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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 24, 2011 The ANABASIS, Featuring Ryo Okumoto, Release Debut CD, BACK FROM BEING GONE, on 10T Records
Charleston, SC – October 24, 2011 (10T Records) - 10T Records is thrilled to announce the pending release of the full length debut concept CD by The ANABASIS, entitled Back From Being Gone, on November 22, 2011, with an official street date of January 17, 2012.
The ANABASIS is a progressive rock collaboration project, conceived by USA multi-instrumentalist and composer, Barry Thompson, with lyrics by noted professional author, George Andrade, who is also Executive Producer. A group of extraordinarily talented musicians were recruited from all over the world to take part in the project. The premise was to provide a basic framework for the songs and then to allow the musicians to play their parts with their own style and sound.
This amazing lineup of musicians and vocalists on Back From Being Gone make up a “who’s who” of some of the world’s top tier players in the progressive rock and progressive metal universe. In addition to Barry on guitar, bass and keyboards, The ANABASIS features internationally renowned virtuoso musician Ryo Okumoto (Spock’s Beard) as primary keyboardist and arranger. The band is further rounded out by Per Fredrik "PelleK" Åsly (Damnation Angels) on lead vocals, Gerald “Mully” Mulligan (The Lee Abraham Band) on drums, Gordon Tittsworth (Images of Eden, All Too Human) on lead and backing vocals, Lee Abraham (Lee Abraham Band) on bass, Stefan Artwin (Relocator) on lead guitar, plus a host of other special guests, too numerous to list. Lee Abraham also serves as producer/mixer for the release.
Back From Being Gone is a stunner that melds classic progressive rock and metal into a tasty whole, with 3 epic tracks including the massive closing track, which clocks in at 24 minutes. The concept behind the CD is from the mind of George Andrade, who uses this musical tapestry to weave a sweeping sociopolitical narrative based on 3 ancient civilizations – the Roman, the Norse, and the Egyptian.
“George and I are both humbled and thrilled to have been given the opportunity to join the 10t records family,” says Barry. “To have been invited to take our place among such an impressive roster of progressive rock artists- especially alongside our friends Mars Hollow - is beyond our wildest dreams. We look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership filled with fun times and great music!”
“We were immediately taken with the scope and scale of Back From Being Gone when we heard it,” says 10T Records President, Steve Carroll. “The level of imagination and ambition is truly inspiring, and the musicianship is stellar.”
Back From Being Gone by The ANABASIS is available for immediate pre-order through the 10T Records website. All orders received between now and the direct release sale date of November 22nd will ship by the end of the week prior to the release.
Additionally, all tracks from Back From Being Gone are now available to preview in their entirety on The ANABASIS artist page at 10T Records:
https://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-anabasis/the-anabasis-discography/ (https://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-anabasis/the-anabasis-discography/)
After January 17th, Back From Being Gone will be available at your favorite online, digital download, or retail outlet.
For further information:
Steve Carroll
10T Records
www.10trecords.com (https://www.10trecords.com)
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Take it from someone who has had this release in his favorites rotation now for several months, you must own this CD! The musicianship is stellar, the packaging is beyond professional and into the realm of real art.
For me, this CD is in second place for release of the year just behind A Dramatic Turn of Events. Yet, that being said one of the songs on Back From Being Gone (Fly) beats everything but Outcry and Lost Not Forgotten in my book.
Huge recommend from me!
-- Gregg
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:omg: Oh, um, wow, Gregg, thank you for your kind words :)
It is an honor and a thrill for me to have been given the opportunity to create music the likes of Ryo Okumoto, Stefan Artwin, Brick Williams (among others) on the disc, and we're lining up a similarly impressive crew for the next CD already, including (hopefully) at least one member of Transatlantic. :hat
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I'll probably give this a try sight unseen since I probably won't get to listen to the stream.
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I'll probably give this a try sight unseen since I probably won't get to listen to the stream.
Send me an email at barry@theanabasisproject.com and I will send you a full track, no strings attached.
If you like it, cool. Please consider buying the CD, if you don't like it, no harm done.
This offer goes for anyone here who can't stream the tracks to preview them.
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Barry, can't wait to purchase the album. I admittedly skimmed the article because I just took my meds ( :biggrin:), but is there going to be a digital download?
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Nah, I'll just buy it. Ryo's on it, how bad can it be? I tend to like making blind purchases, I've found some really good albums that way.
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Nah, I'll just buy it. Ryo's on it, how bad can it be? I tend to like making blind purchases, I've found some really good albums that way.
The stream is up and it is killer.
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Barry, can't wait to purchase the album. I admittedly skimmed the article because I just took my meds ( :biggrin: ), but is there going to be a digital download?
Absolutely! The album will be available as a digital download in any version you want. I personally guarantee it. And if no outlets make it available in the format you want, just email me at barry@theanabasisproject.com and I will personally rip the masters to any digital format you want and send you a link to download it, along with a full PDF file of the entire CD booklet.
Fans of Spock's Beard and Transatantic should take note of this. I really think they'd all enjoy it. Ryo really did some cool stuff here.
One the best comments we got so far about the music was that it sounded like:
"Transatlantic with balls..." :metal
To be honest, it was an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with Transatlantic. :hat
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One the best comments we got so far about the music was that it sounded like:
"Transatlantic with balls..." :metal
To be honest, it was an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with balls. :hat
:orly:
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:rollin
:hefdaddy
I shoulda seen that coming :rollin
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Wow, Kirk Sounds awesome. Will definitely get a copy! Maybe you can drop one off! ;)
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Ha ha! Thank you TAC!
I forgot to mention that I have a "bonus track" that is really just a remix of track 2 "Fly" ( a track that many people cite as their favorite) and I'd love to send this to any of you that would like to hear it and maybe comment on it here.
Here's the history on it:
We recorded "Fly" with a combination of Jeroen Hendrix and Ryo Okumoto's keyboard parts for the main song. But we also recorded the song with two versions of the keyboard solo: the one that got released on the album, and the one I have, that was not released.
