Episode 33: Anciients

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Episode 33: Anciients

Guitarist and vocalist Kenny Cook talks birth, sickness, lost band members, a global pandemic and how the band made it through all these challenges to complete third album Beyond the Reach of the Sun

Tom Osman

Aug 22, 2024

Transcript

Having to deal with losing multiple band members and a global pandemic between albums might not be the most uncommon story for musicians over the past few years.

For Kenny Cook and Anciients, however, that’s just one part of the story of how the band went from releasing their second album, Voice of the Void, in 2016 to now, in 2024, being on the cusp of releasing their follow-up record Beyond the Reach of the Sun.

As Kenny discusses in our interview, even as the Canadian progressive-metal act was releasing Voice of the Void (and later winning a JUNO for it), events inside and outside the band were starting to turn everything upside down.

We get in to the whole story as well as discussing the album, looking back on the origins of the band, Kenny’s experiences with booking shows and tours, and plenty more besides.

Band photo by Shimon

Closing track: "Cloak of the Vast and Black" from Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist, 2024)

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