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CAUTION! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU LISTEN TO FADE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT! FOR FULL EXPERIENCE, REMOVE ANY DISTRACTIONS, TURN DOWN ANY LIGHTING, AND LISTEN TO FADE ON HIGH QUALITY REFERENCE MONITORS OR STUDIO HEADPHONES WITH A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF VOLUME!

Fade is a song about having integrity where it matters most. Being a true person, no matter what anyone thinks. When we reach the end of our lives, we will have shoved down our throats a painful realization of what we have failed to see every day. You will then learn about what is the most important thing to have in your life. Integrity, intensity, and a drive to rise above all obstacles. Shed your old beliefs. They offer you no solace. Prepare for the onslaught. I will proudly fight and die next to you on the front lines.

Life is all about the chorus. Let me show you what I mean.

Fade was originally created as a concept song for a fifteen minute video. It was written on the road hitchhing and travelling coast to coast across canada for over four months.

There are several different versions of Fade. This is the standard tuning version. It was originally meant to be a concept album on it's own, and has different versions in open C major and minor tunings. Fade was originally written in an open C minor tuning on acoustic guitar.

There has been no equalization, compression, or effects added to this track in post production. This is the true raw sound of Anchored In The Abyss. Delay recorded straight to tape. Recorded with RME audio converters. Guitars tuned to 432hz.

Metal influences of note:
-August Burns Red
-Vestiges
-Russian Circles
-Sikth
-Gorod
-Meshuggah
-Haunted Shores
-The Devin Townsend Project
-All Shall Perish
-Insomnium
-Tool
-Misery Signals
-Deftones

Instruments:
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Theremin, Tambourine, Drums.

"When I record theremin, I always use the first take no matter how weird it sounds. Hahaha I don't really know why, but I think its hilarious. I feel like the soul of my theremin likes being abused, dropped, kicked, and messed with HARD. The hits translate into sound, its the weirdest thing to experience. I almost threw it into a fire once, and one day I will find some awesome way to destroy it. I'm sure I'll get a lot of emails and messages (E-mail me your extensive theremin plea @ anchoredintheabyss@gmail.com) telling me to have more sympathy for its feelings, but then again, it doesn't have any feelings hahaha. Theremin really is a lot of fun to play."

Silent Earth Discography:
Silent Earth - Demo (2008)
Silent Earth - New Melodic Thing (2009 Single)
Silent Earth - Silent Earth [Unreleased]

Anchored In The Abyss Discography:
Anchored In The Abyss - The Downward Spiral (2010) [Unreleased]
Anchored In The Abyss - Hell (2010) [Unreleased]
Anchored In The Abyss - Decade War (2011) [Unreleased]
Anchored In The Abyss - Remember To Forget (2012)
Anchored In The Abyss - Fade (2012)
Anchored In The Abyss - The Long Road Home (Fade Compilation) [Unreleased]

D'Juxt Discography:
D'Juxt - Knowledge And Understanding (2010) [Unreleased]
D'Juxt - Uncertainty (2012)

Sons Of The Moon Discography:
Sons Of The Moon - And The Forest Slept Forever (2010) [Unreleased]
Sons Of The Moon - Spare Change EP (2012)

For other works:
djuxt.bandcamp.com
sonsofthemoon.bandcamp.com
harmey.bandcamp.com

Additional works engineered by Russell West:
Lord Akuna - Styles of Akuna (2011)
Lord Akuna - Chronicles of Akuna (2011)
Lord Akuna - Shooter (2012)
lordakuna.bandcamp.com

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ANCHORED IN THE ABYSS!
IN RETURN WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECORD MORE CURRENT AND
[Unreleased] MUSIC! WE HOPE ONE DAY WE WILL TOUR TO YOUR CITY! UNTIL THEN, LIVE WELL, AND HAVE FUN!

Shout outs to Lord Akuna, The Good Times, Vices, Silent Earth, Sons Of The Moon, D'Juxt, Admiral Crumple, LAH Chemist, and any bands or artists that I've ever had the privilege of doing live sound engineering for. Keep doing what you are doing! See you on the same bill one day!

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This version of Fade is an Instrumental

credits

from Remember To Forget (Instrumental), track released December 4, 2012
All music composed by Russell West
All instruments performed by Russell West
All recording, engineering and mixing by Russell West
Enochian Chants performed by Christina Hunter
Final version pressed and uploaded Dec 4 2012
Recorded in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Russell West is a Trebas Graduate.

Contact:
anchoredintheabyss@gmail.com
www.tunehub.net/artists/anchoredintheabyss
www.facebook.com/AnchoredInTheAbyss

Special Thanks:
Robin and Tom Trottier, Christina Hunter, Indira Nanavati, Steve Griffith, Sean Bossence, Nathan Chard, my extremely supportive friends, as well as my entire family.

For more psychedelic artwork by Steve Griffith:
stevegriffith.deviantart.com?rnrd=23457

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