Excellent drums sir!!!......... PS....this is all I have been listening to the last few weeks.... :)...........also I just realized this youtube sound quality is not equal to actual album...
James, Great album. What does the future look like for the band? I hope you all will be sticking around for a long time. I'm really looking forward to what comes next.
1st track and I'm already sold. It has everything I wanted on a prog band. Tight rhythm, proggy riffs and solo (reminds me of Guthrie), moog/synths, great clean vocals, jazzy instruments, choirs and strings.
¿Someone Listening?: 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?
I’ve had this for about 3 months now and it’s simply the most addictive and exhilarating album I’ve heard in a long time. Every aspect of the sound is top tier - the songs themselves, the production, the musicianship, the performances. I can’t stop listening to this and I listen to a lot of music. It’s so damn good that I had to immediately buy their t-shirt to proudly advertise this amazing music!
Just watch the movie sanctuary and than listen to this before bed early in the morning needless that Boths still resonate hard into my mind. Indeed what a début and being into the genre for a longtime now with opeth and everything I’m happy they did it without barely any scream and still at times sounds so ferocious
Wow so many cool sounds. WITH successful integration of a saxophone. I haven't come across that yet. Wonderful voices and sounds that convey such a sad message. Like talking about something sad after it's happened. Well done
What a fascinating album. The first two songs alone are what has always made me geek out for prog. There are so many emotions and moods embedded in this. I am not a music person by any means so go on more how an album makes me feel. The instrumentation is just so, I'd say interesting, but it runs deeper than that. Thank you all for sharing this vision.
SAME, I thought it was like a solid 7.5 when I first heard it but I can NOT stop listening to it and it's really just growing on me more and more, it's not the most technical album out there but it's SO damn listenable while still being interesting
Once in a while effortless visionaries appear to show me once again how music affects me as a person grateful to randomly stumble upon this album it really hits the spot for me right now and it's hard to let go but we do recover!much love from athens greece!
First time hearing this album I thought it reminded me a little bit of Arsena, (mainly vocals). I have to say that this album is pure brilliance. A metal paradise masterpiece. It's like a fusion of Jazz, Metal, Prog and pop but somehow these guys make it all work. Not only is it working but it sounds amazing and because the songs are so complex I could listen to this on repeat for a very longtime and never get tired of it. Looking forward to seeing how they top this.
Oh. Oh wow. For a debut like this to be able to trade blows with some of the greats in the space so easily is insane. Such a fresh and creative album, dripping with emotion and glowing with passion. I was completely captivated after the first five minutes, and it never once let me go. This act seems destined to be one of the real heavy hitters of modern prog.
Simply incredible even though there is nothing simple about the music! What a masterfully diverse progressive album, for me one of the best I've ever heard, along with Slice the Cake's "Odyssey to the West" and Villagers of Ioannina City's "Age of Aquarius"!
Wow, what a debut album ! I have a feeling of Parius and Fractal Univers but with their own spice. They stand next to the best prog bands already in my opinion ! I'll definitly buy the CD !
Found this great band via The Prog Report. Had it on repeat all day. Very rare you come across a new band with such a varied sound. Excellent in my view. And our views are subjective....we all like what we like eh?
This band popped up in our "Similar Artists" on Spotify and after someone in a discord I'm in told me they'd found us by our music autoplaying after theirs, I decided to check this album out. It fuckin' slaps so I've already shared it around a bit :P Good stuff!
I'm really glad I've found out about you guys this soon... 1st Album? What a masterpiece... I'm quite sure on a bright future... I'm showing Anchoret to everyone I know... Big love from Portugal... 🇵🇹
Excellent music, my only critique would be the vocals could be more to desire as well as the lyrical content is a little too simple, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, it hinges on dwindling originality and I know it's subjective but if you've been around for 30+ years or more than you'll know I say this is a bit more obvious than one might admit (than say if you're really blindly all about this band) and again, nothing wrong with that. Just constructive, factual unbiased view. Regardless, the musical inserts, tempos, time signatures, it's honestly refreshing.
An office for... : 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
A Dead Man: 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
Until the Sun illuminates: 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
Someone listening? : 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?
