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Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun



8.1 | 126 votes |
Release date: 30 August 2024
Style: Progressive metal

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01. Forbidden Sanctuary
02. Despoiled
03. Is It Your God
04. Melt The Crown
05. Cloak Of The Vast And Black
06. Celestial Tyrant
07. Beyond Our Minds
08. The Torch
09. Candescence
10. In The Absence Of Wisdom

Top 20 albums of 2024: 9

Additional info
Recorded at Rain City Recorders.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Jesse Gander; assisted by Szymon Wojciech.
Mastered by Stu McKillop at Rain City Mastering.
Cover artwork by Adam Burke at Nightjar Illustrations.

Staff review by
musclassia
Rating:
8.4
Anciients were a band that stuck around just long enough to leave people desperate for more from them before suddenly disappearing; at long last, they’re finally back.

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published 10.09.2024 | Comments (7)

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30.08.2024 - 16:00
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
I'm sold on the sensational cover-art which is another masterpiece by the great Adam Burke. I still have to listen to the music though.

Edit: It's a pretty good album, and it reminds me a lot of early Opeth. Obviously it's not the easiest to fully digest straight away, and there's occasions where it does feel like a lot of progressive noodling but the songwriting is generally very tight, and there's some great solo's and compositions to be heard throughout. The instrumental "Candescence", and the last track "In The Absence Of Wisdom" seem to be the highlights for me.
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30.08.2024 - 22:49
Rating: 9
Caio
Great cover and great music.
I love the 2 first albums but this might be my new favorite.
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31.08.2024 - 09:28
Stormm
Probably cover art of the year for me.
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31.08.2024 - 09:49
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
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01.09.2024 - 16:10
Rating: 8
ChrisWinther94
Great album! Actually really took me by surprise, the songwriting is great and there are alot of amazing guitarwork throughout the album!

Celestial Tyrant is my favorite track so far, but overall all the songs are great on this album. Worth checkibg out for any prog fan out there!


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02.09.2024 - 17:49
Rating: 8
Paz
777
Elite
Prime Opeth meets Mastodon with a bit of Alice In Chains. Yes, I quite enjoyed it
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02.09.2024 - 20:18
A Real Mönkey
The cover art is more interesting than the music unfortunately.
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"Change the world. My final message. Goodbye."

~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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02.09.2024 - 23:53
gavdann
Written by Paz on 02.09.2024 at 17:49

Prime Opeth meets Mastodon with a bit of Alice In Chains. Yes, I quite enjoyed it

I haven't had the chance to sit down with this one yet, but prime Opeth meets Mastodon was exactly how I described their previous album.
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03.09.2024 - 15:04
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
The heavy sections are an absolute delight to listen to…but I’m not so convinced about the clean singing parts. Almost…lazy? I don’t remember the previous albums suffering from the same issue. Still a solid album regardless.
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11.09.2024 - 13:46
ivulv
Written by Stormm on 31.08.2024 at 09:28

Probably cover art of the year for me.

Childish for me. Also, "beyond the reach of the sun", can only mean lifeless.
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13.09.2024 - 22:43
Jaro
I was awaiting their return with much anticipation and yeah, this rules. The guitar soloing to end "The Torch" is glorious, pure heffy metal.
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02.10.2024 - 14:53
Rating: 9
Crème fraiche
Worth the wait!!!
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08.10.2024 - 20:04
Rating: 9
metalbrat
I had skipped their earlier albums just because the genre wasn't my favorite but when I saw that even their 3rd album also consistently attracted great ratings in MS, I thought of giving it a spin. And holy shit.... I was just blown away..... Everything about this album is too good and the production is extraordinary.
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In the beginning I was made of clay. Then I bit the apple and they changed me to metal 🤘
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08.10.2024 - 20:06
Rating: 9
metalbrat
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 30.08.2024 at 16:00

The instrumental "Candescence", 👌👌👌

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In the beginning I was made of clay. Then I bit the apple and they changed me to metal 🤘
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