The 12th studio long-player from the shape-shifting and musically adept American, German, and Swedish hard rock band,
The Shadow Theory delivers a master class in fusing together classical, gothic/doom metal, progressive rock, world music, and symphonic metal. Helmed by lauded power metal producer
Sascha Paeth and mastered by
Jacob Hansen, the follow-up to 2015's critically acclaimed
Haven features a guest spot from
Once Human's
Lauren Hart, and includes the dystopian single "Phantom Divine" (Shadow Empire)." ~ James Christopher Monger