It All Began With Loneliness

by The Anchoret

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josich One of my favorite Progressive albums of the year by far. It has the appropiate mix of mistery, complexity and surprise I expect of this kind of albums. With some gospel, saxo and flute passages giving a theatrical touch. Fantastic. Favorite track: Stay.

gs20 Two words: someone listening? love the subtle Opeth, Pink Floyd influences and riffs. Incredible prog metal album. AOTY. Trully amazing with every spin! Favorite track: A Dead Man.

BoneWalker Prog-metal debut that sets the bar extremely high for the Canadian quintet! Guitars are marvellous, rythme-section is perfect in its discretion and mastery, synth and keys combined with flute, sax and clarinet make the whole album a real pleasure to listen to! Favorite track: Forsaken.

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1.	An Office For... 02:40	lyrics	buy track
Fallen down Hear the broken sound Like water rushing hard against the ground I’m lost without faith I’d give anything to touch your face I can’t function without you In the dark and out of truth
2.	A Dead Man 06:32	lyrics	buy track
No more lonely nights sitting here alone No more paradise Standing on the edge on a rotting stone I’m slipping through the hole Now in darkness I belong A dead man to the living A ghost behind these walls I dream of love now failing God save us from us all No more paradise sitting here alone No more lonely nights Standing on the edge I feel like letting go I’m slipping through the hole Now A dead man to the living A ghost behind these walls I dream of love now failing God save us from us all
3.	Until The Sun Illuminates 06:40	lyrics	buy track
I have given up my dreams and freedom Let all of my fears take the control No longer riding the light You The spiritual guides I’ve encountered throughout my life are now silent Convictions are tested and barely hold The dreamer/child part of me now feels betrayed The sanctum’s been breached, all the sacred light fades Once felt like tomorrow now feels far too late If this is so right why can’t I find my way? Why the waiting, assessing all the ones you’ve let down? Give me wings to fly away Until the sun illuminates It could be ours tomorrow For love defines the way Our time here left is borrowed The healing starts today What’s done is done Now we write our obituary She washes out the invasion The Creator Give me wings to fly away Until the sun illuminates It could be ours tomorrow For love defines the way Our time here left is borrowed The healing starts today
4.	Someone Listening? 08:05	lyrics	buy track
To sacrifice my life Is what I choose to do Without a second thought In my eyes lies the truth It’s what I do All for you It’s all for you I do it for you How long can we last without each other? It’s all I think about The need to heal the world now is more powerful than to burn it down Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace stay on the moon to rest in peace They know that there is no hope for their recovery But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice Calling, calling home Is there someone listening? Calling, calling home Is there someone listening? In the ancient days Man looked to the stars in search of hope Now in modern times all we see is darkness We don’t know who we are anymore Still we look to the stars Still we look to the stars These men who lay down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: The search for truth and understanding They will be mourned by Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the far reaches of the unknown Calling, calling home Is there someone listening? Calling, calling home Is there someone listening? Someone? Is there anybody listening? Anyone? I’m calling out to you I believe in the search for truth I believe we can find balance, yeah I believe we can stop the feud I believe we can light our way I believe we can break the noose I believe we can make amends I believe we can all conclude that the healing must start today Is there someone listening?
5.	Forsaken 07:26	lyrics	buy track
No longer flowing The source has stopped feeding me This prison isolating I remember all my dreams Days fade away where I can’t feel a thing Nothing seems real My blood thickening I swallow my dreams I, now too black to feel I, now reside in my cloak of fear I know it’s wrong You feel it too Just a forsaken inhuman fool I stand before you broken and tired of pain All of my torments please drink them, feed at last There’s no life inside you left yet still you last Cold and pale, I’ll purify this empty shell All the willful wrongs you’ve done, now letting go When your salvation comes, I’ll give you back your soul I know I’m not your father I know I’m not looking well Look inside my eyes and you’ll see the meaning of hell Let me eat your flower Pour your water on me Rehydrate my heart Make me live again Let me eat your flower Pour your water on me Rehydrate my heart Make me live again Let me eat your flower Pour your water on me Rehydrate my heart Make me live again Let me eat your flower Pour your water on me
