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It continues the story started in Tyranny, picking up after Tyranny's Act II. It is the band's first album not featuring longtime keyboardist Chris Ingles, although he did have input in the album's writing process before his departure.^[1] It is also their last album to feature longtime lead vocalist Mike Baker, who died of a heart attack in 2008.

The cover art was done by Rainer Kalwitz, who also did the art for Tyranny.^[2]

Track listing

All titles and song lengths taken from the Room V liner notes.

The bonus disc also includes a CD-ROM segment titled The Story of Room V.

Personnel

All credits taken from the Room V liner notes.^[3]

Shadow Gallery

Carl Cadden-James - Bass guitar, backing vocals, Archer on "The Archer of Ben Salem", flute
Brendt Allman - Acoustic and electric guitars, Vocals
Gary Wehrkamp - Guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Joe Nevolo - Drums and percussion
Mike Baker - lead vocals

Additional musicians

Laura Jaeger - vocals on "Comfort Me"
Libby Molnar - part of Alaska on "Dark"
Mark Zonder - drums on "One in the Crowd" and a portion of "Floydian Memories"
Arjen Lucassen - vocals throughout "Floydian Memories"; guitar solo in "Seven Years" and in the extract "Shining On"
Jim Roberti - vocals throughout "Floydian Memories"
Joe Stone - first guitar solo on "The Archer of Ben Salem"

Notes and References

Rademacher, Brian. "Interview with Mike Baker", Rockeyez, May 5, 2005. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.
Kalwitz, Rainer. link, DeviantArt, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
Book: Room V Liner Notes. 2005. Inside Out Music.