Forsaken: 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
The Anchoret "It All Began With Loneliness" is out on Digipak/Gatefold 2xLP/Digital.
Willowtip ► bit.ly/loneliness-wt
Bandcamp ► bit.ly/loneliness-bc
Thanks for checking it out ! Too stoked to have been able to play drums on this! :D
Well done! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Dear James, you are a Beast 😎👍
👏👏👏👏👏
Excellent drums sir!!!......... PS....this is all I have been listening to the last few weeks.... :)...........also I just realized this youtube sound quality is not equal to actual album...
James, Great album. What does the future look like for the band? I hope you all will be sticking around for a long time. I'm really looking forward to what comes next.
1st track and I'm already sold. It has everything I wanted on a prog band. Tight rhythm, proggy riffs and solo (reminds me of Guthrie), moog/synths, great clean vocals, jazzy instruments, choirs and strings.
¿Someone Listening?:
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?
I’ve had this for about 3 months now and it’s simply the most addictive and exhilarating album I’ve heard in a long time. Every aspect of the sound is top tier - the songs themselves, the production, the musicianship, the performances. I can’t stop listening to this and I listen to a lot of music. It’s so damn good that I had to immediately buy their t-shirt to proudly advertise this amazing music!
Am I the only one hearing “Pink Floyd metal”? Good stuff
MMM nope. The sax in the third song is so TDOTM.
Freaking awesome! The drumming is superb!
They know their job at Willowtip. What an impressive debut. Unbelivable. 👏
Just watch the movie sanctuary and than listen to this before bed early in the morning needless that Boths still resonate hard into my mind. Indeed what a début and being into the genre for a longtime now with opeth and everything I’m happy they did it without barely any scream and still at times sounds so ferocious
To say *
Here I am again. Finally hit me, this album is one of the best prog albums of last year, maybe of many years. Outstanding
Best 2023 release along with Ne Obliviscaris, Gorod and Amun, imo 🤘😎🤘🤘
Don't for get Opus by NoSpun!!
Stortregn for the win
Wow so many cool sounds. WITH successful integration of a saxophone. I haven't come across that yet. Wonderful voices and sounds that convey such a sad message. Like talking about something sad after it's happened. Well done
Plus that singer sounds like the guy from Pentakill
This band's guitarist has to be a Guthrie Govan fan
Judging by the wonderful solo on Stay I think you are right. But I think they all like Vanden Plas too 😉
@@gianlucatarchi We are! :)
He ABSOLUTELY is. Leo has a tendency to whip out Erotic Cakes licks every so often if you don't watch him.
@@theanchoretofficialI was sure😉...apart from that, you really did an outstanding job, guys! It would be great to see you live in Italy 🤘🤪🤘
What a fascinating album. The first two songs alone are what has always made me geek out for prog. There are so many emotions and moods embedded in this. I am not a music person by any means so go on more how an album makes me feel. The instrumentation is just so, I'd say interesting, but it runs deeper than that. Thank you all for sharing this vision.
This album just blows me away! The more I listen to it the more I appreciate it. Simply phenomenal!
SAME, I thought it was like a solid 7.5 when I first heard it but I can NOT stop listening to it and it's really just growing on me more and more, it's not the most technical album out there but it's SO damn listenable while still being interesting
Once in a while effortless visionaries appear to show me once again how music affects me as a person grateful to randomly stumble upon this album it really hits the spot for me right now and it's hard to let go but we do recover!much love from athens greece!
First time hearing this album I thought it reminded me a little bit of Arsena, (mainly vocals). I have to say that this album is pure brilliance. A metal paradise masterpiece. It's like a fusion of Jazz, Metal, Prog and pop but somehow these guys make it all work. Not only is it working but it sounds amazing and because the songs are so complex I could listen to this on repeat for a very longtime and never get tired of it. Looking forward to seeing how they top this.
Sholy Hit!!! I never knew eardrums could ejaculate! 😲 Amazing album!!! 🤘😁🤘
Oh. Oh wow. For a debut like this to be able to trade blows with some of the greats in the space so easily is insane. Such a fresh and creative album, dripping with emotion and glowing with passion. I was completely captivated after the first five minutes, and it never once let me go. This act seems destined to be one of the real heavy hitters of modern prog.
