The Clockwork Fable is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Gandalf's Fist. Released on 1 May 2016,[1] it is a three disc spanning rock-opera interspersed with a professionally acted radio play between the actual songs. Each disc of the record serves as an individual element of a traditional three-act structure.
Fireworks Magazine writes "[...] lengthy progressive epics [...] nothing short of stunning. [...] If you love 70s prog with an eye for Jethro Tull, Genesis and the Pop leanings of Greg Lake, the 80s update the likes of IQ, Galahad or Twelfth Night provided, or even the more pointed stabs of Porcupine Tree, you'll find them all here. As you will a slice of Prog Metal technicality and hefty helping of intrinsically British NWOBHM fret fury – and obviously the storytelling of War Of The Worlds. [...] an album that genuinely deserves to be given the accolade of current and future classic. Conceptual, progressive rock, genuinely doesn't get better than this."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Dean Marsh, except where noted. All Lead vocals by Dean Marsh, except where noted.
Disc One - Act I: The Day the Great Cog Failed [6]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Lead vocals
Length
1.
"The Traveller and the Lighter"
4:13
2.
"Shadowborn"
Hollick
6:51
3.
"The Unminable Zone"
2:32
4.
"The Lamplighter (Parts I-VIII)"
Marsh, Hollick
15:57
5.
"In the Cavern of the Great Cog"
3:52
6.
"The Great Cog"
Marsh, Hepe
5:15
7.
"The Shadow Rises..."
5:52
8.
"The Capture (Including the Song for a Fallen Nightkeeper)"
