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- Mike “ProgTracks” Pollack

A beautiful discovery - The Anchoret - "a progressive Metal project that combines prog rock sensibilities with modern metal energy. Mixing fusion sax, flute solos, mellotron vibes and heavy riffs."

Canadian band.

Currently, they have released only one album It All Began With Loneliness.

Song #1 'An Office for...' started with a burst of sound and then went bluesy for a minute (mmm...) then a surprise alto saxophone! (Wait wait! How did that manage that sound? Isn't this progmetal?) Very impressive!

Song #2 A Dead Man, has the initial section (up to a minute) with brief bursts of extreme drumming, and continues with progrock feel, followed by flute in a section.

Full album recommended! (Yes, I heard it all.)

YouTube Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVXi2ysI_g&list=OLAK5uy_mKOWQx76BizCgsBIsVPacsaejE3VXiFmk&index=1

Bandcamp Link: https://theanchoretofficial.bandcamp.com/album/it-all-began-with-loneliness

Review: https://theprogressivesubway.com/2023/06/23/review-the-anchoret-it-all-began-with-loneliness/

And the artists seem very experienced:

Sylvain Auclair (vocals) (Heaven’s Cry, Karcius)

Leo Estalles (guitars)

Eduard Levitsky (bass)

James Christopher Knoerl (drums) (Aviations, Gargoyle)

Andy Tillison (keyboard, synthesizers) (The Tangent)

Karmakanic – Dot – Album Review

Artist: Karmakanic

Album Title: Dot

Label: InsideOut Music

Date Of Release: 22 July 2016

Karmakanic have been around for a good few years now, formed in 2002 by Jonas Reingold, the bassist for the arguably more familiar band The Flower Kings. Also involved with Kaipa and The Tangent, Karmakanic was conceived to be the vehicle by which Reingold, also an accomplished keyboardist, could stretch his…