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Advent Horizon share video for epic In A Lone And Dreary World

Posted on Friday, May 15 2026 @ 21:23:18 CDT by Steven Reid

US prog rock group Advent Horizon share performance video for 19-minute epic "In A Lone And Dreary World" - New album Falling Together out today!

The album marks the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2023 release A Cell to Call Home. Falling Together is an album about holding your beliefs under a microscope, and determining whether they are truly yours, or whether they were planted there by others when you were young and impressionable.

Falling Together is available to order now HERE

To celebrate the album's release, the band have shared a performance video for the album's opening track, the 19-minute epic "In A Lone And Dreary World."

You can watch the video HERE

Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter Rylee McDonald on the track: "'I've always been a big fan of prog epics (Close to the edge, Hemispheres, 2112, Anesthetize, Crystalized etc), and have long dreamed of crafting an epic of my own. Years ago, Mike and I decided to write an epic track telling the story of someone raised in a sheltered community who builds up the courage to leave the safety of their home and explore the "dangerous and evil" world outside, only to discover that the world is actually a place of beauty and wonder. I wrote/recorded the first draft of this song back in 2018-2019 during the ACTCH writing sessions. It was immediately apparent that this concept was too big to fit neatly within ACTCH, so we set it aside, knowing that it would become the centerpiece of our followup album to ACTCH. Over the coming years, it blossomed into the single biggest piece of music I've ever composed. I'm immensely proud of how "In a lone and dreary world" turned out. It's the longest, heaviest, most dynamic thing we've done to date, and I truly cannot wait to see people's reaction to it."

Work on the new album traces back further than it might appear. Much of the material began taking shape during the sessions for A Cell To Call Home, when early ideas - including the expansive â€œIn a Lone and Dreary Worldâ€ - proved too large in scope to fit that record. Rather than force it into the previous release, the band set those songs aside and began shaping a follow-up built around the same musical DNA. By the time A Cell To Call Home arrived, roughly a third of the next album already existed, and the following year was spent refining and expanding it into a complete statement. The goal became clear: distill what makes the band distinct into something heavier, tighter, and more representative of their identity.

The writing ultimately unfolded in two distinct periods. Half of the material dates from 2018ï¿½"2021, while the remainder was composed during the summer of 2024, when Rylee McDonald and drummer Mike Lofgreen spent Mondays working beside a remote mountain lake in northern Utah. The quiet surroundings and isolation shaped the tone of the newer material, with several key tracks emerging directly from those sessions.

Recording followed between January and May 2025 at Cold House Studios in Provo, Utah, co-produced by the band alongside engineer and mixer Zach Boorman. The album was mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Haken, Leprous, BTBAM) and its visual presentation was completed with artwork by Travis Smith (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Lamb of God, Mastadon), helping bring the projectâ€™s sound and atmosphere fully into focus.

ADVENT HORIZON is:
Rylee McDonald - Vocals, Guitars, Keys
Mike Lofgreen - Drums and Percussion
Cason Wood - Bass, Keys
Grant Matheson - Guitar, Keys, Vocals
Kristen McDonald - Vocals