The copy I have (that was not released on the CD) has Ryo ONLY on the keyboard solo, (and he definitely shreds here) the version that was released (and that you can stream in the above link) has Jeroen and Ryo doing a keyboard "duel" which is pretty cool sounding.
So, if you wanna hear the bonus track, send me an email and I'll gladly email you a link to download it. It's like a cool inside look into how the album unfolded and no one is really going to get this track (legally, at least) otherwise.''
So, yeah, also, I'm old and going to bed now, so if you want this track I will send it in the morning LOL
:lol
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WOW. Listenined to the stream. thsi si a must purchase. Congrats guys!
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Thank you, njdtfan ;D
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I'll be sure to check this out tonight :metal
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KNH,
Will 10t be registering the album art and track listings to the music service sites? I'm too lazy to input the info myself and wish the album would stop coming up as 'unknown'. :biggrin:
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I really, really like what I am hearing so far. This is well-written, well performed heavy rock with strong prog influences. And after seeing the album art firsthand, I can confirm that it is indeed VERY well done. Other than a bunch of profanity on Epiphany (which, IMO, like the vast majority of profanity in song lyrics, really doesn't need to be there), I am really liking the lyric writing as well. There is some really cool, really thought-provoking stuff. In a general sense, I would compare the lyrics to early Queensryche simply for the fact that they are deep and cause the listener to think without telling the listener what to think. I appreciate that a lot. I am on the fence about whether the lyrics in Epiphany will keep me from buying this, but I think I will likely take the plunge and support a forum-member and artist who has put together some VERY good music, and simply delete that track from my playlist.
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I have yet to listen, but profanity never bugs me in music.
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I really, really like what I am hearing so far. This is well-written, well performed heavy rock with strong prog influences. And after seeing the album art firsthand, I can confirm that it is indeed VERY well done. Other than a bunch of profanity on Epiphany (which, IMO, like the vast majority of profanity in song lyrics, really doesn't need to be there), I am really liking the lyric writing as well. There is some really cool, really thought-provoking stuff. In a general sense, I would compare the lyrics to early Queensryche simply for the fact that they are deep and cause the listener to think without telling the listener what to think. I appreciate that a lot. I am on the fence about whether the lyrics in Epiphany will keep me from buying this, but I think I will likely take the plunge and support a forum-member and artist who has put together some VERY good music, and simply delete that track from my playlist.
If you knew the story behind the lyrics to "Epiphany" (which is the only song on the album for which I get SOLE lyric-writing credit) you might give me a pass on it. I'm not big on profanity either, and rarely speak that way even among my closest friends, but believe me, the profanity in that song is there for a reason. It's not just gratuitous swearing for the sake of swearing. I wanted to be honest with the lyrics. So it's there because it represents in vivid detail precisely what was going through my mind when I had the experience that inspired those lyrics.
But anyway, thanks for your compliments, I appreciate it.
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KNH,
Will 10t be registering the album art and track listings to the music service sites? I'm too lazy to input the info myself and wish the album would stop coming up as 'unknown'. :biggrin:
Hey, that's very strange because I've already (LONG AGO) submitted it. And it was submitted again when it was mastered. But anyway, yeah, the album will be going up on iTunes, Amazon.com and a few other digital services.
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I have yet to listen, but profanity never bugs me in music.
Yeah, I kind of got that from your signature :rollin
:metal
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I really, really like what I am hearing so far. This is well-written, well performed heavy rock with strong prog influences. And after seeing the album art firsthand, I can confirm that it is indeed VERY well done. Other than a bunch of profanity on Epiphany (which, IMO, like the vast majority of profanity in song lyrics, really doesn't need to be there), I am really liking the lyric writing as well. There is some really cool, really thought-provoking stuff. In a general sense, I would compare the lyrics to early Queensryche simply for the fact that they are deep and cause the listener to think without telling the listener what to think. I appreciate that a lot. I am on the fence about whether the lyrics in Epiphany will keep me from buying this, but I think I will likely take the plunge and support a forum-member and artist who has put together some VERY good music, and simply delete that track from my playlist.
If you knew the story behind the lyrics to "Epiphany" (which is the only song on the album for which I get SOLE lyric-writing credit) you might give me a pass on it. I'm not big on profanity either, and rarely speak that way even among my closest friends, but believe me, the profanity in that song is there for a reason. It's not just gratuitous swearing for the sake of swearing. I wanted to be honest with the lyrics. So it's there because it represents in vivid detail precisely what was going through my mind when I had the experience that inspired those lyrics.
But anyway, thanks for your compliments, I appreciate it.
If it's something you believe is appropriate to share, I'd love to hear the story, actually.
And don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking what I heard at all--just expressing my personal preferences for what I listen to, which I know and understand are not the preferences of the average music fan on these forums.
And I'll say again to others reading this: If you haven't taken the time to listen to the streams of these songs, do yourself a favor and do it.
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I understand, believe me. And I respect your opinion. I knew there was some risk when I put those lyrics in there, but I wanted it to be from the gut.
I don't really want to go into a lot of detail about what inspired it, but let's just say it was about getting stabbed in the back by the last person you'd expect to be stabbing you in the back.
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I don't really want to go into a lot of detail about what inspired it, but let's just say it was about getting stabbed in the back by the last person you'd expect to be stabbing you in the back.
Given the other lyrics on the album, I can only assume that means you are a lot older than I originally thought. Okay, so I don't want to pry too much into private issues, but I'll just ask this one question because I've always wondered: Was Brutus really that much of a jerk, or was he generally a cool dude when he wasn't looking to preserve the republic by any means necessary?
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:rollin
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HolyShitROLF :rollin
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I don't really want to go into a lot of detail about what inspired it, but let's just say it was about getting stabbed in the back by the last person you'd expect to be stabbing you in the back.
Given the other lyrics on the album, I can only assume that means you are a lot older than I originally thought. Okay, so I don't want to pry too much into private issues, but I'll just ask this one question because I've always wondered: Was Brutus really that much of a jerk, or was he generally a cool dude when he wasn't looking to preserve the republic by any means necessary?
