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Slip Critical Presents: Anciients/ Fearbirds/ Black Thunder

Album Release Show for Anciients with "Beyond the Reach of the Sun"

Come join us for a night of epic music at Lucky Bar! Slip Critical is bringing you an unforgettable lineup featuring the heavy sounds of Anciients, the electrifying performance of Fearbirds, and the thunderous tunes of Black Thunder. Get ready to rock out and experience an evening filled with headbanging and good vibes. Don't miss out on this killer show!




Anciients with their first new album in several years, Fearbirds promoting their fresh albumn and Black Thunder with new tunes!! This show is going to be one for the books!




ANCIIENTS – BEYOND THE REACH OF THE SUN

It’s been a rough handful of years for British Columbia-based extremity-laced progressive rockers, Anciients. When the quartet unleashed their Voice of the Void album in 2016, the world appeared to be their oyster and things seemed ripe for the picking. They were coming off the success of their Heart of Oak debut from 2013, its ascendancy due in large part to a collective uptick in interest for involved, forward-thinking music. The public had moved beyond toe-dipping and tire-kicking, and were instead doing headfirst dives into exploring the likes of Opeth, Mastodon, Baroness, The Ocean, Intronaut and others who originally hailed from the extreme music underground, but had since grown, matured and scrubbed behind their ears to include heaping and healthy chunks from the outskirts of their record collections and influence pools.

The Band That Auto-Correct Loves to Fuck With shared stages with everyone from High on Fire and Goatwhore to Boris and Lamb of God, were in the midst of a European tour when they discovered they were JUNO Award (Canadian Grammy equivalent) winners in the heavy metal/hard rock category. The world was ready to accept Anciients into its welcoming arms. Anciients was gearing up to employ takeover methods, specifically their brand of thunderous rhythms and labyrinthine riffing bolstered by a road warrior mentality. And then, the momentum petered out and the band seemingly fell off the face of the earth.

Today, Anciients are ready and poised to resume their spirited quest for heavy metal paramountcy. There’s no doubt the band is back and with a stunning and beautiful collection of ten songs on offer in the form of new and third album, Beyond the Reach of the Sun, they are positioning to reestablish themselves as a dominant force for those who love windmilling their tresses around thoughtful tempo changes, complex harmonic layers and driving power chord shifting. But what the hell happened and where did they disappear to?

“Basically,” explains guitarist/vocalist Kenny Cook, “right before Voice of the Void was recorded, my wife had our first kid. She ended up having heart complications and almost passed away from it. We recorded the last record and once it came out, I was kind of just focusing on her, dealing with her health issues and keeping that in check. I wasn’t at the stage where I could be gone for half a year, especially with a new kid. Long story short, she’s happy and healthy now, but dealing with family issues was the main priority. It was a bit of a road.”

Adding to that bit of Anciients camp turmoil, guitarist/co-vocalist/co-founding member, Chris Dyck and the band parted ways in January of 2017. This left a gaping lineup hole at an inopportune juncture in the band’s timeline. Not only did Cook have to deal with the absence of his long-term song and lyric writing partner, but Dyck was also someone he had been splitting vocal duties with since the pair formed the band in 2009. And then, while helping his wife with her recovery, raising their new born and “because we wanted to raise our son in a small town environment,” the Cook family uprooted to the Columbia-Shushop Region four hours east of




Anciients:

https://www.facebook.com/ANCIIENTSRIFFS/

https://www.instagram.com/anciients/?hl=en

https://anciientriffs.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-reach-of-the-sun




Fearbirds:

https://www.facebook.com/fearbirdsband/

https://www.instagram.com/fearbirdsband/

https://fearbirds.bandcamp.com/track/big-talk




Black Thunder:

https://www.facebook.com/blackthunder.ca

https://www.instagram.com/blackthunderband/

https://blackthunder.bandcamp.com/album/la-fine-creata