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Music Style
Rock Covers |
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Musical Influences
Black Sabbath, Metalica, Queen. |
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Artist History
THE PAST: Shadow Lord began in 1993 between two high school friends,
Kevin
LeBlanc and Roy Addams. After jamming together several times on
Metallica
and Dio covers, they decided to form a band. Kev brought in Rick Heenan
on vocals, who in turn brought Mike Webb in on drums. After a long
discussion on what to call this band (Kev wanted to call the band
Shadowdancer
and Rick wanted to call it Metal Lord), they compromised on Shadow Lord.
After a lot of hard work, they brought in two originals, "Full
Force" and "Ravens". However, it all crumbled very quickly
in 1994 due to the plague of "artistic differences" and the group went
thier seperate ways.
ROY AND MIKE POST SHADOW LORD: Roy and Mike joined with Burt Philbrick
and Brian Sullivan who had already formed Disembodiment, a Punk/ Death
Metal band. They were on the verge of recording thier first album but
was undermined from a consistand drug problem. Roy and Mike left to form
a Doom/Metal group called Autumnal Gray with guitarist Mike Shermally
and David Sukforth. The foursome was short lived due to extream musical
diferences. Dave and Mike S both left leaving just Roy and Mike who
changed the name to Autumnal Blood Moon in 1996. It was at this time
that Roy picked up keyboard but never put the Bass down, he played them
both at the same time as well as did the vocals making one of the most
rarest spectacles ever seen on stage. The two worked for two years and
started recording thier debut album, "The Quest For Blood Ends". Mike
was forced to move to Florida one week before the duo was to perform
thier first major show due to unforseen surcumstances leaving Roy all
alone. In 1998, Roy remained as Autumnal Blood Moon, dropping the Bass
and focusing on Keyboards, he reformatted the style to
Techno/Darkwave/Goth.
He recorded and released his debut masterpiece, called "Alone In
Darkness" in 2000, The title track was based on the fact he was now
alone and with out any success. He also founded Dark Valley Records, a
record label, distro and recording studio.
KEVYN POST SHADOW LORD: After graduation from high school and Shadow
Lord's break-up, Kevyn moved away and got married. During that time, he
and his wife had tried in vain to form a new band, by the names of
Succubus, Vampyre, and Cerridwen, as well as an attempt at reforming
Shadow Lord. But his wife's interests, both musical and personal, were
elsewhere. In early 1999 Kev met goth vocalist Anderson Mar, who was
trying to form a band called Othniel. It was around this time that he
realized that his musical partnership, as well as his marriage, to his
wife was at an end. After leaving his wife, he devoted all his energy to
Othniel. But due to an inevitable move to Connecticut, the partnership
dissolved amicably. Kevyn tried in vain to form other bands, including
one with current Maudlin Of The Well guitarist Greg Massi. He never
broke off communications with Anderson, when he realized that there was
still chemistry there. Over the net, they created several songs under
the moniker of Mar(tyr), which only the music was recorded. Kevyn
realized that his future was not in Connecticut, and thus moved back to
Maine. But Mar(tyr) was short lived, as Anderson was planning a move to
Massachusetts. In late 1999 He changed the name to Gallows Hill, and
then released the early instrumental demos on www.mp3.com. At the same
time, he was forming a heavier, more brutal band called Sanguine
Solstice. In 2001 while trying to build up a list of musical contacts,
he reestablished contact with Roy after buying his "Alone In Darkness"
album. After talking for several minutes, they realized the old
chemistry was still there, and thus Roy was recruited into Sanguine
Solstice on bass. However, like every one of his previous projects, it
was shortlived. This time, it was the fact that neither wanted to do the
commonly accepted form of gothic metal made popular by bands like
Tristania and Sins Of Thy Beloved. Thus, Sanguine Solstice dissolved,
and Roy was instead brought into Gallows Hill. It would seem that
Gallows Hill was the pair's ticket, and since then, they had been
recording their powerful blend of progressive metal and darkwave.
RICK POST SHADOW LORD: No one knows what became of Rick.
THE PRESENT: Kevyn also formed Avalon Burning in 2001 with Canadian filk
singer Diane "Sable" Morrison who later also joined Gallows Hill, making
it one of the most productive endevours ever done by Kevyn.
Mike Webb recently returned from Florida due
to a premonition he had. In his vision, he was on stage in front of a
giant crowd with Roy (as well as others but he could only remember Roy).
This vision must have been pretty strong to make him move 1200 miles
back to Maine. To him, it was a sign that we were all destined to make
it big and that he would miss it if he didn't return. The vocalist for
Fragile Frost, Die Winters joined up with Roy and Mike and formed 13 Winters. They are becoming the most advanced band ever to come from this group of people and is the most likely to make it big.
Later in late 2002, Roy left Gallows Hill after being threatened legaly by the other members. To this date, Gallows Hill has been Idle.
in Early 2003 Mike Webb left 13 Winters and currently traveles back and forth between Maine and California to his Girlfriend out there.
THE FUTURE: Shadow Lord is dead and
gone, but like the pheonix rising from its ashes, the musicians in
Shadow Lord has a bright future ahead of them.
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Group Members
Rick Henan-Vocals, Kevin Lablanc-Guitar, Roy Addams-Bass, Mike Webb-Drums |
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Instruments
Drums, Guitar, Bass |
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Albums
N/A |
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Location
Buxton, Maine - USA |
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