When Warrel Dane of Sanctuary and Nevermore passed away on December 13^th 2017, if left a hole in our community that has not healed. His label Century Media has now announced Shadow Work, the final recordings Dane made, as he was preparing a second solo album. He had teamed up with Brazilian musicians Johnny Moraes (guitar), Thiago Oliveira (guitar), Fabio Carito (bass) and Marcus Dotta (drums) as his touring band and ultimately this successful collaboration led to plans for a new studio album. Recordings for Shadow Work, the follow-up to 2008’s Praises to the War Machine, started in fall 2017 at Orra Meu Studio, São Paulo, and Travis Smith commenced to create the artwork following a concept and ideas previously discussed with Warrel. Shadow Work will release on 26^th of October 2018. Continue reading →