Anciients "Heart Of Oak"

Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme Progressive Metal
Label: Season Of Mist
Release date: April 16, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Raise the Sun (6:33)
2. Overthrone (6:38)
3. Falling in Line (8:20)
4. The Longest River (9:35)
5. One Foot in the Light (1:07)
6. Giants (7:47)
7. Faith and Oath (6:07)
8. Blood and Fire (7:32)
9. For Lisa (7:30)

Line-up: 
Chris Dyck - vocals, guitars
Kenneth Paul Cook - vocals, guitars
Aaron "Boon" Gustafson - bass
Mike Hannay - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The band's sound overlaps between stoner metal, progressive metal, and a few extreme metal elements as well, but all come together on this debut to create one truly tasty pie.
Although the band's page on here lists them as progressive metal, the core of Anciients' sound really lies more in the stoner metal category: a bluesy, riff-heavy guitar tone that carves many nice grooves all throughout the album ("Raise The Sun," The Longest River," and the warm bass on "Falling In Line"). Progressive and extreme metal elements are indeed present as well, but seem to be there more so to enhance the heart of the stoner sound, not so much to dominate it. The band's progressive edge comes across mostly in front man Kenny Cook, whose vocals honestly sound like something from post-Blood Mountain era Mastodon, as well as the occasionally more atmospheric and melodic side of the band's music (the beginning of "Flood And Fire," and especially on the closing instrumental track "For Lisa").

Read the full review at metalstorm.net

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