Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the airplay love!
!earshot – The National Loud Chart
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
#1 Juliet Ruin, #6 Triskelyon – Moribund Records
https://earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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92.5 FM CFBX “the X” – Kamloops
Loud – #3 Woodhawk, #6 Ivy Gardens
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfbx.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CFUV 101.9 FM – Victoria
Loud – #5 Juliet Ruin
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfuv.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CIVL Radio 101.7 FM – Abbotsford
Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #3 Juliet Ruin, #9 Phaeton
https://earshot-online.com/charts/civl.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton
Loud – #6 Juliet Ruin, #8 Devolver, #9 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CFBX 92.5FM – Kamloops
Top 30 – #20 Merfolk, #30 Woodhawk
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfbx.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CFRU 93.3 FM – Guelph
Top 30 – #20 Merfolk
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfru.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 – Smithers
Top 30 – #15 Z-Cocoon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cick.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
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CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford
Top 30 – #9 Triskelyon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/civl.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-16
Category: Ancient Thrones
0 Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the airplay love! !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 #1 Juliet Ruin, #6 Triskelyon – Moribund Records | 92.5 FM CFBX “the X” – Kamloops Loud – #3 Woodhawk, #6 Ivy Gardens | CFUV 101.9 FM – Victoria Loud – #5 Juliet Ruin | CIVL Radio 101.7 FM – Abbotsford Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #3 Juliet Ruin, #9 Phaeton | CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton Loud – #6 Juliet Ruin, #8 Devolver, #9 Ancient Thrones | CFBX 92.5FM – Kamloops Top 30 – #20 Merfolk, #30 Woodhawk | CFRU 93.3 FM – Guelph Top 30 – #20 Merfolk | Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 – Smithers Top 30 – #15 Z-Cocoon | CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford Top 30 – #9 Triskelyon
0 Thank You, MDs and DJS, for the Airplay Love! \m/\m/ !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 #2 Juliet Ruin, #8 Triskelyon | CFBX 92.5FM – Kamloops Loud – #3 Woodhawk, #6 Ivy Gardens | CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #7 Juliet Ruin, #3 Phaeton | CJSR 88.5MHz – Edmonton Loud – #7 Juliet Ruin, #10 Devolver | CJSW 90.9 MHz – Calgary Loud – #2 Juliet Ruin, #5 Ancient Thrones, #9 Born Divided, #10 Phaeton | CJSW 90.9 MHz – Calgary Top 30 – #21 – Juliet Ruin | CICK 93.9 – Smithers Top 30 #15 – Z-Cocoon
Thank You, MDs and DJS, for the Airplay Love! \m/\m/
!earshot – The National Loud Chart
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
#2 Juliet Ruin, #8 Triskelyon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CFBX 92.5FM – Kamloops
Loud – #3 Woodhawk, #6 Ivy Gardens
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfbx.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford
Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #7 Juliet Ruin, #3 Phaeton
https://earshot-online.com/charts/civl.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CJSR 88.5MHz – Edmonton
Loud – #7 Juliet Ruin, #10 Devolver
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CJSW 90.9 MHz – Calgary
Loud – #2 Juliet Ruin, #5 Ancient Thrones, #9 Born Divided, #10 Phaeton
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsw.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CJSW 90.9 MHz – Calgary
Top 30 – #21 – Juliet Ruin
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsw.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
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CICK 93.9 – Smithers
Top 30 #15 – Z-Cocoon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cick.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-09
0 Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the Airplay Love! \m/\m/ For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #7 Juliet Ruin, #8 Phaeton | CJLO 1690 AM – Montreal Loud – #10 Fallstaf | CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton Loud – #4 Devolver, #7 Juliet Ruin, #9 Ancient Thrones | CJSW 90.9 FM – Calgary Loud – #4 Ancient Thrones, #10 Born Divided | CICK 93.9 – Smithers Top 30 – #14 – Z-Cocoon
Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the Airplay Love! \m/\m/
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
CIVL 101.7 FM – Abbotsford
Loud – #1 Triskelyon, #7 Juliet Ruin, #8 Phaeton
https://earshot-online.com/charts/civl.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-02
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CJLO 1690 AM – Montreal
Loud – #10 Fallstaf
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjlo.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-02
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CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton
Loud – #4 Devolver, #7 Juliet Ruin, #9 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-02
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CJSW 90.9 FM – Calgary
Loud – #4 Ancient Thrones, #10 Born Divided
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsw.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-12-02
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CICK 93.9 – Smithers
Top 30 – #14 – Z-Cocoon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cick.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-12-02
0 Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the Airplay Love! !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 #1 Juliet Ruin, #3 Ancient Thrones | CFUV 101.9 FM – Victoria Loud – #5 Juliet Ruin | CIVL Radio 101.7 FM – Abbotsford Loud – #1 Juliet Ruin, #5 Phaeton | CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton Loud – #1 Ancient Thrones, #5 Juliet Ruin, #9 Devolver | CJSW Radio 90.9 FM – Calgary Loud – #4 Ancient Thrones | CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton Top 30 – #12 Ancient Thrones
Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the Airplay Love!
