ANCIIENTS – Heart of Oak – September 10, 2013
Posted on September 10, 2013
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Vancouver’s ANCIIENTS have announced new North American tour dates. The band will play alongside TESSERACT and SCALE THE SUMMIT as part of the “Altered State North America 2013” tour, starting on Thursday, October 10th, in Edmonton, AB and running through the United States and Canada to end on October 29th. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
ANCIIENTS are touring in support of their debut album, ‘Heart of Oak’. The critically-acclaimed record is streaming at Bandcamp, and is available on Ltd Ed. digipack with 2 bonus tracks, jewel case CD, and digitally.
ANCIIENTS are the featured artist in the latest installment of “Converse x Decibel”. A mini-documentary about how the vast woodlands and epic mountain ranges of British Columbia influence the band’s elaborate and progressive songs is streaming now at Decibel Magazine.
On other news, Amazon is currently offering the song “Raise the Sun” for free. Download it here!
ANCIIENTS recently finished a four week tour as support to LAMB OF GOD. The band have also seen their first-ever appearance in Guitar World as part of the magazine’s September issue. The interview can be read here.
“At its best, Heart of Oak is immediate and electrifying, an album that suggests Anciients’ half-prog, half-pop metal is bound for big stages.” -Pitchfork
“Anciients harness the power of prog for a greater good, making music you might actually remember. Scratch that — will remember. These guys are gonna be big.” – Stereogum
“The band are nothing if not highly ambitious, as the wide range of sounds demonstrates, Anciients shifting from stoner rock to blasting death-lite to tricky, tech-y prog like no one’s business.” – Exclaim
” Heart Of Oak is an impressive many-sided record that will please a diversified group of music fans. Devotees of all things metal and rock will find something that Anciients does to love.” -Stereokiller
ANCIIENTS Tour Dates
10/10 Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop
10/11 Calgary, AB @ The Gateway
10/12 TBA
10/13 Regina, SK @ The Exchange**
10/14 Winnipeg, MB @ Union Sound Hall**
10/16 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theater
10/17 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
10/18 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater
10/19 TBA
10/20 St. Louis, MO @ FuBar
10/22 Dallas, TX @ Tomcast
10/23 Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
10/24 New Orleans, LA @ One-Eyed Jacks
10/25 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/26 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
10/27 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street
10/29 TBA
**w/FOZZY