After almost a decade of soul searching through the Canadian wilderness, once again, Anciients have reached the summit of progressive metal.
The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks just won their second Canadian Grammy for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year. Now, sage frontman Kenny Cook, steadily pummeling drummer Mike Hannay and new axemen Brock MacInnes and Rory O’Brien are finally returning the States to bask in the prog metal glory of “Beyond the Reach of the Sun”.
“It’s been a long time coming”, Cook says, “which makes it that much more special to announce that we will finally be returning to the USA for a run of shows this summer/fall. We’ve got a handful of killer bands joining us on select dates, to get us to and from the ProgPower fest in Atlanta. We look forward seeing our American fans out on the road”!
Anciients will tour the US in August & September 2025. Amidst their blazing month-long run across the West Coast and Southwest, the band will make two stops on the East Coast, including at ProgPower USA. Along the way, they’ll be joined by blackened progressive metal luminaries Dawn of Ouroboros, California sludge metal palm readers Armed for Apocalypse, Seattle seismic heavies Nott and progressive death metal hijackers Exist.
US Tour Dates 2025:
August 27 – Seattle, WA @ Substation
August 28 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
August 29 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder
August 30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon
August 31 – Colorado Springs, CO @ What’s Left Records
September 2 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
September 4 – Atlanta, GA @ ProgPower USA
September 5 – Gastonia, NC @ The Rooster
September 6 – New Orleans, LA @ No Dice
September 7 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It
September 8 – Houston, TX @ Pub 529
September 9 – Dallas, TX @ TX Tea Room
September 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Underground
September 12 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
September 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Knucklehead
September 14 – San Franisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
September 16 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonel
September 17 – Reno, NV @ The Cellar
September 18 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
September 19 – Richland, WA @ Ray’s Golden Lion
September 20 – Bellingham, WA,@ The Shakedown
“Beyond the Reach of the Sun” is available here via Season of Mist.
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