:rollin :tup
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Vikings! :leaveseyes:
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Vikings! :leaveseyes:
Yeah, that's my personal favorite and it seems that most people like that one and "Egypt" the most, with "Fly" also getting quite a bit of attention.
The guitar solos in "Vikings" are just totally off the hook, and both of those guys have already committed to playing on the next album, so I'm pretty excited about that.
Interesting side note: One of the guys who plays the guitar solos in "Vikings" is a guitarist in the only "officially sanctioned" Iron Maiden tribute band "HI-ON Maiden" (he's a good friend of mine)
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Hey Barry,
I'll be checking this out after my radio show tonight. I've been looking forward to this for so long, I can't wait to hear it in full.
While you are keeping track of this thread, is there a particular song that you would want me to play on my show? I'll play any one you want. :metal
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Hey Barry,
I'll be checking this out after my radio show tonight. I've been looking forward to this for so long, I can't wait to hear it in full.
While you are keeping track of this thread, is there a particular song that you would want me to play on my show? I'll play any one you want. :metal
Let me check with the label about it. Do you have a copy of the CD?
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let's just say it was about getting stabbed in the back by the last person you'd expect to be stabbing you in the back.
The Mom from Happy Days?
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Vikings! :leaveseyes:
If you run, you'll just die tired after all! :metal
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Barry,
I'll never look at my mothers eyes in the same way ever again.
They're in a jar on my credenza...
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After being able to hear this album in a full a few times now. I LOVE IT!
The songwriting is so damn good. Barry and Co. really kick ass. And it's always good to hear Kyp play on ANYTHING.
For those interested, I will be playing a song from this album on my radio show Next Tuesday. I'd say what song, but that'd take all the fun out of it.
Once again, incredible job and a killer album!
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Hey Barry I never got a chance to tell you what I thought about the album from the MP forum. But what I do have to say is :hefdaddy, the album is really good, one of the only albums of the year where I had to listen again right away, the only other albums that have done that so far are ADTOE and "Deconstruction" By The Devin Townsend Project.
My Favorite tracks on the album have to be Egypt, Epiphany, and Vikings. Also I'd like to make a note on the mastering, after hearing a lot off albums where the mastering is . . . well bad . . . it's refreshing to hear a well mastered album. Well anyway thanks for the awesome album and I hope The ANABASIS II is even better.
Matt
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Just ordered it. Looking forward to checking it out.
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After being able to hear this album in a full a few times now. I LOVE IT!
The songwriting is so damn good. Barry and Co. really kick ass. And it's always good to hear Kyp play on ANYTHING.
For those interested, I will be playing a song from this album on my radio show Next Tuesday. I'd say what song, but that'd take all the fun out of it.
Once again, incredible job and a killer album!
Thank you, Josh! I really appreciate that!
Hey Barry I never got a chance to tell you what I thought about the album from the MP forum. But what I do have to say is :hefdaddy , the album is really good, one of the only albums of the year where I had to listen again right away, the only other albums that have done that so far are ADTOE and "Deconstruction" By The Devin Townsend Project.
My Favorite tracks on the album have to be Egypt, Epiphany, and Vikings. Also I'd like to make a note on the mastering, after hearing a lot off albums where the mastering is . . . well bad . . . it's refreshing to hear a well mastered album. Well anyway thanks for the awesome album and I hope The ANABASIS II is even better.
Matt
Hey Matt, thanks for all of your support. :tup
I actually just came here to bump this thread with some news about the "Back From Being Gone" release party this past Saturday night. It was really cool. My wife really outdid herself. The decorations were awesome and there was great food and fun and we had the album blasting all night.
Pictures from the party are posted here (https://www.theanabasisproject.com/TheAlbum/BackFromBeingGoneReleaseParty.aspx)
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Had a busy week (as they all seem to be lately), but I did get to listen to this twice and definitely enjoyed it. But I obviously have to spend a good bit more time with the album yet.
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Had a busy week (as they all seem to be lately), but I did get to listen to this twice and definitely enjoyed it. But I obviously have to spend a good bit more time with the album yet.
It's a pretty dense album and long too. So it takes a while to fully absorb. Just FYI, but there are both lyrical and musical themes in the three epics "Rome," "Vikings," and "Egypt" that are related. I'd say those probably start sinking in for most people after about three spins.
ALSO: Forgot to post earlier - THANK YOU to DTVT for your purchase!
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Just FYI, but there are both lyrical and musical themes in the three epics "Rome," "Vikings," and "Egypt" that friggin' ROCK!!!!
I picked up on that in less than three spins. Just sayin'.
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Just FYI, but there are both lyrical and musical themes in the three epics "Rome," "Vikings," and "Egypt" that friggin' ROCK!!!!
I picked up on that in less than three spins. Just sayin'.
Awesome! :tup
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Just curious, if this isn't getting shipped until the end of November, how do all these other people have a copy? Or are they just streaming from the website.
I get to listen to my iPod about 10 hours a day (not exaggerating), so I usually have to wait for my physical copy.
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How soon till digital samples will be up?
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Just listened to Rome. Very solid stuff and you definitely didn't exaggerate the awesomeness of Ryo. My only drawback is the vocals. I think the dude is very capable and sings just fine but it comes down to more of a matter of my pet peeves with vocals. I always seem to get tired of it pretty quickly when a singer frequently shifts into vibrato on the majority of held notes as if it's some kind of habitual thing. Decent vocals nonetheless but it became a little distracting at times.
I give it a 9/10. Keep up the great work :)
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I don't mind the singer so much, but the guitarist at times holds on with his dear life to the stuff he's playing. He has timing issues, and that kinda mars it for me.
rumborak
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Just curious, if this isn't getting shipped until the end of November, how do all these other people have a copy? Or are they just streaming from the website.
I get to listen to my iPod about 10 hours a day (not exaggerating), so I usually have to wait for my physical copy.
Hi DTVT - I had 100 copies of the CD that I sold to a small group of people from FaceBook and Mike Portnoy's forum. Those sold out in about three hours.
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How soon till digital samples will be up?
The entire album is streaming from the label's website here:
https://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-anabasis/the-anabasis-discography/
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Just curious, if this isn't getting shipped until the end of November, how do all these other people have a copy? Or are they just streaming from the website.
