Shade of the Moon

Shade of the Moon is the debut album from Swedish/Norwegian melodic death metal band Voyage of the Shade; formed by ex-Shadow Voyage bassist Peter Kardensi and drummer Richard Gregsen after the controversy over Shadow Voyage; released on October 12th 2010 via Nefari Records. The album's song and writing credits have been disputed as stolen by Kardensi and Gregsen from the 2010 Shadow Voyage album; but they and the rest of the band have denied this.

Background
After Shadow Voyage finished touring for 2008's VII: The Shadowed Veil in late December 2009, they returned home after several months of touring. Erik Sturgens had begun writing new songs; and as he told Metalix in a January 2010 interview: "After VII; we really felt we had to make an album that sort of eclipses us as a band. Through all the bullshit and trials; we have endured and I have begun to write some conscious and relevant songs to myself and us, personal songs".

The band booked studio time from March-June of 2010 and made significant headway on the new album. However in early August bassist Peter Kardensi and drummer Richard Gregsen fired Erik Sturgens from the band without conferring with the others; who are the founding members. Sturgens was appalled but with Kardensi and Gregsen present he was bluntly ousted from the band. After discovering Erik's firing Martin Vargeld and Niklas Sturgens were outraged and took Kardensi and Gregsen to court. After the court proceedings the Sturgens brothers and Martin Vargeld took the Shadow Voyage name and all previous recordings and Kardensi and Gregsen took the current recordings with the singer Johan Rekse who had been brought on as Erik Sturgen's.

Peter Kardensi, Richard Gregsen and Johan Rekse recruited Harold Hardensi and Geofri Junderssen on guitars and begun working on the recordings under the new name Voyage of the Shade.

Release
The album was released on October 10th in Scandanavia and October 12th everywhere else. It has sold around 35,000 copies and charted at #30 on Metalix Metal Countdown. At several Oslo music stores Shadow Voyage fans protested and burned copies of Shade of the Moon.

Reception
The album was generally well recieved

Track listing

 * 1) "Dark Days" - 3:30
 * 2) "Mankind's Downfall" - 4:25
 * 3) "We Are The Darkness" - 2:50
 * 4) "Traitor" - 5:00
 * 5) "Syphon" - 6:15

Personnel

 * Saame Jogenn - producer
 * Johan Rekse - vocals
 * Harold Hardensi - lead guitar
 * Geofri Junderssen - guitar
 * Peter Kardensi - bass
 * Richard Gregsen - drums