Progressive metal legends Fates Warning recently released a 3-CD+DVD expanded edition of their critically acclaimed 1997 classic, A Pleasant Shade of Gray, via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band is offering fans a guitar transcription of the album, in conjunction with Sheet Happens Publishing. To purchase the digital guitar-book, please visit: http://www.sheethappenspublishing.com/product-541/fates-warning-a-pleasant-shade-of-gray-digital-guitarbook
A Pleasant Shade of Gray is a single song that is divided into twelve tracks. The album is notable for its darker mood and mixture of progressive rock and metal with hints of industrial, classical, and psychedelia. The all encompassing and expansive re-issue of A Pleasant Shade of Gray includes:
–CD 1: the original album
–CD 2: a live version of the album recorded during the band’s 1998 European tour, as well as a sound check recording of “We Only Say Goodbye” and a studio cover version of The Scorpions‘ “In Trance”
–CD 3: demos from the pre-production and writing sessions for A Pleasant Shade of Gray
–DVD: two complete live performances of A Pleasant Shade of Gray: the first being a restored and re-edited version of the band’s 1997 VHS release; the second being a show filmed at The Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, CA in 1998
To preview and purchase A Pleasant Shade of Gray, please visit: http://www.metalblade.com/fateswarning
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