I get to listen to my iPod about 10 hours a day (not exaggerating), so I usually have to wait for my physical copy.
Hi DTVT - I had 100 copies of the CD that I sold to a small group of people from FaceBook and Mike Portnoy's forum. Those sold out in about three hours.
Yes and I am still massively massively appreciative that you did that! Album is still in my top 5 of this year :)
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it! ;D
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I'd also like to say it's one of the best albums I've heard this year. Amazing songwriting and musicianship on it plus the mix is incredible. If anyone hasn't picked it up yet do so, you won't regret it. :metal
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I'd also like to say it's one of the best albums I've heard this year. Amazing songwriting and musicianship on it plus the mix is incredible. If anyone hasn't picked it up yet do so, you won't regret it. :metal
Thank you very much, jonny108!
I decided to make it easier to find the live stream, which is kind of buried on the label's web site. So now if you just head on over to our official band website (https://www.theanabasisproject.com) you'll see a link on the top left side of the page that leads directly to the stream on the label's page.
Also, we're starting to get some feedback from the promotion the label is doing. I got an email from a guy this morning who runs an internet radio station and he said after they played "Fly" the chat room exploded with all kinds of positive comments and people asking "who the hell is The ANABASIS?" :eek
We should have some reviews to post pretty soon.
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Am I the only retard that can't figure out where on the site you can actually order the friggin' album?
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Am I the only retard that can't figure out where on the site you can actually order the friggin' album?
Here ya go retard :biggrin:
https://10trecords.com/store/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/ (https://10trecords.com/store/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/)
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Am I the only retard that can't figure out where on the site you can actually order the friggin' album?
Don't feel bad, I'm not exactly thrilled with their layout either. But ordering from there helps the band the most (we get the biggest cut from orders placed on the 10t site) and they'll be shipping all orders the week prior to the official release date.
And now that you mention this, I'm going to update the official band site right now too so people can find the order page more quickly.
Thanks bosk1 :biggrin:
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Had a busy week (as they all seem to be lately), but I did get to listen to this twice and definitely enjoyed it. But I obviously have to spend a good bit more time with the album yet.
Good.
Because I'm going to be requesting some of this on your show.
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On the next album, we're planning on having Pelle's girlfriend Marit contribute some vocal tracks. I was still on the fence about it until I saw this video that Pelle posted recently on his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGOphHbOx4c :eek :eek :eek
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The first post-release review is in from Ytsejam's Tommy Hash :metal
Linque (https://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1979) <-----click me
Thank you, Tommy! :tup
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Just a quick bump to let you all know that our album is now shipping! And it's two weeks earlier than we originally planned, but we found out that our European outlets had started shipping the album immediately upon receiving the stock, so it was decided that the album should ship immediately WORLDWIDE!
Once again you can "try before you buy" with the stream located here (https://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-anabasis/the-anabasis-discography/)
And there is a link to purchase the CD on that same page.
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I'm not going to complain about early shipping :)
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Got my copy in the mail today. I'll be listening to it when I drive to my g/f's house later.
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DTVT - just curious, but are you in the States? Some of my friends from overseas are wondering when their copies will arrive
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yeah, I'm in SW Virginia so it was a short trip from the shipping point in SC.
g/f cancelled on me so I listened while I made dinner. Very much enjoyed the first listen, looking forward to getting several good listens in at work this coming week.
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Coolness :hat
Thanks for the support, man. It really means a lot. :)
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Coolness :hat
Thanks for the support, man. It really means a lot. :)
With Mason's endorsement, and double post on the haul thread, I'm streaming now (although it's real late). I do trust I'll be following the retard link, and making a purchase shortly.
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Very nice, thank you sir.
Meanwhile, we just received a glowing review from Raffaella Berry @ DPRP (https://progmistress.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone-2011/)
And
I did an interview yesterday with ProgArchives (https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=82775&PID=4350082)
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Today we received a 4/5 review from Rivertree at Progarchives:
https://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=568991
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I listened to 'Rome'
And I must say that I am blown away.
I will be listening to rest of the album when I get the time (soon)
When will the album be hitting record shops?
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I don't want to speak for Kirk/Barry, but I think you have to order it online. Your record store would probably be willing to order a copy and add a nice mark-up for their trouble (which is what we had to do before the internet). He stated he gets more of a cut from direct sales, and the price is reasonable as well so your best bet would be to order directly from the link he provided. I'm guessing you're still a kid without a credit or debit card. Ask your parents to order it for you.
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I'd just rather buy local, that's all.
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Hmm, yeah, it depends on where you live. Official street date is not until January 17, 2012. At that time, you will be able to get it at some brick & mortar shops in the US and Europe. I'll see if I can find out from 10t where it might be available, but I've gotta be honest, we're not going to be exactly easy to find in stores, the business just isn't there for that kind of distribution any more for smaller bands like us.
Windmaster - I appreciate your kind words, thank you very much.
By the way, we just got two more 4-star reviews from Sea of Tranquility. (https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=11832)
I'm really stoked that the reviews have been so good. And these latest ones really prove that it was a good idea for us to bring Ryo Okumoto on board as our official full-time keyboardist.
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I got an answer back from my guy at the label on the Brick & Mortar distribution question, here's what he said:
"Our brick & mortar distributor, while independent, has inventory available through virtually every major and mom & pop retailer in the continental US. While not every store will necessarily have product sitting on the shelves, it will still be available through them and will show up in their available inventory for order. I have checked this out personally through local CD shops in my area. This same distributor also provides all fulfillment through virtually all of the major (and minor) online resellers, including Amazon, Best Buy, CDNow, etc."
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"Back From Being Gone" just received another great review -this one is a track by track breakdown- from the fine folks over at Music Street Journal (https://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103276). :tup
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Forgot to mention there was an interview with me as well:
Music Street Journal Interview with Barry Thompson of The ANABASIS (https://www.musicstreetjournal.com/interviews_display.cfm?id=100532)
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Another day, another 4 star review (https://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=578278), this time from ProgArchives :tup
I got word from the label that we'll have some sales figures this week. He seems to think it's doing pretty good.
