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Crimson Glory was an American heavy metal band that formed in 1983 in Sarasota, Florida. They started in 1979 under the moniker Pierced Arrow, then Beowulf, before settling on Crimson Glory. The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Midnight, guitarists Jon Drenning and Ben Jackson, bassist Jeff Lords, and drummer Dana Burnell. With that line-up, they rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and were considered one of the pioneers of the American progressive metal movement, along with Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Watchtower. During their career, they released four studio albums and one EP.

Transcendence is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Crimson Glory, released in 1988 via Roadracer Records (now Roadrunner Records) in Europe and MCA Records in United States. It is considered by many to be their finest work. It was recorded at Morrisound Studios.[3]

In 2006, Black Lotus Records announced a plan to release a remastered version with a new name, `Transcendence: Renovatio`. This was rumoured to feature new cover art, two bonus tracks and more, but Black Lotus ceased operations shortly thereafter and it was never released.[4]

Writing and recording
`Masque of the Red Death` is about the story written by Edgar Allan Poe. `Eternal World` was written as an instrumental for the tour of the band`s first record in the Netherlands.[3]

The drums are a combination of both live and sampled drums. The band sampled drummer Dana Burnell performing live drums into a synclavier without any cymbals, and then re-recorded the cymbals live later in order to have complete separation of drums and cymbals. Guitarist Jon Drenning stated `It was a very arduous and time consuming way to do it but at the time it seemed like something we wanted to try to achieve; a pristine, clean sound and true separation of all instruments.`[3]

Artwork
The front cover artwork was made by Japanese artist Takashi Terada, which was featured on the Japanese poster art for the 1985 science fiction film Lifeforce. Following some of the album`s themes of mysticism and divinity, the back cover features a Kabbalistic Tree of Life. This is superimposed by a series of runic letters which, when decoded, spell:
CRIMSON GLORY
WE WILL STRIKE DOWN THE ONES WHO LEAD US
WE ARE YOUR FUTURE – WE ARE FOREVER
TRANSCENDENCE

Studio album by Crimson Glory
Released November 14, 1988
Studio Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Genre
Heavy metalpower metal[1]progressive metal[2]
Length 50:24
Label Roadracer (Europe)
MCA (US)
Producer Jim Morris, Tom Morris
Crimson Glory chronology
Crimson Glory
(1986) Transcendence
(1988) Strange and Beautiful
(1991)

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. `Lady of Winter` Midnight , Jon Drenning Drenning 4:00
2. `Red Sharks` Dana Burnell, Drenning Drenning, Jeff Lords 4:52
3. `Painted Skies` Midnight Drenning, Midnight, Lords 5:16
4. `Masque of the Red Death` Midnight Lords, Ben Jackson, Drenning 4:15
5. `In Dark Places` Midnight, Drenning Drenning, Lords 7:03
Side two
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
6. `Where Dragons Rule` Midnight, Drenning Drenning, Lords, Midnight 5:07
7. `Lonely` Midnight, Drenning Drenning, Lords, Zahner 5:18
8. `Burning Bridges` Midnight Drenning 6:32
9. `Eternal World` Midnight, Drenning Drenning, Lords 3:54
10. `Transcendence` Midnight Drenning (intro), Midnight 4:34
Personnel
Midnight – lead vocals, backing vocals
Jon Drenning – lead guitar
Ben Jackson – rhythm guitar
Jeff Lords – bass guitar
Dana Burnell – drums
Additional musicians

Jim Morris – synclavier programming
Lex Macar – synclavier programming
John Zahner – additional synthesizer programming
Janelle Sadler – backing vocals (haunting melodies)
Tom Morris – backing vocals (kruschev impression)
Jim Morris – backing vocals (mission commander)
The Killing Crew – backing vocals
The Red Death Mob – backing vocals
The Dragon Beast – backing vocals
Production

Jim Morris – producer, mixing, engineering
Tom Morris – mixing, additional engineering
Judd Packer, Scott Burns, Mike Gowan, John Cervini – assistant engineers
Jon Drenning – artistic direction