Beyond the Reach of the Sun

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1.	Forbidden Sanctuary 08:12	lyrics	buy track
FORBIDDEN SANCTUARY borders touch the sky’s Haven for the snakes Appointed by the gods To seal the sanctuary The streets are paved with gold On the outside we decay A window to the underworld Kings and creatures block the way Deep within the walls The time has come to conquer I see Serpents they wait in the grass Orchestrating the end of time Pathway leads to a vigorous land Find our way through the sanctuary gates No asylum human sacrifice The pillars fall An end in sight Leaving our home destined to fall A distant memory of hope Die by the sword Or be reborn Our sacred tree Stripped of its bark Rots to the core Rooted in bile Enter the gates Obtain the light Free the enslaved End of the night
2.	Despoiled 05:14	lyrics	buy track
DESPOILED For centuries they walked a fertile ground Flourishing in light Then kings arrived with hatred in their hearts Utopian demise Malignant fate in the hands of the evils ones Death to the wise, scar the earth for eternity Paradise lost As mountains burn beneath and angry sky Sanity unwinds They’ve poisoned all the oceans and the seas And Leave no trace of life. Malignant fate in the hands of the evils ones Death to the wise, scar the earth for eternity Paradise lost Escape through a cavern of shadows The chasm leads deeper into the ground Lit by the flame of a candle An echo of torment the only sound We will prevail Or die in the looming trails grip of despair Ascent of the fallen ones Ancient tyrant Seek your demise No mercy given Hear the cry’s Searing the flesh of the beast Bury alive Alone with his madness He won’t survive
3.	Is It Your God 07:00	lyrics	buy track
IS IT YOUR GOD Is it your god Who gave you this life Bound to a cross Delusion of a soul Devine Exist to fear the one you praise With hopes to claim your holy right The light Remain eternal in the ashes Still pray for better days He was the one that’s taken the sun away He was the one that told you the heavens await There is no light There’s no presence of god In this hell that we live Descend into the lightless unknown Angel blood fills A crimson red sky Fires engulf Breaking the oath Enlightened for the first time The air is in your lungs Breath you’re alive
4.	Melt The Crown 07:05	lyrics	buy track
MELT THE CROWN Hides in the mountains kills all he sees Blinded by fortunes spreading disease Bring the sacred souls to life Rising from a tomb bright Merciless horsemen abuse the crown Spirits awakening to cast you out Where the vagrants go to die Perish under moonlight. Feel the weight of the world Losing sight of the sun We must capture the king Become a regicide Breeding seasons of anguish Terrors bludgeon the conscience Through the knowledge of sin We will melt the crown Burn the king alive Hang him from a spire For the gods to see
5.	Cloak Of The Vast And Black 06:18	lyrics	buy track
CLOAK OF THE VAST AND BLACK Our time is gone Shrouded by an evil The vast and black An emptiness will fill the earth The ground it quakes As temples burn around me The sun is god Never set to rise again Renew the path of existence Searching for a new way of life These tired eyes won’t rest Must find a path to escape Ancient knowledge buried deep in the sands of time Uncover a gate that leads to the distant stars Leaving this barren world behind Step into the portal, awake on the other side Leaving this barren world behind Traversing the stars through space and time Become the one, the god of all creation Rebuild the world, weave the web of destiny Renew the path of existence Finding a new way of life
6.	Celestial Tyrant 05:47	lyrics	buy track
CELESTIAL TYRANT despise a world once owned Foresee fire A tyrant I’ve become Empathy escapes me Wrath I have come to claim my throne Waster of worlds Reclaim what’s been bestowed Appearing without warning Incursion if your home Bringing death upon you Wrath I have come to claim my throne Waster of worlds Killer of gods leave the netherworld Infinite eclipse
7.	Beyond Our Minds 04:07	lyrics	buy track
BEYOND OUR MINDS Soul leaves the body Wave the world goodbye Connect to the universe Quest beyond your mind We drift among the stars Guided by a voice Encounter an entity In geometric form Benevolent being lead us home Expand the horizon And open the minds eye A visionary takes me by the hand Expelled from hell Existing in a trance Forget the misery And bleeding hearts Beget what he’s foreseen An endless dream
8.	The Torch 04:08	lyrics	buy track
THE TORCH Cutting through the darkness With a beacon of light Brilliant is the torch, the end of our strife Illuminator of the blackened Causing shadows to die Everlasting candescence will light up the sky Test of the will, the future looks bright Raising the torch becoming Devine Ending of an empire They begin to decay Releasing the grip, the dawn of the day Thousand years of torment, rob the kings of their breath The wage of the sins they commit is their death Test of the will, the future looks bright Raising the torch becoming Devine We see the light shine again Bask in the rays of the sun
9.	Candescence 04:08		buy track
10.	In The Absence Of Wisdom 06:35	lyrics	buy track
IN THE ABSENCE OF WISDOM We awaken No one left to guide us through Counting virtues, and no flaws Fear the oracle And prophecies becoming truths Are we destined to rise Or do we crumble Can we live on Or will we die in solitude Viscous cycle Mistakes we made we can’t undo Nothing sacred In our minds Haunted by the past Hunted by the demons Erasing the stars Crest of a title wave Falling apart In fragments In the absence of wisdom Searching for a better way All the elders perished now We live in the eye of storms We are now the demons We’ve become the snakes Following the footsteps Of the ones we hate

