Crimson Glory - Transcendence
| Release date: | 1 November 1988 |
| Style: | Progressive heavy metal |
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390 have it 60 want it |
01. Lady Of Winter
02. Red Sharks
03. Painted Skies
04. Masque Of The Red Death
05. In Dark Places
06. Where Dragons Rule
07. Lonely
08. Burning Bridges
09. Eternal World
10. Transcendence
Top 20 albums of 1988: 4
Top 200 albums of all time: 65
02. Red Sharks
03. Painted Skies
04. Masque Of The Red Death
05. In Dark Places
06. Where Dragons Rule
07. Lonely
08. Burning Bridges
09. Eternal World
10. Transcendence
Top 20 albums of 1988: 4
Top 200 albums of all time: 65
Guest review
Lyrics Engineer & Mixing: Jim Morris
Engineer: Tom Morris
Cover Art: Takasi Terada
Photos: Gary Sweetman
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Rating: 10 |
Well, what can be said about this album? It is truly hard for me to put into words what Transcendence really is. Being released in the same year as some of metals most cherished masterpieces of all time like, for example, Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime or Helloween's Keepr Of The Seven Keys Pt. II, this Crimson Glory gem was really overlooked, despite the high ratings. Read more ›› |
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| strade Posts: 677  |
The best album delivered via the human race.
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099  |
Written by strade on 03.06.2011 at 05:33 Definitely some of the greatest music ever created, the talent the band had at this point is mind-blowing.
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| arapinho1 Posts: 1 |
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| Prometheus Posts: 63 |
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| Doge of Venice Posts: 442  |
Written by Prometheus on 13.07.2013 at 15:58 Because <200 votes.
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| Prometheus Posts: 63 |
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| John Shock Posts: 500 |
Written by Prometheus on 22.07.2013 at 19:40 I got sad too because of that and i would like to see all my favorite albuns on that top, but honestly...?! ...if you ask me now, i would say that it doesn't count for nothing!!! What really matters, is that you like... Those tops counts for nothing!!! One album that i really like is on the bottom 20 and i don't really care!!! 
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| indexqwest Posts: 103  |
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
Written by indexqwest on 21.07.2015 at 18:26 Totally disagree. This is one those few power metal albums you can honestly call impressive.
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| Hooman Posts: 60  |
1988, what a year in Heavy Metal history. Operation mindcrime, Transcendence, Keeper of the seven keys. . . you can continue this list forever.
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Account deleted Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 18.09.2015 at 00:15 Isnt this more of a power-ballads album? I liked Red Sharks as it speeds up the tempo a bit.
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333 |
Written by [user id=157444] on 11.12.2015 at 16:46 "Eternal World" is fast too 
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246  |
Doesnt get all the praise from me that it gets here on MS. It has some very good songs (mask of the red deah, where dragons rule), and some good ones too (painted skies, title track, red sharks). But the rest is rather meh to me. If it werent for that time I would tend to say, even a bit generic. Some 7.6 from me.
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
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| Metal Rasputin Posts: 1259  |
One of the most enjoyable power-prog metal albums ever recorded. Every song here is a classic of some sort, and the masterful production by Jim Morris from Morrisound Studios is as timeless as it gets. Funny fact: Jim and the boys experimented with samples and synclavier to get better sound out of the drums, and only the cymbals are actually played by a live drummer. It doesn't get much better than this, my friends.
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| nonZero Posts: 1332  |
A fairly consistent album with no bad songs, although Lady Of Winter is easily the best song IMO. Masque Of The Red Death, In Dark Places and Lonely are also great. 8.7/10 for me.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301  |
Written by strade on 03.06.2011 at 05:33 Well your not far off there, with that statement
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301 |
One of the most enjoyable albums I have ever listened to, simple as that! 
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 1176  |
TIL that the album cover was originally a Japanese movie poster by Takashi Terada for some movie called Lifeforce, and that the girl on the cover is French actress Mathilda May. 
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| The Galactician Posts: 400  |
Written by A Real Mönkey on 03.01.2023 at 22:01 Heh, I am surprised nobody else has talked about Lifeforce since this post. If you wanna see Patrick Stewart projectile vomiting blood then this movie is for you! Also, Mathilda May was all kinds of mid-80s hotness in that film.
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