Simply amazing!! congratulations from Italy 🇮🇹
Absolutely interesting, perfect mix styles, good taste! Very refreshing! Thanks guys!
Simply incredible even though there is nothing simple about the music! What a masterfully diverse progressive album, for me one of the best I've ever heard, along with Slice the Cake's "Odyssey to the West" and Villagers of Ioannina City's "Age of Aquarius"!
Wow, what a debut album ! I have a feeling of Parius and Fractal Univers but with their own spice. They stand next to the best prog bands already in my opinion ! I'll definitly buy the CD !
One more beautiful thing released by Willowtip, always good stuff.
Found this great band via The Prog Report. Had it on repeat all day. Very rare you come across a new band with such a varied sound. Excellent in my view. And our views are subjective....we all like what we like eh?
Amazing sound!!! This is exactly my cup of tea
Very talented. Well done.
Going googly for that sax action. Lovely album
This band popped up in our "Similar Artists" on Spotify and after someone in a discord I'm in told me they'd found us by our music autoplaying after theirs, I decided to check this album out. It fuckin' slaps so I've already shared it around a bit :P Good stuff!
So glad this was recommended on my feed. Amazing!!
SUPERB! ♥️🤘🏼🕺
wow where'd these guys come from? fantastic!
keep the hits comin Willowtip
🇨🇦
This is pretty dope.
I'm really glad I've found out about you guys this soon... 1st Album? What a masterpiece... I'm quite sure on a bright future... I'm showing Anchoret to everyone I know...
Big love from Portugal... 🇵🇹
Great songwriting!
Excellent this is real music
Ozric tentacles and king crimson meet opeth
great album!
By far impressive. Excellent balance throughout. Great musicianship.
🖤🖤
Oh this goes super fucken' hard, incredible work!
Owwww. What masterpiece!!! 🤘
what a great album, glad i found you guys
Whoa! This is sublime. Really outstanding
Progressive at its best. What an amazing album!
Beautiful album ❤
Just like you🤭
Love it! What a nice debut album. Congratulations!
bardzo dojrzały debiut, będą z nich ludzie
Wow ❤
Is it possible for you to add Alipay as a payment option? I'm from Chinese and it would be more convinient for me
Es sublime , gracias.
Excellent music, my only critique would be the vocals could be more to desire as well as the lyrical content is a little too simple, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, it hinges on dwindling originality and I know it's subjective but if you've been around for 30+ years or more than you'll know I say this is a bit more obvious than one might admit (than say if you're really blindly all about this band) and again, nothing wrong with that. Just constructive, factual unbiased view. Regardless, the musical inserts, tempos, time signatures, it's honestly refreshing.
Factual? Wouldn’t your critique be considered an opinion?
I actually find simple and less cryptic lyrics also quite refreshing in the prog genre, especially when the rest is this exceptional!
Saxophone ❤
just wow
Release an instrumental version!
Megafuck what an album
I can relate some listening? To the titan sub
Lyrics to all the songs here 😄:
An office for... :
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
A Dead Man:
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
Until the Sun illuminates:
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
Someone listening? :
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?
Forsaken:
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
!!!!!
Anchoret showing real soul, creativity, and craftsmanship here, especially compared to the deluge of tasteless factory-churned modern prog metal
esta banda tiene cantante????
Maxwell House ☕️
💚💚💚💚💚💚
I kept waiting for it to get good but it never happened 😢
🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Intro to the album is way too long and pretentious. For the second and following spins, a definitive skip.The rest sounds good so far.
Hate the screaming in All Turns the Clay. Literally deleted that track...rest is pretty good.
Zero tolerance for scramz, eh
Must be a different track cuz I didn’t recall hearing any serious harsh vox
I can't stand screaming/cookie monster vocals either, but I didn't think it was bad at all. Give it another shot!
If only every other band could move past that snare sound. Buried is a great song but the drum sound and mix ruin it.
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