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Just ordered. Meant to earlier, but...yeah.
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I got word from the label that we'll have some sales figures this week. He seems to think it's doing pretty good.
Guess that means a second album.
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I got word from the label that we'll have some sales figures this week. He seems to think it's doing pretty good.
Guess that means a second album.
Second album was a done deal anyway. The record label has nothing to lose. They're not paying for anything. I financed all of it. Recording, artwork, session musicians, pressing, everything. All they have to do is sell it and take half the money plus expenses, so it's a win/win for them. I signed with them for access to their distribution network.
Thanks, Bosk1 :biggrin:
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I'm sorry to keep bumping this, but I am so fucking thrilled that we received a 5 star review (https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php%3Fname%3DReviews%26rop%3Dshowcontent%26id%3D5331&ei=pGrXTrzcF8bfggeGiZD9Dg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttps://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php%253Fname%253DReviews%2526rop%253Dshowcontent%2526id%253D5331%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D0Zl%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns) from someone that I couldn't resist. The link is a Google translation from French to English, but this dude loved our CD so much that he emailed me and asked me if he could mail the CD to me and have me autograph it and mail it back. :o
Anyway, if you haven't checked us out, please give us a try. Entire album streaming - link at https://www.theanabasisproject.com
And anyone who would commit to posting a review here in this thread, I will be happy to send you a download link to a free, perfectly legal digital copy of the CD ;D
PM me if you're interested. Only serious inquiries please.
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I'm sorry to keep bumping this
No worries. If you were bumping it just to bump it, that would be one thing. But you're always giving new info, so it's cool.
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Give it to Nick. He'll review anything. (Just like Mikey and Life cereal)
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I think Nick has this already jingle.
Jingle, this album has my seal of approval as well. Yet another recommendation for ya.
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Oh, I know he has it... He's played songs on his show. Just thought maybe he could do a full review.
With Mason's endorsement, and double post on the haul thread, I'm streaming now (although it's real late). I do trust I'll be following the retard link, and making a purchase shortly.
I've been listening.
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I can assure you, the retard link works just fine. :biggrin: Also, can't wait to get this.
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I'm sorry to keep bumping this
No worries. If you were bumping it just to bump it, that would be one thing. But you're always giving new info, so it's cool.
Hey, thanks man, I appreciate that. :)
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Just got my copy in the mail this weekend. :metal
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Ahh, cool, that's great. I also just got word from the label that sales are doing pretty decent considering this is a pretty dead time of year. We may end up doing another pressing after the official street date in January :hat
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And we just got an incredible review from Steven Reid of Fireworks Magazine in the UK. It can be read here on the official The ANABASIS forum:
https://www.theanabasisproject.com/Forum/tabid/90/aft/5/Default.aspx#22 (https://www.theanabasisproject.com/Forum/tabid/90/aft/5/Default.aspx#22)
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Happy New Year from The ANABASIS!
Couple of updates for 2012:
First off, thank you to everyone here who has supported us. You know who you are! We're closing in on needing to do a second pressing which I really never imagined when we started this project way back in 2008. I really can't thank you all enough. It's been a very humbling and gratifying experience to say the least.
We've had some really good reviews posted recently. You can check those out by clicking the link in my sig if you are so inclined.
"Back From Being Gone" will be available starting January 22nd (the official street date) in your favorite brick and mortar retailers in the US as well as on Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Back-Being-Gone-Anabasis/dp/B0062FQQA0/ref=as_li_tf_cw?&linkCode=waf&tag=progstreaming-20) and iTunes. (January 17th) Amazon will have both hard-copy and digital available.
Also, as of a few days ago, the album became available to listen to on the Progstreaming site. Here's a link to the stream (https://www.progstreaming.com/2012/01/04/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/).
Writing sessions have been extremely productive so far for the next album. I'm cooking up a few cool surprises for guests including a very remote chance (but still a chance) of a guest appearance by a member of Dream Theater. Let's just say, my people are taking to their people. :lol It's definitely up in the air at this point, but not out of the question just yet. All of the usual suspects, including Ryo Okumoto will be back. Brick Williams (Hourglass) will have a larger role this time on lead guitar, potentially playing on half or more of the album and Lee Abraham (ex-Galahad) will be back. Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) is in and I'm pretty sure Alan Morse (Spock's Beard) will be in as well.
More updates when I have something worthwhile to report.
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It might be worth it to send the album to DT. You might even get to tour with them in a couple years!
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More Brick Williams! :metal
I love Hourglass, so this is good news. I was trying to figure out what this album reminded me of and i think i figured it out.
Erik Norlander's album a few years back called 'Music Machine' Not sure why, but it just does. Which reminds me, i should go and listen to that cd heh
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More Brick Williams! :metal
I love Hourglass, so this is good news. I was trying to figure out what this album reminded me of and i think i figured it out.
Erik Norlander's album a few years back called 'Music Machine' Not sure why, but it just does. Which reminds me, i should go and listen to that cd heh
It's funny that you brought him up. Mark McCrite introduced me to him a few years ago and I've been meaning to get in touch with him about doing a guest spot. I just added it to my "to do" list :hat
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That's great news for you man.
I've gone back and forth on your debut about 10 times. Like it...not so much...love it...not so much...it's been weird.
I guess if I can get used to Fish from Marillion I can get used to your vocalist and as you mentioned at the other
forum if your drummer is indeed more involved from the beginning and can come up with some original sounding
fills it would go a long ways for me. The artwork is stellar and so is the concept, as well as ALL guitars, base and
keys.
Best of luck with the sophomore release.
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Just a quick bump here to let everyone know that today is the Official Street Date for "Back From Being Gone"
The album is now available for purchase in your favorite brick & mortar music shops, is available for either CD or digital purchase on Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Back-Being-Gone-Anabasis/dp/B0062FQQA0/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1326817097&sr=8-11) and digitally on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-anabasis/id486092448?ign-mpt=uo%3D4)
This morning, I found out that our album stream has been very popular on the ProgStreaming (https://www.progstreaming.com/2012/01/04/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/) site with the opening epic "Rome" having been listened to almost 1400 times :eek Very cool!
