Sad news for Ancient Ascendant fans. The British band have just announced their break up, making Raise The Torch their swansong. The last show will take place on May 11th in London at the Unicorn Camden Live and they will be joined by Crimson Throne and The Infernal Sea. This is a free entry show.

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Ancient Ascendant release their third studio album, Raise The Torch, today via Spinefarm/Candlelight Records, along with a video for the song "Scaling The Gods", which you can watch below.

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British-based quartet Ancient Ascendant have announced the details of their forthcoming album, to be released April 21st 2017 via Spinefarm/Candlelight Records. Raise The Torch, the band's third studio album, is "built upon their unique brand of songwriting, which is based upon a solid foundation of black and death metal, whilst injecting eclectic ideas from a wide range of fine metal traditions."

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This year, Ancient are finally releasing a new album, Back To The Land Of The Dead. The Norwegian extreme metal titans have set the release date for their long awaited 7th studio album, the follow up to 2004's Night Visit. The album will be released this September 16th in North America via ( Megadeth bassist David Ellefson's) EMP Underground/EMP Label Group, and in the rest of the world by Soulseller Records. The band has released the first new track "Land Of The Dead" for streaming on Bandcamp. Listen to it!

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With 12 years since the release of Night Visit, the Norwegian extreme metallers Ancient are proud to announce the release of Back To The Land Of The Dead, due out February 2016 through Alpha Omega Management, which the band recently signed a global contract to.

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In case you didn't know, psychedelic rockers Jess And The Ancient Ones are about to released their new album, Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes. The release of the follow-up to the excellent Jess And The Ancient Ones will be pushed to December 11th for both physical formats, CD and 2LP, due to issues beyond the band's control. The good news is that you can already listen to the entire record, available for your listening pleasure over here. How do you like the new album?

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Norwegian black metal titans Ancient have announced that Ghiulz Borroni, esteemed shredder of extreme metal scene and lead guitarist of the cult band Bulldozer, has been recruited as their live session guitarist. The band is also about to release the new album Back To The Land Of The Dead in late December 2015/January 2016.

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Finnish occult rockers Jess And The Ancient Ones have presented their new video for the single "In Levitating Secret Dreams". The band is about to release their new album Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes on December 4th, 2015 via Svart Records. The clip was animated by Costin Chioreanu. Watch how the video turned out below.

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Things have been moving along for Norwegian melodic black metallers Ancient. They have been working on a new album, the first in 11 years since the release of Night Visit. The new opus is entitled Back To The Land Of The Dead and now they have revealed the cover artwork and a tentative release date for around May 2015. You can view the artwork below. More details will be available soon.

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The Viking black metallers Ancient Rites are returning this year with a new album called Laguz after almost ten years. And now they have premiered the brand new tune "Carthago Delenda Est" as a first taste of what's to come. So, drop what you are doing and listen to a new song from Ancient Rites below!

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Ancient Rites, the quartet hailing from Belgium and The Netherlands formed back in the 80s, has joined the Massacre Records family. During the band's history, Ancient Rites overcame several blows of fate, including band members passing away or bad experiences with promoters and labels. But all this didn't stop the band from continuing their journey. The group is returning and their upcoming sixth studio album Laguz marks a new chapter in the band's history and is the first since 2006.

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Jess And The Ancient Ones was Staff picked as the best hard rock album back in 2012, and now Jess And The Ancient Ones are enjoying the attention of King Diamond. The band was picked by the man himself to support King Diamond on their North American tour. Some arenas are already sold out. In other news, the band has recorded two new songs which are to be released on November 15th on 10" vinyl. You can stream the song "Castaneda" below.

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Finnish group Jess And The Ancient Ones has recently revealed news of their next album for Svart Records, which follows the critically acclaimed Astral Sabbat EP (2013) and the self-titled debut album (2012). In fact, their last EP was nominated in the Best Hard Rock Album category on Metal Storm Awards 2013. The next step is to release a new album and the songwriting has begun. The plan is to release it next year with studio time set for later this year.

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Italian metallers Ancient Bards just premiered the video for the track "In My Arms", the first single off their upcoming album A New Dawn Ending, due to be released on April 25th in Europe and Japan and on June 10th in North America via Limb Music. The video was directed by Matteo Ermeti. Enjoy it here!

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After revealing their forthcoming album details, Italian symphonic power metallers Ancient Bards are streaming the first samples off their third album A New Dawn Ending, to be released on April 25th in Europe and Japan, and June 10th in North America via Limb Music. Listen to the excerpts below. Do they sound promising?

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