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After winning a JUNO in 2016, Anciients were officially anointed as the guiding lights for progressive metal. However, keeping their momentum rocking and rolling proved to be no easy feat. For too long, metalheads feared these mighty Canadians had gone dormant. The road was threatened by many shadowy twists and turns, but after eight years of hermetic silence, Anciients have returned with a new lineup and a new album that now stands as their heaviest, headiest and most heartfelt offering.
Fans who’ve waited on bended knee for more fretboard heroics will not be disappointed by Beyond the Reach of the Sun. Lead single “Melt the Crown” fires off not one, not two, but three guitar solos. Each one comes with its own unique flavor, too, spanning from plaintive folk to southern blues and psychedelic prog.
Of course, Anciients aren’t afraid to headbang. After a spell of acoustic fingerpicking, “Cloak of the Vast and Black” reveals itself as a chugging riff monster. Conceptually, the album is just as heavy. It tells the story of a society that’s enslaved by forces from another dimension. But at its core, Beyond the Reach of the Sun is about perseverance. Just as the enslaved discover spiritual knowledge by way of a cosmic entity, writing these songs also lead the band to uncover new wellsprings of inspiration. “Is It Your God” concludes with an epiphany of synths that dazzle like a lazer light show.
“Searching for a better way”, sings Kenny Cook on the epic closer “In The Absence of Wisdom”. His voice booms with reverb, but its radiance comes from a fresh stroke of insight.
On Beyond the Reach of the Sun, Anciients climb to the summit of progressive metal.

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released August 30, 2024

Recorded at Rain City Recorders
Produced, engineered and mixed by Jesse Gander, assisted by Szymon Wojciech
Mastered by Stu McKillop @ Rain City Mastering

Line-up:
Kenny Cook - Guitar, Vocals
Brock MacInnes - Guitar
Rory O'Brien - Bass
Mike Hannay - Drums

Keyboards on Tracks 1, 3, 4, 9 and 10 by Justin Hagberg
Synth on tracks 5 and 9 by Jesse Gander

Cover artwork by Adam Burke @ Nightjar Illustrations

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"Somewhere between sheer, apocalyptic heaviness and precise riffing, lays otherworldly ANCIIENTS—a Vancouver-based rock juggernaut forging crushing heavy metal evocative of veterans High on Fire and contemporary sonic craftsmen, Opeth. ANCIIENTS have combined fuck-off-huge chords with mind-altering riffage that takes you on an unfamiliar trip." ... more

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