EPK – Ancient Entities – Echoes of Annihilation (2024)
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“We think fans first hearing the album will find there is a refreshing mix of styles of death metal. Modern, old school, and some sounds in between. Over the last two years of playing and testing out markets, we can definitely say the massive sound of Ancient Entities will be well received by all fans of metal old and new on record as well. The goal of Ancient Entities is to bring you back to ancient times, to portray and capture the feel of the lyrics and subjects of our songs through powerful music, ambiance, and riffs.” – Ancient Entities
For fans of Necrophagist, Decapitated, Blood Red Throne, Nile, Aeon
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“Ancient Entities are not just a random band name, but a state of mind on Echoes Of Annihilation. They go back in history to when Mayans and Aztecs reigned, where the idea of a person being tied to a stake and burned alive while wearing a flammable vest was not a plot point to a B-level horror film. Mummification, the burning of Roman civilization and sacrificial cannibalism are just some of the subjects explored with turbulent death metal.” – Heavy Music Headquarters
“”Echoes of Annihilation ” it is a solid and extremely flowing platter, full of inspired moments and cared for in almost all its aspects… it’s a really good hit in the teeth!” – Metal.it
““Hidden,” is a snarling, thrashing menace. A song that brings the burrowing of time to forment the great beyond.” – The Median Man
“The band’s mission is clear: to transport listeners to ancient times, capturing the essence of historical narratives through their relentless music, its enveloping atmosphere and crushing riffs.” – Broken Tomb Magazine
“ANCIENT ENTITIES plays in a real frenzy, especially in the last third, literally overturns modern, yet old-school Death Metals at the constant demonstration and has not had a single song in your pocket until the end that you want to skip for any reason. So you can congratulate the boys on a proper first performance, who wonderfully bridges the gap between classic and contemporary death lead and sends a clear signal here and there, especially when it comes to brutality. Even if the gruesome artwork suggests bad things: “Echoes Of Annihilation” is a really cool death metal disc!” – PowerMetal.de
“Ancient Entities with Echoes of Annihilation, this is a Milwaukee band that really focuses in on how to balance technical death metal while still making it listenable for the non-tech death fans out there. They know how to do some fretboard gymnastics. They definitely know how to play across the drum kit but it’s also something that doesn’t just go absolutely insane 100% of the time. They know how to write songs, they just know when to show off at the right times and that’s the kind of album I can really be behind. It has a really rich and full production style yet just raw enough to kind of give it a mid-late 90s kind of feel behind it. This is a death metal album that really should be up a lot of people’s alley and if you like the slightest amount of tech death you shall love Ancient Entities.” – Heavy Debriefings
“a Death Metal disc you need, cavernous growl, an incessant and incandescent riffingwork and a brutal and groovy rhythmic section, then this debut by Ancient Entities is a more than pleasant discovery for you: give them a chance!” – All Around Metal
“Hailing from the dominant Midwest of Milwaukee, WI, Ancient Entities has brought forth a punishing new album. In the wake of an already brutal year, Echoes of Annihilation puts the “Death” back in Death Metal. From beginning to end this album will quench your thirst and leave you begging for more. The technical melodies from the guitars and on key drumming make this easy listening whether you like “Tech Death” or not. Vocally will leave you reminded of early Aborted and Cannibal Corpse (George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher) era. Check this album out and add it to your daily listening.” – Keeper Magazine
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Band: Ancient Entities
Album Title: Echoes of Annihilation
Release Date: June 21, 2024
Label: Self-Release
Track Listing:
1. Cenote Sagrado (1:21)
2. Empire In Ashes (4:19)
3. Creatures From The Sand (3:42)
4. Blood Upon Stone (3:16)
5. Ritual Autopsy (4:43)
6. Hidden (3:53)
7. Pierced by Obsidian (4:08)
8. Wall of War (4:28)
9. Damnatio Ad Flammas (3:24)
Album Length: 32:18
Album Credits:
– Mixing and mastering done at Hertz Recording by Wojtek Wiesławski
– Drum editing: Christopher Lars Djuricic at Belle City Sound
– Recording and editing instruments: Fatty Acid Studios Jake Falk
– Vocal recording: Dan Klein at Iron Hand Audio
– Drums recorded by Nick Morgan
– All songs written by Alex Rausa, Bernardo Mendia, Brian Guilliford
– Special credit Luke Veranth for contributions to songs,
– Jake Falk for recording guitars on songs 1-8
– Cole Daniels for the recording of all bass tracks 1-8
– Album artwork: by Bernardo Mendia
– BMI Affiliated
Album Recording Lineup:
Alex Rausa – Guitar
Bernardo Mendia – Drums
Cole Daniels – Bass
Brian Gulliford – Vocals
Jake Falk – Guitar
Live Band Lineup:
Alex Rausa – Guitar
Bernardo Mendia – Drums
Luke Veranth – Bass
Brian Gulliford – Vocals
Jake Falk – Guitar
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About Album Artwork
The album artwork was made by Burns. He handles most of our artwork and logo work. The album artwork from my memory was made by combining a couple of different pyramids. It’s both cinematic yet also gets the point across that we are a death metal band. The black in white is simple yet brings out the line work and architecture of the pyramid.
