Shady Lane is a new melodic progressive metal band, born from an idea of the Ivory guitarist Salvo Vecchio, who immediately involved another founder Ivory member, bassist Luca Bernazzi. The duo, based in Turin, Italy, planned to create a narrative concept debut album with both a thriller side and an on the road part. While Vecchio was writing all the music, and the basic idea of the concept - inspired by the sound of groups like DT, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Evergrey, Elegy, Vanden Plas and Van Halen - Bernazzi started writing most of the lyrics. Keyboards player Antony Elia (Alia, Ivory guest member) took immediately part at the project and, in order to find the better voice for the band, the Underground Symphony Records manager, Maurizio Chiarello, suggested Roby Quassolo (ex Dark Horizon and solo artist) as the perfect choice.