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This Sunday at 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, we're going to be having "An Evening with The ANABASIS" on AIIRadio.net, where they will be playing our entire album start to finish and we'll be chatting with people and taking questions from the audience and such.
It's sure to be fun, the last time we did one of these it was a blast.
So anyway, if you're game you can join the fun at THIS LINK (https://www.livestream.com/aiiradionet)
For those who are on FaceBook, you can view and/or sign up for the event HERE (https://www.facebook.com/events/354980357848517/)
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If I'm comfortable with where I'm at with my dissertation I'll join.
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Kirk, do you know if Newbury Comics is stocking the album?
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Kirk, do you know if Newbury Comics is stocking the album?
Let me email my label guy and I'll get back to you.
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OK, here's what my label guy said regarding Newbury:
Newbury has historically stocked our CDs, although it is their decision to do so. It is available to their purchasing department through our brick & mortar distributor.
This link shows that while it is offered through them, they are backordered, which probably means they had a minimal amount of copies on hand and have sold out:
&sn=103&sm=1&SearchMenu=50&SearchText=back+from+being+gone&anyorall=1&StartSearch.x=11&StartSearch.y=12]https://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=103&storename=Newbury+Comics&db=newbury&sessionid=&deptnr=405&rc=3.2[sn%3D103%2Fsm%3D1]&sn=103&sm=1&SearchMenu=50&SearchText=back+from+being+gone&anyorall=1&StartSearch.x=11&StartSearch.y=12 (https://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=103&storename=Newbury+Comics&db=newbury&sessionid=&deptnr=405&rc=3.2[sn%3D103%2Fsm%3D1)
So, good news for me that they sold out the first shipment, but maybe bad news for you that they're backordered.
Are you just preferring to buy it at a store instead of online? It's available in a LOT of places online.
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Hmm, yeah, that link doesn't work right, but if you select "search by title" then put in "Back From Being Gone" you'll see that they stock it, but it's backordered.
And I think we're about a week away from our second pressing.
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I know this has already been mentioned in the thread, but:
Vikings! :leaveseyes:
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Sorry I missed it, but at least I can listen to the album when ever I want to :)
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??? So can I.
Unanticipated added bonus: When listening to this album on iTunes, if I don't stop at the end, I get to listen to Arch/Matheos afterward.
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I know this has already been mentioned in the thread, but:
Vikings! :leaveseyes:
Funny you mentioned that, because during that interview we just did they played the whole album and that was the song that everyone seemed to like the most.
By the way, writing will be picking up steam here for the next one pretty soon and it seems that the songs are going to be a bit heavier this time.
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Heavy is good. Looking forward to it.
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Heavy. Good. :metal
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Forgot to mention that the Bonus Remix of "Fly" with a different keyboard solo featuring Ryo Okumoto by himself (the album version has a keyboard duel with Ryo and Jeroen Hendrix swapping riffs) is now available as a free instant download for everyone who signs up for our spam, um, I mean "newsletter" - Here's a linque. (https://www.theanabasisproject.com/NewsUpdates/TheANABASISNewsletter.aspx)
Add your name to the list and you'll get a confirmation email with a download link in it.
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I ALREADY BOUGHT YOUR ALBUM! LEAVE ME ALONE WITH YOUR SPAM LISTS!!!
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ha ha!! :lol
I put it on the Fan page on Facebook and we got 39 more subscribers already :hat
I'm thinking about releasing a few demo tracks that did not make the cut for the album this summer, after I clean them up a bit.
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If you've got instrumental demos that you need vocals on, let me know.
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Actually, bosk1, I am going to be in touch pretty soon on that very topic. I have several demos in various stages right now and I'm going to be looking for a little help with some of them as we discussed before. I'll be in touch probably in the next couple of weeks sometime.
Meanwhile, I was just told this morning that our album has reached #1 on this website from Belgium: https://musicinbelgium.net/pl/ Scroll down a bit for the Le Dynatop3
I don't really know what their criteria is for that list. What I do know is it's not album sales :lol :\
But it's still pretty cool that we're #1 and we're ahead of some pretty kick ass stuff too :tup
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Forgot to add that Ryo gave us a little love on the Spock's Beard web page recently https://www.spocksbeard.com/
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Meanwhile, I was just told this morning that our album has reached #1 on this website from Belgium: https://musicinbelgium.net/pl/ Scroll down a bit for the Le Dynatop3
I don't really know what their criteria is for that list. What I do know is it's not album sales :lol
An industry insider informed me that one of the most heavily weighted factors is how much yellow you use on your album cover.
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If that were true we'd be #1 everywhere! :lol
I filled out their contact form to see if they'd tell me how we got there.
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Meanwhile, I was just told this morning that our album has reached #1 on this website from Belgium: https://musicinbelgium.net/pl/ Scroll down a bit for the Le Dynatop3
I don't really know what their criteria is for that list. What I do know is it's not album sales :lol
An industry insider informed me that one of the most heavily weighted factors is how much yellow you use on your album cover.
hahaha :D
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Music in Belgium works fine with F5. ;)
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I'm about to finish my review on the album ... but couldn't help it ... and wanted to do a lil fangirlism here.....
This album is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Well this all I'll say for now.. as I'll say a lot more soon.... Frigging hell man! :metal
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I know this has already been mentioned in the thread, but:
I know this has already been mentioned in the thread, but:
Vikings! :leaveseyes:
:biggrin:
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:lol Thanks, Obscure, you just made my day :hat
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:laugh:
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It's been a while since I listened to it. And I just realized that I'd only been streaming it in the past. That's been rectified ... purchase has been made at 10T (hope you make more there vs iTunes).
Listening again. So good.
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Just purchased and listening........
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ok.. wanna find out what I think of this album? yes? here ya go then (https://www.ladyobscure.com/index.php/2012/03/30/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/)
make sure that you read my interview with Mr. Kirk too :)
the link will lead you!
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Damn, Fly is an excellent song. Gotta clock in, but I'll give the album a proper listen in the next few days(weekends are a touch busy).
