POWER BLOG #7

Hey guys...

We are currently writing/jamming the shit out of our new songs...recording starts Jan 7th @The Hive with Jesse Gander...pretty stoked on the demos we've made so far, sounding heavy as fukk...this record should crush pretty hard.

had a blast playing Diecember Fest last week...all the bands ruled...good friends, good riffs...killer.

should have some more merch soon...and another design by Alison Lilly hopefully/for sure...haha.

playing a with Weirding and Grounding...Feb 18th in Squamish...sweet.

cheers

Chris and ANCIENTS







 

POWER BLOG #6

hey everyone, its been a while....

things have been going rad...

Boon is back in the band after his tour(s) with 3 Inches Of Blood...

thanks to everyone for coming out to the Cancer Bats/3 Inches show, the Riffs Not Riots benefit, the Cooked and Eaten tour fundraiser and The Doom Menace Fest...all shows were killer!!!

our EP is online for free download...get into it!

we are recording our full length in January with Jesse G at the Hive...super stoked!!!

also harsh stoked to get our Olde Crow cabinets in the near future!!!

currently booking a few local shows for the fall...

stay rad!

cheers

Chris and ANCIENTS

Power Blog #5

...Thursday night was killer!!!

...tons of people there early for us...thanks guys!

...thanks to the promoter, Jill and to Andrew from Baptists for hooking us up..super cool people.

...Weapon was crushing...

...Baptists simply destroyed...Nick is insane...retarded drumming.

...we had an off night, but people still seemed pretty stoked...awesome.

next show(s):

Friday, Feb 25th @Funkys...w/ Anion, Mendozza and Rorschach
Saturday, Feb 26th @Logan's(Victoria)...w/ Mendozza, Rorschach and Ballista

cheers.
                    

Power Blog #4

...recording with Shawn over the weekend went killer...the new version of Humanist destroys!!!...thanks to Chris from Galgamex for doing some vocals...sounds amazing.

we will have our website up soon...

www.ancients.ca

...hoping to get the 2 songs for the EP  mastered asap...should have a bunch printed by our April show(s)...

...kinda bummed that the show at the Red Gate on Mar 11th isnt gonna go down...some booking issue...

...however, we are super stoked for Thursday nite at The Biltmore w/Baptists and Weapon...killer.

cheers.

Power Blog #3

hello...

we are busy as fukk with writing new songs for the record...

recording some more this weekend with Shawn Penner...

and trying to make time to get shit tight for our next couple shows...hope to have at least one brand new tune for the Mendozza shows...Feb 25th and 26th...

Alison Lily is working on a new shirt design we hope to have printed to coincide with the art show at the Red Gate, Mar 11th(this show features art by both of our people, Alison Lily and Cam Strudwick)...

the EP/Sampler will be out soon, promise...and it will limited to a certain amount of copies...not sure what the vibe is yet though...

we have a bro working on our website, soon you should be able to check out:  www.ancients.ca

we have a you tube channel...it has a video of "Humanist" from our New Years show with Black Wizard...www.youtube.com/user/ANCIENTSRIFFS

fukk, you can even follow us on Twitter...pretty sure its @ANCIENTS_RIFFS...or some shit...

super stoked for our show with Baptists and Weapon on Feb 17th at The Biltmore...

and we will have a fukking EPIC show announcement on Feb 21st...EPIC.

cheers.

Power Blog #2

...heres some pictures of us from The Bully's Fundraiser @Fortune Sound Club in December...

...Thanks to Jay Mallet for these...nice work brah!


...and, some show posters...

...thats all.

Cheers.

Power Blog #1

...Hey bros and lady bros!!!

I have no fukking clue how to blog!...so instead of giving you pictures of random shit and my opinions on the state of the world, I'm gonna post a bunch of ANCIENTS related stuff...

We have some shows, like a bunch!

Jan 21st @Pat's Pub w/ Sabrael, Weapon & Grounding

Feb 25th @FunkyWinkerbeans w/ Mendozza, Anion & Rorschach(not a Hardcore band...from Victoria)

Feb 26th @Logan's(Victoria) w/ Mendozza, Rorschach & Ballista

Mar 11th @Secret Location w/The "A" Team and a sweet art show!

Mar 31st @TBA w/TBA

April 16th @TBA w/ TBA



Other stuff:

...Our 2 song Demo/EP/whatever will be out soon, we promise...it will feature art by Vancouver artist/musician Cam Strudwick!!!...check his work out at http://www.strudmac.com/

...The 2 tracks will be "Built to Die" and "Humanist"...you can check out preview of the rough mix/unmastered tracks on our myspace(lame) page www.myspace.com/ancientsvan

...After our April 16th show, we plan to take a break from playing live for a couple months...during that time we will record a full length with our total bro Shawn Penner...



Thanks:

I/We feel obligated to thank quite a few people for their support, help, opinions and advice over the last few months, so here goes, I'll try not to forget people...

Russia & Black Wizard, Bully's, Cam Strudwick, Alison Lily, Shawn Penner, Mike Krusher, Cody Blanchard, Scott Lyon, Johnny Matter, Telford, Tanya, Chris(Galgamex), Mendozza, Andrew Carey & Hugenelk, Mikey Heppner(Priestess), Dan(Bison), Andrew & Nick(Baptists), Cam Pipes(3 Inches of Blood), Grass City, M16, Abriosis, V.A.S., Burning Ghats, Anion, Rob the Soundguy, Kelly Malella(Metal Blade Records), Greg & Sabrael, plus tons I'm totally forgetting for sure!!!!...A huge thanks to people that have come to our first 3 shows!!!...you guys fukking destroy!!!

...Thats it for now...

...Cheers dudes!

Chris & ANCIENTS