Destiny?

Destiny?
Studio album by Mystery
Released May 1998 [1]
Genre Progressive rock
Length 56:37
Label Unicorn Records
Producer Michel St-Père
Mystery chronology

Theatre of the Mind
(1996)		 Destiny?
(1998)		 Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face
(2007)

Destiny? is the second studio album by the Canadian progressive rock band Mystery. Released in 1998, it is the last Mystery album to feature Gary Savoie on lead vocals,[2] as well as the first to feature Patrick Bourque as a member of the band on bass and Steve Gagné on drums. Destiny? was reissued in 2009 as a 10th anniversary edition with a new mix, a bonus track and new artwork.[3]

Production

Background

Mystery's lineup changed drastically from their previous album, Theatre of the Mind, and had only two of the same members from that album. Bassist Richard Addison left the band in 1994 after finishing his parts for Theatre of the Mind and was replaced by Patrick Bourque, who played as a session musician on the album. Keyboardist Benoît Dupuis and acoustic guitarist and saxophonist Michel Painchaud left the band in 1995, leaving the band with four members. Then, drummer Stéphane Perreault left during the recording sessions for Destiny?. Gilles Peltier, the owner of a studio at which Mystery was recording knew Steve Gagné and suggested him as at least a temporary replacement for Perreault so the current album could be finished. Gagné was given three songs to learn in a short time frame and when his recording of the tracks was heard, it impressed Michel St-Père and Gary Savoie very much, leading Gagné to become a full time member of the band.[4]

Recording

Two songs were recorded during the recording sessions for the album that did not appear on its original release, "Heaven Can Wait" and "Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face". "Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face" became the title track of the band's next album while "Heaven Can Wait" was released as a bonus track on the 10th Anniversary Edition of the album in 2009.

Track listing

Note: Track 9 is available on the 10th Anniversary issue only.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Legend"  Michel St-Père 2:40
2. "Destiny?"  Michel St-Père 4:55
3. "Slave to Liberty"  Michel St-Père 5:35
4. "Before the Dawn"  Michel St-Père, Gary Savoie 6:28
5. "Queen of Vajra Space"  Michel St-Père 9:20
6. "The Mourning Man"  Michel St-Père 4:46
7. "Submerged"  Michel St-Père, Dré 7:52
8. "Shadow of the Lake"  Michel St-Père, Dré 14:51
9. "Heaven Can Wait"  Michel St-Père 6:53

Release information

Personnel

Mystery
Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ http://pages.infinit.net/mystery/bioE.html
  2. ↑ http://www.metalcentre.com/webzine.php?p=reviews&nr=4130&lang=eng
  3. ↑ http://www.prognaut.com/reviews/mystery2.html
  4. ↑ http://pages.infinit.net/mystery/view.html