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ok.. wanna find out what I think of this album? yes? here ya go then (https://www.ladyobscure.com/index.php/2012/03/30/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/)
make sure that you read my interview with Mr. Kirk too :)
the link will lead you!
Whoa, I just read your review and all I can really say is thanks :o
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Glad you like it Barry! I meant every word.... :)
and the album is awesomeeeee
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Damn, Barry, this CD is awesome :hefdaddy
I'll be honest, I bought it out of curiosity having followed all your posts on Portnoy's forum and I expected it to be mediocre and for you to just be some prog metal fan who's a wannabee in terms of making a CD.
I couldn't have been more wrong. With influences from DT, Symphony X, Marillion you have made a tremendous CD that shows it's influences but copies none. Every track is superb. This is my companion to ADToE. ADToE is my favorite CD by my favorite band and this, to me, is it's alter ego. While DT played it safe in terms of style and produced a great, old school DT CD this is what they might have done if they had gone for a little more creativity in terms of style. That's not a slam on DT, as I said, I love ADToE with a passion, it's just a statement that if your CD had been the new DT I would have been as excited by it as I am with ADToE.
Again, in no way have you copied DT but I can't see any DT fans not loving this fantastic CD.
Well done, sir, very well done. You should be proud.
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Whoa, I'm not sure how I missed that post BelichickFan, but I am extremely humbled by your kind words. Thank you very much.
I actually came here to post a video of our lead vocalist's solo project. I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea, and it's definitely NOT very much like The ANABASIS at all, but if you did power metal, you may enjoy this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwHdXJsrXiY&feature=share
I'm hoping to have Tommy (the guitarist in the video) on board for a solo or two on the next album, which is, by the way, mostly written, just in need of recording. I was actually waiting for Spock's Beard to finish up the recording sessions for their album so that I can start sending stuff over to Ryo.
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God-f'n-dammit Barry. That was awesome. I'm definitely of the group that "did's" power metal. Where do I get me some more of this. I see he's got a bunch of covers up on YT. Anymore original material?
Oh, and awesome news about album #2.
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Thanks for letting us know that it's out Barry... I love Pellek's voice and style... I'll def dig his album.... and I know he worked with some unbelievable names ..... and I'm anticipating his duet with Amanda....
mmm I'd better go and start writing about him :)
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God-f'n-dammit Barry. That was awesome. I'm definitely of the group that "did's" power metal. Where do I get me some more of this. I see he's got a bunch of covers up on YT. Anymore original material?
Oh, and awesome news about album #2.
Damn typos :lol Too lazy to edit ::)
Uh, he doesn't have any original material officially released just yet. Took a while to get this album done, but he got signed and got a distribution deal. The only downside is with the exchange rate being what it is, to pre-order the album right now is freaking $29.00 (available here (https://www.pellek.com/))
I think it may end up available on Amazon as a non-import though, so I'd probably say hold off. Tommy also has a solo album coming out pretty soon. Very much in the same vein - here's a rehearsal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZlBUoguAVKI
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Oh, I also checked out his other project - Damnation Angels. Dude, you got one helluva vocalist there!
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you found about Damnation Angels.... :omg:
F*CK :censored
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Oh, I also checked out his other project - Damnation Angels. Dude, you got one helluva vocalist there!
He's got a 4 octave range in his natural voice. Obviously, not everyone is going to like any given vocalist. But yeah, we think he's pretty special. And he's really done a fantastic job of improving his enunciation in English.
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Outside on deck- check, Cigar-Check,, glass of way to expensive port wine-check, Ribs smoking in the smoker-check, Anabasis cranking on the outside speakers= zen! :hat
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Weird that this thread was just bumped...I literally just finished streaming Back From Being Gone for the first time. I don't know why it took me so long to listen but I loved it! I'm definitely going to buy it. Vikings was awesome. :metal
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Weird that this thread was just bumped...I literally just finished streaming Back From Being Gone for the first time. I don't know why it took me so long to listen but I loved it! I'm definitely going to buy it. Vikings was awesome. :metal
BUY IT! One of the best purchases you will make.
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I saw that the album was on Spotify, but unlistenable for me - don't know why. The only song that worked to play was Vikings.
Can someone enlighten me on this?
edit: maybe it's spotify that's weird altogether. Not responding as usual today..
edit2: works now :)
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I hope you like it, jsem. You can stream the entire album on my record label's website here:
https://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-anabasis/the-anabasis-discography/
You can also buy the album there in several digital formats or the CD.
Also, if you sign up for the newsletter on our official website (link in my signature) you'll get an instant download of an unpublished remix of track 2: "Fly"
Thanks for the support everyone! :)
By the way, album #2 is coming along nicely. It's going to be shorter (about 55 to maybe 65 minutes max) and not a concept album, but there will be a theme to the lyrics. Don't want to give too much away just yet.
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Listened to this again the other day, album is still fantastic. Cannot wait until the follow up :)
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We don't get too many new reviews these days, since the release date was more than 6 months ago, but we got a new 4/5 star review from ProgressoR (https://www.progressor.net/review/the_anabasis_2011.html), and it's one of my favorite reviews of the album, not just because it's a good one, but just the way he wrote it is really cool.
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Only listened once, thought Vikings was pretty cool - but the rest.. I can't put my finger on why I didn't enjoy it too much. Solid stuff nonetheless.
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No album will please everyone. Glad you at least gave it a shot, though :tup
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Figured it was worth the bump for a cool update.
Samuel Ermellini, lead guitarist for Pyramid Theorem just got in touch with me and told me he'd love to play a guitar solo on The ANABASIS next album! :eek
Man, I am so excited! Dude is an amazing player! I already have an idea as to what song I want him to play on and with his style and capabilities, I know it's going to be mind-blowing :hefdaddy
Demos are coming along nicely too. I've got a mammoth three day studio session scheduled in about two weeks.
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SuhWEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!!
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Figured it was worth the bump for a cool update.
Samuel Ermellini, lead guitarist for Pyramid Theorem just got in touch with me and told me he'd love to play a guitar solo on The ANABASIS next album!
