Shadowland (band)

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{{Short description|British progressive rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Shadowland
| image =
| caption =
| image_size =
| background = group_or_band
| origin = British
| genre = [[Neo-prog]], [[new prog]]
| years_active = 1992–present (hiatus: 1996–2009)
| label = Verglas
| associated_acts =
| website = {{Nowrap|http://www.shadowlanduk.com/}}
| current_members = [[Clive Nolan]] [[Karl Groom]] Nick Harradence Mike Varty Mark Westwood
| past_members = Ian Salmon
}}
'''Shadowland''' are a British [[progressive rock]] band formed in the 1990s. The band's music tends towards the pop side of progressive rock, while retaining its melodic and emotional intensity.

Shadowland took a lengthy break from recording and performing between 1996 and 2009. During this time Nolan was writing and performing in [[Arena (band)|Arena]], which has a heavier musical style. Nolan has also been [[Pendragon (band)|Pendragon]]'s regular [[keyboardist]] since 1986 and, more recently, has written and toured a rock opera entitled ''She'' in a partnership with Agnieszka Swita under the band name Caamora.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://caamora.net/ |title=Archived copy |website=caamora.net |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205120040/http://caamora.net/ |archive-date=5 December 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Late in 2008, Nolan announced that Shadowland would be reforming for a tour in early 2009. The tour promoted a [[best of]] album, ''A Matter of Perspective'', featuring the band's favourite tracks from the three previous albums as well as some new material, which was released in 2009.

During the tour Shadowland filmed a DVD, ''Edge of Night'', released by Metal Mind Productions. At the same time, Metal Mind also released an individually numbered [[box set]], ''Cautionary Tales'' containing all the earlier albums with bonus tracks, the ''Edge of Night'' DVD, and a two disc concert recording called ''Live in Poland'' which comprises the audio from the DVD.

Mark Westwood (Caamora, Neo) has replaced Ian Salmon on bass in the 2009 incarnation, but the rest of the original 1990s line-up is unchanged.

==Members==
;Current members
* [[Clive Nolan]] - [[vocal]]s and [[piano]] (1992–present)
* [[Karl Groom]] - [[Electric guitar|guitars]] (1992–present)
* Nick Harradence - [[drum]]s (1992–present)
* Mark Westwood – [[bass guitar|bass]] and [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic]] guitars (2009–present)
* Mike Varty - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (2009–present)

;Former members
* Ian Salmon - [[bass guitar|bass]] and [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic]] guitars (1992-1996)

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''[[Ring of Roses]]'' (1992), reissued with two extra tracks (1997), remastered with bonus tracks (2009)
* ''[[Through the Looking Glass (Shadowland album)|Through the Looking Glass]]'' (1994), reissued with one extra track (1997), remastered with bonus tracks (2009)
* ''[[Mad as a Hatter (Shadowland album)|Mad as a Hatter]]'' (1996), remastered with bonus tracks (2009)
* ''A Matter of Perspective'' (2009)

===DVDs===
* ''Edge of Night'' (2009)

===Box sets===
* ''Cautionary Tales'' (2009)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.clivenolan.net/ Clive Nolan Online]

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