The Antechamber Of Being (Part 1)
The much anticipated debut solo album from Citizen Cain’s main composer and keys player Stewart Bell is a prog rock opera featuring five vocalists; Simone Rossetti, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Bekah Mhairi Comrie, Phil Allen and Stewart himself.

 

The story is based on his own experiences as a lifelong lucid dreamer and follows the adventures of a young boy as he masters the ability to control his dreams.
This epic concept album chronicles the key events in his life, the weird synchronicities, strange
experiences and profound questions that naturally arise when one grows up living in the twin worlds of dream and real.

 

The first in a trilogy “The Antechamber Of Being” will appeal not only to existing Citizen Cain fans but also to a much wider audience as Stewart delves into elements of prog metal, experiments with new soundscapes and brings his unique storytelling gift to the lyrics, in which he also shares his extensive knowledge of lucid dreaming.

 

The compact disc or digital version as well as the accompanying storybook are available from the shop: http://www.citizencain.nl/shop" rel="nofollow - http://www.citizencain.nl/shop  (for wholesale enquiries: mailto:[email protected]" rel="nofollow - [email protected] ). The continuous 74 minutes of musical evolution, powerful songs, recurring themes and complex instrumental sections will be sure to please any lover of progressive music while the intriguing, amusing and, at times, touching storyline may even inspire the listener to take control of their own subconscious mind and experience lucid dreaming for themselves…

 

Track Listing -
1.  Decoherence (13:22)
 (i) Nothing – part 1 (Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit)
 (ii) – Cupboard Of Fear – part 1
 (iii) – First Lesson
 (iv) – Second Lesson
 (v) – The Gift of Lucid Dreaming

 

2. A World Without Limits (8:30)
 (i) – Revelation
 (ii) – Adventures Of An Oneiranaut
 (iii) – Awaken In Your Dreams

 

3. Projections (10:31)
 (i) – Hypnagogic Portal
 (ii) – Entanglement – part 1
 (iii) – Parallel Girl
 (iv) – False Awakening
 (v) – Cupboard Of Fear – part 2
 (vi) –  Entanglement – part 2

 

4. The Breach (5:20)
 (i) – Why?
 (ii) – The Shooting Star Child – part 1

 

5. The Antechamber Of Being (16:11)
 (i) – Nothing – part 2 (Outwith Time)
 (ii) – Dream Signs
 (iii) – Cupboard Of Fear – part 3
 (iv) – Bellilin
 (v) – Nothing – part 3 (Outwith Space)
 (vi) – The Gift of Lucid Dying

 

6. Convergence (9:02)
 (i) – Entanglement – part 3
 (ii) – The Shooting Star Child – part 2

 

7. Full Circle (10:58)
 (i) – Cupboard Of Fear – part 4
 (ii) – Asleep Or Dead
 (iii) – Awaken In Your Death
 (iv) – Nothing – part 4 (HΨ = 0)

 

Seventy four minutes of music!

 

http://citizencain.nl/song-previews/" rel="nofollow - http://citizencain.nl/song-previews/  (one minute montages of each song as high quality mp3).

The album can be downloaded in full for £7.99: http://citizencain.nl/shop/test-download-album/" rel="nofollow - http://citizencain.nl/shop/test-download-album/ , or the album can be bought as a CD for £10: http://citizencain.nl/shop/the-antechamber-of-being-cd-pre-order-sept-14/" rel="nofollow - http://citizencain.nl/shop/the-antechamber-of-being-cd-pre-order-sept-14/ .

 

 

 

 

Yes...This belongs on here somewhere for sure. More samples will obviously be needed though to decide exactly where.

 

 

For CreepyJohn it's a natural pogression of Citizen Cain, and I guess the fans will follow suit, and even the non-fan enthousiasts and occasional listeners will consider it a natural evolution proces for the band, howevere the name is different being C-Cain's Stewart Bell, which implies a solo effort from one of it's member's.

 

I would add it thusly: Add it as a 'new' band, (and place it under the same subgenre (I would put both in Neo-progressive as that's the most logical place for both, as that's what it is)) and add a paragraph to Citizen Cain, explaining that's how it currently proceeds, and add the obvious C-Cain origin as the first part of this album's band biography.

 

It could of course also be added as a C-Cain album, but I don't know if there are ownership issues regarding the name Citizen Cain, as Cyril was the founder of the band, soi that could be an issue preventing the album be released under that name. But that I do not know, and honestly it has a different Band name (woner how Xitizen Xain was dealt with, but I guess thát's up to artistic freedom of the band how to write it's own name/brand)

 

anyway, I'm curious and slightly excited about the album.