Man, I am so excited! Dude is an amazing player! I already have an idea as to what song I want him to play on and with his style and capabilities, I know it's going to be mind-blowing :hefdaddy
Demos are coming along nicely too. I've got a mammoth three day studio session scheduled in about two weeks.
haha unreal, told ya he's my favorite guitar player. This will be epicccccccc :tup
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Yeah, johnny, this is a very cool development. Probably couldn't happened with you, so thanks dude :tup
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Very, very cool. That guy tears shit up.
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Here's an interesting cover of "The Spirit Carries On" by the lead vocalist of The ANABASIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eZ_yl1gwo&feature=player_embedded#! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eZ_yl1gwo&feature=player_embedded#!)
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Yeah, I watched that after he posted it on FB. Very nice delivery. I'm absolutely in love with his voice.
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Hey Barry.....my oldest son (7) noticed The CD in my car I'm assuming because of the cool artwork and was asking me what it was. I told him it was some music, threw it in and he, my middle kid and I were jamming out to it for a bit. I've been spinning it here the past few days after at least 6 months without hearing it. Forgot how much I enjoy those songs and it can't be stressed enough how evident it is sonically that you guys did great taking your time on that.
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heh, funny that this thread got bumped today. I haven't talked much about it here, but I bought a new house. We're moving next week. One of the big wishlist items for me was an expanded studio and so I am taking the second-largest bedroom in the home and converting it into a full-time, always-on, fully-equipped, modern recording studio.
Also, the second album is pretty much written now. Recording will commence as soon as I get the new studio up and running (probably about a month from now)
Lee Abraham will be producing and mixing again. The thing is, I think this time I'm going to make the trip over to Thin Ice studios in London for the drum sessions. That's not to say I didn't like the drums on Back From Being Gone. Gerald did a great job. But I would like to have a bit more creative influence while they're being recorded and that's hard to do on a cell phone call across the Atlantic.
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Great news!
Fly appeared on the iPhone shuffle the other day and I huge smile jumped onto my face. I still love the album!
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Bumpity bump bump bump. Listening to this for the first time in a while. It has aged very nicely.
When is #2 coming dude? I know you've been lining up talent, so give us an update will ya?
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Figured I'd give this thread a bump as I'm listening to "Back From Being Gone" again. I love this CD and am really looking forward to the next one. Coming out the same year (I got it the same year anyway) this was a perfect companion to "A Dramatic Turn of Events". And as much as I like ADToE, I like BFBG more.
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jeez, really :omg: wow, that's an incredible compliment just to be mentioned in the same breath with them.
I've had some health issues that have slowed this process down a bit. But we are still planning another release.
It will be different, though. I thought it was going to be more metal than prog this time but it's turning out as proggy as anything I've ever written. The peaks and valleys are further away from each other too. The moods are sharper. And the music has a lot of melody, a pretty good dose of bombast in a few spots. One guy that heard some of it said it sounded like "Transatlantic with balls" :lol
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jeez, really :omg: wow, that's an incredible compliment just to be mentioned in the same breath with them.
I've had some health issues that have slowed this process down a bit. But we are still planning another release.
It will be different, though. I thought it was going to be more metal than prog this time but it's turning out as proggy as anything I've ever written. The peaks and valleys are further away from each other too. The moods are sharper. And the music has a lot of melody, a pretty good dose of bombast in a few spots. One guy that heard some of it said it sounded like "Transatlantic with balls" :lol
Consider yourself complimented then, especially as I'm one of those here for whom DT is my favorite all time band by a fairly wide margin. Your CD is certainly a thick, dense listen but, yet, is melodic and accessible; what I like the most is the longer tracks never feel forced, they move from part to part in a very natural sounding way. I hope everyone here has it, it really is a great CD.
Get yourself healthy and we'll be ready for Anabasis Part II.
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I'm Sure it will be great, even if it is jazz odyssey.
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Just read back through this thread, and a few things come to mind.
First, I have not listened to this album in a LONG time. I need to remedy that right now.
Second, :rollin @ page 1.
Third, I completely forgot about this somehow: :(
If you've got instrumental demos that you need vocals on, let me know.
Actually, bosk1, I am going to be in touch pretty soon on that very topic. I have several demos in various stages right now and I'm going to be looking for a little help with some of them as we discussed before. I'll be in touch probably in the next couple of weeks sometime.
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Fourth:
Vikings! :leaveseyes:
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And sorry for the triple post, but I have to recall my 2011 album rankings: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=30052.msg1169264#msg1169264
I ranked this album #10. Which is pretty awesome. But I have to go back and revise history a bit. I like Testimony 2, but I have to say, it isn't as good as some of the other stuff that is ranked behind it. I am bumping it to #7. Within Temptation and Trivium each move up a spot. And The Anabsis definitely get to jump up a few spots to #6. Yeah, this album beat Neal Morse on my list in 2011. I said it.
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You guys are blowing my mind! :o
Well, we're buried under about 5 feet of snow here and it's a long weekend, so I'll definitely be putting in some time on this today. :tup
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If you're around, KNH, any news on the band ? I put BFBG on for the first time in a while and still love it which made me wonder how #2 is coming.
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Hey, yeah, I'm around here usually once or twice a week. The only thing that's really been preventing me from getting on with #2 is a lack of free time to get it done. :facepalm:
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As this hasn't been posted, from Facebook (if you haven't heard Back From Being Gone, you really should consider giving it a try):
The Anabasis
July 20 at 7:34 AM ·
The ANABASIS rides again!
we got the band back together (bless us St. Ignatius)!
we're writing 6 new songs!
a new album!
with new music by barry!
with a new story & lyrics by george!
by god, alert the countryside!
exclamation points!
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I know Barry from Spock's Beard's old message board and met him personally a couple times. Great dude. I liked the scope of Back From Being Gone but there was too much emphasis on the story/lyrics and the music behind it just didn't support the concept adequately enough for me. I'm hoping the time in between has honed the songwriting a bit more and that the story elements are intertwined with the music better.
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I noticed this CD when I pulled out my Alien Fashion Show Disc that was right next to it for a listen. I wondered what happened to both of those bands actually.