ANCIIENTS Win Second JUNO Award
Beyond the Reach of the Sun Wins Metal / Hard Music Album of the Year
Listen to an acoustic performance of "Melt the Crown" live on CBC Radio
After soul searching through the Canadian wilderness for the past eight years, once again, Anciients have reached the summit of progressive metal. The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks won Metal / Hard Music Album of the Year at the 55th annual JUNO Awards for their latest album Beyond the Reach of the Sun. Spiritbox, Devin Townsend, Kittie and Striker were also nominated.
"We are completely ecstatic about winning the JUNO Award for Best Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year", says Anciients' vocalist and guitarist Kenny Cook. "Just being nominated alongside the other legendary nominees was huge for us. We never fathomed we could win it, but we are over the moon with excitement and surprised that we did. Thank you to the JUNO Committee for choosing Beyond the Reach of the Sun as Canada’s best Metal/Hard Music Album of 2024/25. It is a massive honor for us.”
Beyond the Reach of the Sun is available now on Season of Mist.
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https://orcd.co/anciientsbeyondthereachofthesun
Listen to Anciients perform "Melt the Crown" live on CBC Radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/16136935-b.c.-junos-block-party-part-five
While Anciients were on hand to accept this year's award, when the band learned they won their first JUNO back in 2018, they were in Vienna, roughly 8,000 miles away from their Vancouver home base, where they were still wiping the sludge from their eyes after another blazing headline show.
Later this summer, Cook, steady drummer Mike Hannay and the band's new axe men Brock MacInnes and Rory O'Brien are heading back across the pond for Bristol's ArcTanGent Festival. They'll then make their long-awaited return to the States for the 23rd edition of ProgPower USA.
"The hiatus is over", Cook says. "We're ready to hit it hard".