Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun
| Release date: | 30 August 2024 |
| Style: | Progressive metal |
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Owners: |
50 have it 12 want it |
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: 13
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: 13
Review
Lyrics 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.
Rating:
8.4
8.4
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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. Read more ›› |
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Comments
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301  |
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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| Caio Posts: 58  |
Great cover and great music. I love the 2 first albums but this might be my new favorite.
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| Stormm Posts: 168  |
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7557  |
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| ChrisWinther94 Posts: 160 |
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| Paz 777 Elite Posts: 4003  |
Prime Opeth meets Mastodon with a bit of Alice In Chains. Yes, I quite enjoyed it 
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 1176  |
The cover art is more interesting than the music unfortunately.
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| gavdann Posts: 835  |
Written by Paz on 02.09.2024 at 17:49 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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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4099  |
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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| ivulv Posts: 47  |
Written by Stormm on 31.08.2024 at 09:28 Childish for me. Also, "beyond the reach of the sun", can only mean lifeless.
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| Jaro Posts: 362  |
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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