We are delighted to announce the spoken word cast for our upcoming 3-CD concept album “The Clockwork Fable”.
Mark Benton, Zach Galligan, Bill Fellows, Paul Barnhill, Tim Munro and Paul Kavanagh have been confirmed as the ‘players’ acting out the…
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What is Cogtopolis?
Luke’s Thoughts:
The world of Cogtopolis was formed from an idea that we created over the course of 6 months last year. The first character we had was the Lamplighter, the subject of our pre-christmas teaser song. In a way…
Discovering the Ideologies of Cogtopolis
The Nightkeeper Insignia. Worn by all swore-in brethren with pride.
Bad guys. It’s all too easy to craft some rip-off, intrinsically evil, “dark lord” or a faceless oppressive regime as the antagonist in your story. But what we wanted…
From a Drummer's Point of View: Melodies and Themes
One Drummer: Awaiting the next Zeppelin Shuttle.
So then, you’ve all visited clockworkfable.com and delved into the story-background there, right? If you missed it, do it now - I'll be waiting here for you.
Oh, you're back already? Now…
Mission Statement
What is an album in any case?
In an ever-changing world where we are constantly having to think about how we consume music, it's about time we really had a think about the other side of the coin.
So, we’re…Read more
In an ever-changing world where we are constantly having to think about how we consume music, it's about time we really had a think about the other side of the coin.
So, we’re…Read more
Unearthing a New Record
As every year swings round and I start to think about creating a new Gandalf’s Fist record it’s always going to be a mystery as to what direction the record is going to take. We’ve done everything from Neo-Prog with…Read more
From a drummer's point of view...
Although the first demo from Dean arrived here in the first week of October 2014 (yes, that's prior to the release of "A Forest of Fey"), with the second song-demo coming in on December 31st (I still remember standing in… Read more