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Shadoworld – II

Shadoworld
II
1994 (no label)
Houston, Texas, USA

  1. Love Me Too
  2. Promise
  3. World
  4. Bet You Won’t
  5. Testy Ground
  6. Hard on Love
  7. She Remembers
  8. Loveshadow

So, again, as I mentioned in my thoughts on the first Shadoworld demo – I am not sure if this demo was ever part of this scene. But it is probably of interest to those that were a part of it. This demo finds the band drifting away a bit from the Atomic Opera and King’s X influences of the first demo. Not totally moving away, but defining their own sound some more. I’m really surprised that this band wasn’t signed right away – they definitely had the “ready for the big contract” sound. It would be three more years before they signed to a smaller label and released 1997’s Vent. According to a web archive I found, they had no more releases other than these three. It looks like they only changed drummers between the first demo and the label CD – but I don’t know which drummer played on this demo (or any other credits for that matter).

Missing Information: How played what on this album?

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Shadoworld – Shadoworld

Shadoworld
Shadoworld
1993 (no label)
Houston, Texas, USA

Mary Warren – Guitar, lead vocals
Dale Richardson – Bass, vocals
Matt Weaver – Guitar, vocals
Dan Enright – Drums, vocals

Side 1:

  1. Sea of Time
  2. Follow the Sound
  3. You Say
  4. Dust

Side 2:

  1. Look at You Now
  2. Living on the Edge
  3. Boisarus
  4. The Dark Pools

I am not totally sure if this tape belongs here. In September of 1992, a Screams of Abel news update said that Silasworks (aka Sam Taylor) was working with two new bands: Atomic Opera and Shadoworld. Marty Warren and Dale Richardson of Shadoworld were known for co-writting some tunes with King’s X (“Sometimes,” “Far, Far Away,” etc). But I don’t know how much they worked with any other Sam Taylor-adjacent band members after that. This tape definitely sounds like a mix of Atomic Opera and King’s X. So this may not be a Christian Tape Underground release, but it is of interest to many from that scene. I also found the video for their second tape II from 1994, that I will listen to soon. Their 1997 full-length Vent garnered some unfair comparisons to Soundgarden, but it was true that they went more grunge and heavier by then. And Frank Hart of Atomic Opera fame did do the artwork for that album, so they did retain some connection to the Houston Sam Taylor scene. This is a promising start for those that are fans of early 90s groove metal.