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Impending Ascension is the second studio album by the progressive metal/rock band Magellan.

All music and lyrics by Trent Gardner.

1. "Estadium Nacional" - 11:16
2. "Waterfront Weirdos" - 11:05
3. "Songsmith" - 5:33
4. "Virtual Reality" - 5:28
5. "No Time for Words" - 2:09
6. "Storms and Mutiny" - 11:50
7. "Under the Wire" - 1:42

Musicians:

• Trent Gardner - lead vocals, keyboards, backing vocals
• Wayne Gardner - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
• Hal Stringfellow Imbrie - bass, vocals
• Doane Perry – drums on "Waterfront Weirdos" at Narnia Oaks Studio, Woodland Hills, Ca. All other drum tracks by Magellan.
• Hope Harris – female voice on "Virtual Reality"

Production:

• David Houston – engineer
• Shawn Lux – cover paintings and coat of arms c/o Lux Metals, Santa Rosa, Ca.
• Mike Martin – engineer
• Kenneth Lee Jr. – mastering at Rocket-Lab, San Francisco April 1993
• Trent Gardner – cover concept
• Wayne Gardner – Magellan portrait and "The Overseer & His Witnesses" painting

• Encyclopaedia Metallum page