NEWS: Ancient Thrones locate the key!

Canadian Progressive Death Metal four piece Ancient Thrones have set the stage for their upcoming concept album “Melancholia” with a track that finds the protagonist seeing the hand of God pulling him to heaven after he ends his life and then severing it. Titled “A Moon Fused Key” the track is the first of nine to be releveled with the record the culmination of five years at the grindstone. Interwoven with themes of hallucination, suicide and emotional unravelling, inspired by personal experience and psychedelic trauma, it has been built as a narrative journey, with abstract lyrics and music that flow seamlessly from track to track. You can get your hands on it on 19th September with pre-orders available over at bandcamp.

The band comment: “We think this album is a turning point for us, where we were able to take the atmosphere of our previous record, and kick the aggression up to a thousand. The intention of our last record, “The Veil,” was to be poetic and hopeful, but the intention with our second full-length, “Melancholia,” is to crush any ounce of hope that is left. A Moon Fused Key is the opening track on the album, but also a climax narratively, jumping straight into where hell is unfolding in our character’s story. The song begins with unrelenting force and speed, and does not stop until the final bitter moments. We wanted to establish that Melancholia was not just a catchy title for the album; that we intend to tie our audience in a nihilistic, inhuman, terrifying, and brutal end, as the character celebrates their death viciously. This song is a statement in existential exhaustion, where you have no choice but to brace for what’s coming. We didn’t plan to write a concept album, but the story began to unfold, and we couldn’t resist”.