Author Topic: The ANABASIS (feat. Ryo Okumoto) (Read 22275 times)

JRundquist · « **Reply #35 on:** October 29, 2011, 11:48:10 PM »

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!

matt1722 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 30, 2011, 03:43:54 AM »

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

, 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

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #37 on:** October 30, 2011, 11:15:11 AM »

Just ordered it. Looking forward to checking it out.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #38 on:** October 31, 2011, 08:59:53 AM »

Quote from: JRundquist on October 29, 2011, 11:48:10 PM

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!

Quote from: matt1722 on October 30, 2011, 03:43:54 AM

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 , 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.

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

Nick · « **Reply #39 on:** October 31, 2011, 09:07:58 AM »

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #40 on:** October 31, 2011, 12:56:28 PM »

Quote from: Nick on October 31, 2011, 09:07:58 AM

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!

bosk1 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 31, 2011, 01:03:06 PM »

Quote from: kirksnosehair on October 31, 2011, 12:56:28 PM

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'.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #42 on:** October 31, 2011, 01:30:24 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on October 31, 2011, 01:03:06 PM

Quote from: kirksnosehair on October 31, 2011, 12:56:28 PM
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!

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #43 on:** October 31, 2011, 04:15:23 PM »

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.

faemir · « **Reply #44 on:** October 31, 2011, 05:44:09 PM »

How soon till digital samples will be up?

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #45 on:** October 31, 2011, 05:59:25 PM »

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

rumborak · « **Reply #46 on:** November 01, 2011, 02:03:59 AM »

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

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #47 on:** November 01, 2011, 06:12:19 AM »

Quote from: DTVT on October 31, 2011, 04:15:23 PM

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #48 on:** November 01, 2011, 06:15:08 AM »

Quote from: faemir on October 31, 2011, 05:44:09 PM

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/

jcmoorehead · « **Reply #49 on:** November 01, 2011, 09:45:58 AM »

Quote from: kirksnosehair on November 01, 2011, 06:12:19 AM

Quote from: DTVT on October 31, 2011, 04:15:23 PM
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

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #50 on:** November 01, 2011, 10:57:01 AM »

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

jonny108 · « **Reply #51 on:** November 01, 2011, 02:10:35 PM »

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #52 on:** November 02, 2011, 08:43:44 AM »

Quote from: jonny108 on November 01, 2011, 02:10:35 PM

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.

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 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?"

We should have some reviews to post pretty soon.

bosk1 · « **Reply #53 on:** November 02, 2011, 01:35:15 PM »

Am I the only retard that can't figure out where on the site you can actually order the friggin' album?

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #54 on:** November 02, 2011, 01:44:44 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on November 02, 2011, 01:35:15 PM

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

https://10trecords.com/store/the-anabasis-back-from-being-gone/

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #55 on:** November 02, 2011, 02:07:55 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on November 02, 2011, 01:35:15 PM

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

ytserush · « **Reply #56 on:** November 03, 2011, 09:29:55 PM »

Quote from: Nick on October 31, 2011, 09:07:58 AM

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #57 on:** November 04, 2011, 11:21:09 AM »

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

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #58 on:** November 07, 2011, 07:55:39 AM »

The first post-release review is in from Ytsejam's Tommy Hash

Linque <-----click me

Thank you, Tommy!

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #59 on:** November 10, 2011, 08:31:38 AM »

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

And there is a link to purchase the CD on that same page.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #60 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:58:05 AM »

I'm not going to complain about early shipping

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #61 on:** November 12, 2011, 01:47:16 PM »

Got my copy in the mail today. I'll be listening to it when I drive to my g/f's house later.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #62 on:** November 13, 2011, 05:27:25 AM »

DTVT - just curious, but are you in the States? Some of my friends from overseas are wondering when their copies will arrive

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #63 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:52:42 AM »

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #64 on:** November 14, 2011, 06:43:43 AM »

Coolness

Thanks for the support, man. It really means a lot.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #65 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:33:33 PM »

Quote from: kirksnosehair on November 14, 2011, 06:43:43 AM

Coolness

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.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #66 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:33:53 AM »

Very nice, thank you sir.

Meanwhile, we just received a glowing review from Raffaella Berry @ DPRP

And

I did an interview yesterday with ProgArchives

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #67 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:52:26 PM »

Today we received a 4/5 review from Rivertree at Progarchives:
https://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=568991

WindMaster · « **Reply #68 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:32:47 PM »

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?

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #69 on:** November 20, 2011, 05:38:00 PM »

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.

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

Author Topic: The ANABASIS (feat. Ryo Okumoto) (Read 22275 times)