About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)
This album portrays through sound the war tactics and brutality of Ancient historical civilizations.
Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)
1. Cenote Sagrado – A magnificent opus of instruments. (Instrumental track).
2. Empire In Ashes – Is about the burning of Rome by Emperor Nero.
3. Creatures Of The Sand- The creation of the human race from the perspective of the Anunnaki
4. Blood Upon the Stone- The ritual of sacrificial cannibalism upon Spaniards by the Aztec tribes
5. Ritual Autopsy – A musical description of the rituals of mummification
6. Hidden- The death and rebirth of the Egyptian god Ra.
7. Pierced by Obsidian – Ancient Mayan sacrificial ceremony where the victim would be tied to a stake and rained upon by Obsidian tipped arrows.
8. Wall of War- The first experience of an ancient Greek phalanx
9. Damnatio Ad Flammas- an ancient punishment where a victim was tied to a stake, forced to wear a flammable vest, and burned alive starting at the chest.
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STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BAND
1. Our first two shows were with Jungle Rot and Soulfly. Following that we played a bunch of mid-tier festivals in the US in our first two years of being a band. Our session guitarist Luke is actually good friends with Dave from Jungle Rot and most of us have known Jimmy from going to shows throughout the years. They are almost like a big brother band to us and have supported us since day one. Hails to the boys in Jungle Rot “OLD SCHOOL”
2. Echoes of Annihilation took 6 months to produce mix and master. The legendary Wjotec Wieslawski from Hertz recording made sure we got our best work on track and didn’t compromise when it came to making a perfect album. We recorded here in the States at multiple studios and Hertz mixed and mastered the album. We wanted to work with Wjotec cause he produced some of our favorite bands growing up such as Behemoth, Decapitated, Hate, Hour of Penance, and Vader. In our opinion, he helped create a masterpiece of an album and we hope everyone else thinks so too.
3. We have lots of talented musicians in the band. Alex and Luke learned from the same jazz teacher in the mke area, Steve Peplin. He’s a very notable name in Milwaukee and the jazz community. On top of that Alex also took some lessons from Paul Ryan (origin) in his early 20s and also from Cristiano Trionfera (ex-Fleshgod Apocalypse) a couple of times. Knowledge from these musicians helped form Alex’s style of playing especially when it comes to leads. You can hear a lot of what Paul Ryan calls “laser sweeps” in Echoes of Annihilation.
4. Burns and Alex have known each other for close to 10 years. Burn’s previous band Purge and Alex’s previous band Devolving Messiah played many shows together. Until we formed the midwest super group Ancient Entities.
5. Luke Veranth was not a death metal guitarist to begin with and played lots of classic rock. Alex and Luke worked together for I.A.T.S.E Local 18, putting together a stage production. Eventually, Alex asked him to play with the band after finding out they had the same music teacher.
L-R – Live Lineup – Luke Veranth – Bass, Bernardo Mendia – Drums, Brian Gulliford – Vocals, Alex Rausa – Guitar, Jake Falk – Guitar
Ancient Entities is a band consisting of members Alex Rausa, Bernardo Mendia, Jake Falk, luke Veranth, and Brian Gulliford. Our lyrical content focuses on ancient civilizations, folklore, and mythology from all around the world. The band’s style consists of powerful technical death metal riffing mixed with catchy and titanous rhythm sections, proving for a massive sound.
Shared Stage with:
Soulfly, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia, 200 stab wounds, Putrid Pile, Lividity, Narcotic Wasteland, Gorgatron, Nest, Embryonic Autopsy.Tours and Festivals:
5/6/2022 Second annual Gorecamp cookout
Severed Cannibal Entities tour
3/24/2023 Indianapolis, IN – black circle
3/25/2023 Chicago, IL – Magoos
3/26/2023 Madison, WI – The crucible
6/9/2023 Slamdakota – Sioux Falls, SD
Road to Hell Awaits Golf Coast Metal Fest
8/18/2023 Metalrie,Louisiana – The marsh room patio bar and grill
8/19/2023 long Beach, Mississippi – Trax bar and grill
8/20/2023 Birmingham, Alabama – Firehouse
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