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Resilience

by Sanctuary

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1.
Infected by recurrent sadness Omnipresence of guilt, wallowing in darkness In the expectation of the forthcoming aggression Expression of self hate, I’m throwing up myself I am not even the master at home A death camp standing as the headquarter for my mind Death as an escape, perceived as the most reasonable solution Thoughts and cognitive patterns Great masters of mental slavery Conditioning of the brain Leading to inner agony I am not even the master at home A death camp standing as the headquarter for my mind Experiencing dual personality Beginnings of schizophrenia Insanity becomes a biological reality I’m standing at the gates of dementia Thoughts and cognitive patterns Great masters of mental slavery Conditioning of the brain Leading to inner agony Status quo equaling to psychosis Suicide or struggle, choice is done
2.
Sitting on the stairs of indifference The child looks at the emptiness Of this white wall that offers nothing but silence Affluence around goes on without decreasing its pace Standing as the omniscient In awareness of exposing myself Stepping into a dangerous place Where seems to dwell my dark side in silence A shadow approaching disturbs my attention The child turns back suddenly, his demons standing ahead Not afraid as I am, strengthening his position Past, present, future to be changed, self hate shall be erased Transcend Put an end to your fears of rejection Freedom Blow up the lockers of your mental prisons Eradicate your demons Reconcile yourself with me And fly beyond the bounds To reach absolute liberty
3.
Ghosts 06:52
Ghosts are back Cycles of joy and fear Eternal feeling of standing on the edge Of a mental collapse Ghosts, haunting my subconscious And beating me down randomly Every time reminding me of My weakness and vulnerability Threat ! Characterized by its absence of face Appearing sporadically through nightmares Abstract and wicked shapes Who from life and I, is constantly rejecting the other ? Is this invisible pain, supposed to be endured forever ? Ghosts, maintaining the fear Trying to make me deny myself again Resilience seems to be The only remaining weapon Who from life and I, is constantly rejecting the other ? Is this invisible pain, supposed to be endured forever ? Still struggling against ghosts !
4.
Rise ! Modified consciousness state Your deep reality you penetrate Painful memories Strong emotional reaction What you see and experience now is not what you are to be Nightmares witnessing the trauma Highlighting the perverted side of yourself Dreadful and merciless murders In light, luxury and shining Leaving me in fear with my burning skin Me and I heading in opposite directions Reason and emotions, paradox and confusion Rise ! Sultans standing proudly At the gates of this great empire Of serenity even in the hardest times Struggle with awareness And make yourself witness The rise of the unpossessed self
5.
Closing my eyes, acknowledging chaos within Demons still torturing my soul and contracting my muscles Feeling alone and helpless When my guard’s lowered in spite of myself Endless cycles of struggle leading to exhaustion Reminiscence of the state of survival Demons losing ground, but still remain the kings at night Holding on as can be, with all my strength the pain I bite Issue reduced to its core Demons retreated into their fortress Preparing the assault, afraid of what is to be found Feeling like I’m opening the box of Pandora “No, you won’t find anything This is nothing but the ultimate try of a desperate man” Digging into the depths of the past Issue revealing its abstraction and opacity Bewilderment has never been that vast Am I bearing the scars of something that does not belong to me ? Even if demons seem gone Threat remains in the air Urging me to annihilate everything
6.
All those years Roaming the meanderings Of my cerebral architecture Using white magic To find out The source of my suffering The wandering shadows Eventually revealing themselves And laughing at me Against all odds, My psyche lined up with me Diagnosed of lust for life I shall defeat Burden transference Myself desensitized and repositioned Has become stronger than ever Burn ! Majestic dance of death Shadows blazing away Contemplating this great pyre Relishing your agony
7.
Fear First ruler of human behaviour Spawning the need for domination Of you, reckoned as the greatest danger Life, death, you and I I deeply wish to master Shaping reality with my imagination From this perpetual control I suffer While the reptile remains under stimulation Apprehending delusion with clarity I face my fears and humbly connect myself To our deep and common reality In an altered state of consciousness While you become a reflection of myself, I reach Spiritual fullness and inner peace Fear is definitely gone And time has slowed down Letting myself be surprised by randomness This unlimited world I embrace

about

Resilience

In physics, resilience is the ability of a body to return to its original shape after being deformed. In psychology, it is the phenomenon by which an individual will succeed in psychically overcoming a trauma and rebuild himself. Here, we will see it as the process by which the individual manages to re-emerge a healthy self, after having fought his inner demons, responsible for a deformed and degraded vision of his person. Resilience tells the story of the mental peregrinations of a being in struggle with himself, his victories and his relapses. A journey that constantly oscillates between despair and lust for life.

