AFTER APPEARING IN THE MUSICAL SCENE WITH THE ALBUM "SHAPES OF MEMORY", RELEASED IN THE YEAR OF 2002, AN EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED WORK BY THE BRAZILLIN PRESS AS WELL THE INTERNATIONAL, IVORY GATES PRESENTS HERE ITS NEW STUDIO WORK ENTITLED STATUS QUO. STILL KEEPING THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST CD, WITH HIGH DOSES OF INFLUENCES Of THE 70S AND 80S HARD PROGRESSIVE ROCK (KANSAS, JOURNEY, QUEENSRYCHE) ADDED TO THE HEAVY MUSIC, THE BAND TRIES, WITH "STATUS QUO", TO RUN INTO A DIFFERENT PATH IN THE FIELD OF THE CONCEPTUAL ALBUNS OF THE PRESENT TIME. HAVING AS A STARTING POINT THE IDEA OF A MORE DIRECT AND OBJECTIVE SONGS, FLIRTING WITH THE HARD ROCK, AND WITH A BIT MORE AGRESSIVE VOCAL LINES, THE ALBUM BRINGS IVORY GATES MUCH MORE TO THE LAND OF THE ART ROCK BANDS. THE ALBUM CONCEPT IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE GEORGE ORWELLS MASTERPIECE 1984. HERE OUR HISTORY BEGINS IN THE YEAR OF 2084, A FUTURE NOT SO FAR, AND GOES TELLING, THROUGH THE EYES OF WINSTON SMITH, SYMME, JULIA, O'BRIAN AND EVEN THE TERRIBLE AND FRIGHTFUL FIGURE Of THE BIG BROTHER SOME SCENES AND SITUATIONS THAT ARE INTIMAMENTE RELATED WITH THE CURRENT WORLD, BEING ABLE THAT THIS FUTURE TOLD HERE CAN REALLY BE CONCEIVABLE. THE MASSES CONTROL BY THE POWER OF THE MEDIA, GLOBALIZATION AND EVEN THE LOSS Of THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE TO HAVE PROPER THINKING IS HERE REPORTED. THE STATUS QUO ALBUM, THEREFORE, PROVES THAT IT WAS NOT BY CHANCE THAT IVORY GATES WAS FOR MANY ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE BEST BANDS OF THE BRAZILIAN PROGRESSIVE METAL SCENE.