Tales from the Deadside (music album)

Tales from the Deadside is a Valiant Entertainment-licensed concept album by the American heavy metal band A Sound of Thunder. The album was crowdfunded (see Notes) and inspired by the mythos of Shadowman. The songs are based on the stories presented in Shadowman (Volume 4), and the followup Shadowman: End Times (Volume 1), and numerous individual songs are based on antagonists like Master Darque and supporting characters like Alyssa Myles, Punk Mambo, Sandria Darque, and Tremble.

Songs[]

Regular Tracks[]

Children of the Dark
Sandria (Carry On)
Can't Go Back
Deadside
Tower of Souls
Losing Control (The Unquiet Shadow)
Punk Mambo
Alyssa (Life in Shadows)
Tremble
End Times
Tower of Souls (Single Edit) (digital only)

Bonus Tracks[]

The following bonus tracks and cover songs were made available for everyone who backed the album through the Kickstarter campaign (see Notes), depending on their pledge. The songs were either made available digitally or on a bonus CD including all five songs plus three songs from tow of the band's previous albums. The songs are listed here as they appear on the bonus CD:

Death Alley Driver (Rainbow) featuring Tony Carey (Rainbow)
The Last in Line (Dio) featuring Veronica Freeman (Benedictum)
Pleasure Slave (Manowar)
Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel (Kansas) featuring John Gallagher (Raven)
Space Truckin' (Deep Purple) featuring John Gallagher (Raven)
Udoroth (Kickstarter Mix) (bonus CD only; taken from "The Lesser Key of Solomon")
Reign of the Hawklords (bonus CD only; taken from "Time's Arrow")
Out of the Darkness (Alternate Mix) (bonus CD only; taken from "Out of the Darkness")

Notes[]

The album was crowdfunded by 489 backers – $30,543 were raised, three times greater than the initial goal of $10,000.^[1]
While Tales from the Deadside was not directly produced by Valiant Entertainment, the company formally backed the album, even selling it in their online store upon release.
The album was initially released on CD and vinyl as well as digitally. The vinyl album was limited to 250 copies and consisted of four 12-inch picture disc each with a blue and white side. A solid blue version was made available later on, too.
The band advertised their album on a few comic conventions, having their own booth and exclusive variant cover for Book of Death #3 based on the "Darque Alternate Cover" by artist Dusan Markovic.