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Frameshift
12+ albums
Progressive metalProgressive rockProgressivemetalamerican
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Frameshift is a progressive metal project created by Henning Pauly. Its first record, Unweaving the Rainbow, was recorded with Dream Theater's lead singer, James LaBrie. The CD features 15 tracks, which are basically 14 songs, framed by Above the Grass Parts I and II. The underlying idea was to achieve three goals: 1. Produce an album featuring James LaBrie in ways that no one has heard him before; 2. Combine the elements of progressive rock, film scoring and very modern production; 3. Use the work of Richard Dawkins (one of today's most influential neo-Darwinist writers) as a concept that connects all the pieces on the album. Its second album, called An Absence of Empathy, had the vocals of Sebastian Bach (ex-Skid Row). The basic concept behind An Absence of Empathy, was initiated by Shawn Gordon, president of ProgRock Records. Several years ago, he played keyboards for the band Zircadian; they had a partially written concept album under the name Prophet Savant, which led to the initial idea for An Absence of Empathy. In the original storyline, a man experiences different forms of violence because he becomes a kind of seer. They had written a song for an epic battle and two torture scenes. In countless e-mails and meetings (one including Stephan Kernbach from Chain), Shawn and Henning Pauly developed this idea into the storyline and concept that is now the foundation of the new Frameshift album. They first dropped the mystical approach; then, by distancing the co