6.	Buried 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Searching for a spark of light in your eyes I know it’s there hiding in the back of your head I’ve seen it shine before It’s sleeping in the night Don’t bury it away The hurt is what you feel Don’t bury it away Please show me how you dream Closer to the marrow I have given it a name Closer to God Closer to your well It resides in our dreams I am the same I cover my eyes when afraid to lose it all again Don’t bury it away The hurt is what you feel Don’t bury it away Please show me how you dream I know the way it goes when you let your triggers show Deeper they take you down into that rabbit hole Don’t bury it away The hurt is what you feel Don’t bury it away Please show me how you dream How do you dream? How do you dream? Oh! Tell me, tell me I know the way it goes when you let your feelings show
7.	All Turns to Clay 08:32	lyrics	buy track
Sorrow day You wait for the daylight break For demons are fancying this scene Fancying this scene What causes this? This insatiable hunger for hatred It’s embedded in their nature They’ll never leave it behind Who are we kidding now Only we Only them All turns to clay There must be a chance out there waiting patiently I must make amends for all that I take and find a way to give it back someday Surviving today while time slips away Sufficing to say Surviving in the way you try to understand their side Sufficing in the way you try to help your fellow man How I am amazed that what you made for me took my freedom away Why must we constantly empty our tears? I want to turn the page All we did Cause nothing lives I’d rather be sailing away now You sell it away now and sail away All turns to clay Surviving today All turns to clay While time slips away All turns to clay All turns to clay All turns to clay All turns to clay
8.	Unafraid 07:18	lyrics	buy track
Once afraid to conjure light Fearing change one cannot see the way towards the dream Blind from what is sane Now I can never ( I ) can never look back Now I can never ( I ) can never lose track Now I can never ( I ) can never, can never look back Reckoning The past will always haunt me The present brings a certain sense of peace Altering the river flowing through me To you I say you’re the reason I’m standing here Now I can never ( I ) can never look back Now I can never ( I ) can never lose track Now I can never ( I ) can never, can never look back Now I can never ( I ) can never look back Now I can never ( I ) can never lose track Now I can never ( I ) can never, can never look back Awakening Through my ancestors I live Oppression gives Their courage sets me free Unafraid to leave the morning sorrow and learn to shine again Unafraid to throw away tonight and make tomorrow The light is coming The night is young The light is coming The night is young The light is coming The night is young The light is coming The night is young Staring through your lens See only part of the gem that you are Will you show me who you truly are? Unafraid to leave the morning sorrow and learn to shine again Unafraid to throw away tonight and make tomorrow Unafraid Tonight is ours to make tomorrow The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I believe ) The light is coming The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I believe ) The light is coming ( heal me ) The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I believe ) The light is coming The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I ) The light is coming ( I believe ) The light is coming ( heal me )
9.	Stay 07:00	lyrics	buy track
I made it this far Thought I could do it alone I admit I was wrong I am falling apart Will you take me in as I am? Nurture me back to health I tried to break the madness Thought that it would leave me alone All made out of sadness Nothing you have not seen before Can I leave the chaos far behind this time and for all? My roots are soaked in blackness Following me back from the start Can you take me in (I tried to break the madness Thought that it would leave me alone) as I am? (All made out of sadness Nothing you have not seen before) Nurture me (Can I leave the chaos far behind this time and for all?) Back to health (My roots are soaked in blackness Following me back from the start) Back to health All I did was to push you away Testing the viridity of love All I see are millions of stars dancing by the riverside Many ways to realize You and me holding the line Stay with me Please stay with me Stay with me Stay

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released June 23, 2023

THE ANCHORET - IT ALL BEGAN WITH LONELINESS

Vocals by Sylvain Auclair
Drums by James Christopher Knoerl
Keyboards and Synthesizers by Andy Tillison
Guitar and Lead Guitar by Leo Estalles
Bass by Eduard Levitsky

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Music composed and produced by Eduard Levitsky
Lyrics and vocal arrangements by Sylvain Auclair

Album Recorded all over the world between August 2020 and March 2022

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Album mixed by David Lizotte
Vocals produced and mixed by Sylvain Auclair
Album Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios

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Gospel and additional vocals by Nimiwari
Alto Saxophone by Juan Ignacio Varela Espinoza
Flute by Carina Bruwer except on “A Dead Man” by Paulo Oliveira
Clarinet by Artem Koryapin
Percussions by Reinaldo Ocando

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Artwork by Joseba Elorza (MiraRuido)
Graphic Design by Eduard Levitsky

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The Anchoret is a Progressive Metal project that combines prog rock sensibilities with modern metal energy. Mixing fusion sax, flute solos, mellotron vibes and heavy riffs, The Anchoret offers a unique soundscape that is sure to please all fans or heavy music. ... more

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