Resilience is Sanctuary's first opus that does not deal with the religious question, although a spiritual dimension is omnipresent, fullness and inner peace being the ultimate goals of this painful journey. The album is intended to be the most accomplished of the band, as much by its darkness as by its liberating energy.

credits

released November 27, 2020

Music by Sanctuary
Lyrics by Antoine Dumortier
Produced by Frédéric Gervais and Sanctuary
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Frédéric Gervais at Studio Henosis
Drums recorded by Andrew Guillotin at Hybreed Studio
Keyboards recorded by Axel Hurard
Artwork concept: Antoine Dumortier and Amandine Lauriol
Photography: Amandine Lauriol
Artwork design and layout: François Vesin

Sanctuary :
Antoine Dumortier : guitars/vocals
Julien Dumortier : drums
Sonny Bellonie : bass
Axel Hurard (session) : keyboards


MEDIAS

Reviews :

[FR] "Vous devriez être emportés par cet album que l'on apprécie un peu plus à chaque passage sur la platine, ce qui est le signe que l'on a affaire à du lourd !"

[EN] "You should be swept away by this album that you appreciate a little more with each passage on the turntable, which is a sign that you're dealing with something heavy!"
Le scribe du rock : www.webzinelescribedurock.com/2020/11/review-sanctuary-resilience-2020.html

"Un très bon album pour cette fin d’année, qui devrait agrémenter, à défaut d’égayer, les longues soirées du confinement hivernal…"
Emaginarock : www.emaginarock.fr/2020/chroniques/musique/resilience-santuary/

"C’est ainsi qu’on reconnaît la patte des grands groupes, ceux qui n’hésitent pas à regarder plus loin que leurs influences, et qui capitalisent sur une production impeccable pour explorer les possibilités d’un son riche et ample."
Metalnews : www.metalnews.fr/chroniques/resilience

"L'album est véritablement épique, massif, mature dans son exécution, et suffisamment bien produit pour que le meilleur soit tiré des morceaux."
Blastphème webzine : www.blastpheme.fr/index.php?page=viewarticle&id=138

"J’ai très vite été pris dans le maelstrom de Sanctuary, du fait de la complexité et de la variété de ce que propose le groupe. Car sur le papier, ça peut paraître simple mais dans les faits, c’est très dense, très riche."
margoth pdf : margothpdf.wixsite.com/margothpdf/coin-des-chroniques-1/Resilience

"On vous laisse écouter tranquillement cet album qui saura plaire à un large public aux vues des influences multiples et de la qualité des compositions."
Chairyoursound : chairyoursound.com/sanctuary-resilience-2020

"Resilience devient naturellement un des albums de chevet de tout amateur de musiques extrêmes qui se respecte."
Zicazic : www.zicazic.com/zicazine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=16307

"Resilience est indiscutablement l’album de la maturité pour Sanctuary, celui qui les positionne sérieusement sur le chemin qui mène à la cours des grands."
Among the living : amongtheliving.fr/chronique-album/sanctuary-resilience

"Resilience est une parfaite interprétation de tout ce que le metal extrême dans sa forme la plus symphonique peut apporter !"
Soil chronicles : www.soilchronicles.fr/chroniques/sanctuary-resilience

"Au final, si je devais qualifier d’un seul adjectif leur musique : classe !"
Metalfrance magazine : www.metalfrance.net/sanctuary-resilience/

"Oscillant entre 5 et 7 minutes, chaque morceau évolue intensément, avec son identité propre mais toujours en quête de servir l'histoire."
Alors, on écoute quoi ? : dartalouf.com/index.php/2020/12/01/sanctuary-resilience/

"Resilience est un excellent album, qui permet à la fois d'affirmer une personnalité musicale tout en restant très solide et efficace." 18/20
French Metal : www.french-metal.com/chroniques/sanctuary_2.html

"Je suis agréablement surpris par la qualité du son mettant en lumière chacun des instruments pour un rendu clair et profond."
Metal Intégral : metal-integral.com/fr/chroniques/7683/sanctuary/chronique-resilience.html

"Une vraie claque, comparable à la première fois qu'on écoute un Opeth ou un Emperor. [...] La production de Frédéric Gervais
est d'une justesse totalement insolente."
Rock Hard #216 (January 2021) : rockhardshop.fr/index.php

"Le groupe (...) s’évertue à créer un univers complexe qui ne manque pas d’attraits."
Nawakulture : www.nawakulture.fr/chroniques-musiques/cd/8116-sanctuary-fra-resilience-autoprod-2020

"Le groupe garde une personnalité bien à lui et n'a pas à rougir devant les anciennes et puissantes formations, son black sympho ravit à merveille."
Pavillon 666 : www.pavillon666.fr/webzine/chroniques/chroniques-albums-cd/chroniques-albums-cd-detail.php?groupe=11928

"Sanctuary a décidé de mettre nos nerfs à rude épreuve tout au long de ces 9 morceaux qui composent Resilience."
BGP Music Live : www.bgpmusiclive.com/post/sanctuary-chronik-de-resilience

"Avec ce second album, les trois Parisiens créent un nouveau style."
Les Petites Chroniques d'Edelric : www.lpcedelric.fr/critique-album-resilience/

"Entre fureur contrôlée, passages jazzy, piano cristallin et guitare à la limite du shred, les musiciens concoctent un très bel album, aussi attachant qu'émouvant ou éprouvant."
Music Waves : www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=19330&REF=SANCTUARY-FR_Resilience

"En conclusion, SANCTUARY enterre la concurrence !"
Nawak Posse : nawakposse.com/kroniks/sanctuary.html


Interviews :

Mont de metal (radio) : www.mixcloud.com/thierry-cdti/mont-de-metal-s5-05/
Vinylestimes (radio) : www.vinylestimes.fr/2020/11/08/last-ride-interview-avec-antoine-le-guitariste-chanteur-du-groupe-parisien-sanctuary/
Emaginarock (écrit) : www.emaginarock.fr/2020/interviews/entretien-avec-les-membres-de-sanctuary-a-loccasion-de-la-sortie-de-resilience/
Vampirefreaks (radio) : archive.org/details/spike-vampirefreaks-n-206-speciale-sanctuary
Fréquence Metal (radio) : www.twitch.tv/videos/817623815
Zicazic (écrit) : www.zicazic.com/zicazine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=16312
Le Scribe du Rock (écrit : FR & EN) : www.webzinelescribedurock.com/2021/01/Interview-Sanctuary-symphonic-blackened-death-metal-le-scribe-du-rock.html
The Metal Mag N°40 (January 2021) (écrit) : www.themetalmag.com
Loud TV (video) : www.loudtv.net/2021/02/video-interview-avec-sanctuary-pour-la-sortie-de-resilience.html
Music Waves (écrit) : www.musicwaves.fr/frmArticle.aspx?ID=2758&REF=SANCTUARY-JANVIER-21


DETAILED BIOGRAPHY

Sanctuary is an extreme metal band from Paris. Influenced by the greatest bands of the genre such as Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Opeth or even Carach Angren and Anorexia Nervosa, Sanctuary creates a dark and cold atmosphere throughout its music, and first defines itself as a symphonic black metal band. Atmospheres, melodies and symphonies merge in a mix where the keyboards hold a particular position.

The band releases a first 4-track EP in october 2016 : Beyond the Divine, and a music video for the track Overdeus : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8q0VwIhBo
Sanctuary performs on stage regularly in the Paris area, and manages to reach the last round of the 2018 edition of the Headbang Contest, allowing the band to get on the stage of famous places, namely La Boule Noire and Le Petit Bain. During the same year, Sanctuary releases its first LP, Le Choix du Mal, a fully homemade album, containing all the early compositions of the band, prior to those of Beyond the Divine, and never released before.

With its first two achievements, Sanctuary is back in 2020 and releases its brand new album, Resilience, that redefines the band music style as blackened death metal. Indeed, new and various influences (metal or not) direct Sanctuary's music towards, on the one hand, a more aggressive and rhythmic style, and, on the other hand, intriguing and experimental new atmospheres. Resilience, mixed and mastered by Frederic Gervais at Studio Henosis and entirely produced by the band, was released on November 27th, 2020.

Together with Resilience, Sanctuary releases a cover video of Inner Sanctum by Behemoth in 2020 ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBSHtsAsEz4 ) and a music video for its song Where The Man Shines in 2023 ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8LS8ExcLbU )

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Sanctuary is a blackened death metal band from Paris.

Influenced by the greatest bands of the genre, the band creates a dark and cold atmosphere throughout its music. Melodies and symphonies are gathered in a mix where the piano holds a particular position.

After releasing a first EP (2016) and a first album (2018), Sanctuary is proud to present its new album : Resilience (november 27th 2020)
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