!earshot – The National Loud Chart
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
#1 Juliet Ruin, #3 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
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CFUV 101.9 FM – Victoria
Loud – #5 Juliet Ruin
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cfuv.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
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CIVL Radio 101.7 FM – Abbotsford
Loud – #1 Juliet Ruin, #5 Phaeton
https://earshot-online.com/charts/civl.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
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CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton
Loud – #1 Ancient Thrones, #5 Juliet Ruin, #9 Devolver
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
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CJSW Radio 90.9 FM – Calgary
Loud – #4 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsw.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
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CJSR FM 88.5 – Edmonton
Top 30 – #12 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-11-25
0 Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the airplay love! For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -CJLO 1690 AM – Montreal Loud – #9 Fallstaf | CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton Loud – #1 Juliet Ruin, #2 Ancient Thrones, #6 Devolver, #7 Imperishable – Everlasting Spew Records | CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton Top 30 – #11 – Juliet Ruin, #13 Ancient Thrones | CICK 93.9 – Smithers Top 30 – #16 – Z-Cocoon
Thank You Canadian MDs and DJs for the airplay love!
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
CJLO 1690 AM – Montreal
Loud – #9 Fallstaf
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjlo.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-18
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CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton
Loud – #1 Juliet Ruin, #2 Ancient Thrones, #6 Devolver, #7 Imperishable – Everlasting Spew Records
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?intChartTypeID=6&dWeekOfID=2025-11-18
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CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton
Top 30 – #11 – Juliet Ruin, #13 Ancient Thrones
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-11-18
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CICK 93.9 – Smithers
Top 30 – #16 – Z-Cocoon
https://earshot-online.com/charts/cick.cfm?dWeekOfID=2025-11-18
0 Canadian Blackened Prog Death ANCIENT THRONES Unleashes A Lesson In Extreme w/ Drum Playthrough “A Moon Fused Key” From New Concept Album “Melancholia” Out Now!
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 3, 2025
Canadian Progressive Blackened Death ANCIENT THRONES Unleashes A Lesson In Extreme w/ Drum Playthrough “A Moon Fused Key”
New Concept Album “Melancholia” Out Now!
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Ancient Thrones Current Line Up
L – Matt LeBlanc (Bass) | Top – Dylan Wallace (Guitar) | Bottom – Sean Hickey (Drums & Vocals) | R – Nick Leslie (Guitar)
Photo Credit – Matt Leblanc
Canadian extreme metal visionaries Ancient Thrones have released a new drum playthrough video for “A Moon Fused Key,” the opening track from their sophomore concept album “Melancholia.” The video, now streaming via TheCirclePit YouTube channel, captures the raw intensity and technical precision of drummer-vocalist Sean Hickey as he delivers a punishing performance that sets the tone for the album’s existential descent.
“A Moon Fused Key is the opening track on the album, but also a narrative climax. It begins with unrelenting force and speed, and doesn’t stop until the final bitter moments. This song is a statement in existential exhaustion, where you have no choice but to brace for what’s coming,” says Hickey.
“Melancholia” is a 42-minute journey through psychological trauma, psychedelic hallucinations, and emotional collapse. The album follows a colourblind protagonist who takes hallucinogens in a desperate attempt to see colour, only to spiral into a surreal and terrifying inner world. Musically, the album blends black metal, 2000s death metal, and modern tech-death, with cinematic and progressive flourishes that elevate its narrative scope.
The drum playthrough showcases the band’s meticulous production and elevated musicianship, honed over five years of writing and refinement. Hickey’s dual role as drummer and vocalist adds a unique dynamic to the band’s live shows, described by fans as “crushing and violent,” with mosh pits, stage dives, and crowd-surfing that reflect the chaos of the music itself.
Formed in 2011 and rebranded in 2018, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Ancient Thrones has evolved into a fully extreme metal force. With Dylan Wallace as the primary songwriter and Sean Hickey crafting the lyrical and conceptual framework, the band’s collaborative process results in music that is fast, existential, and emotionally resonant.
“This is the sound of existential exhaustion. From the opening drum fill in ‘A Moon Fused Key’ to the washed-out doomy fallout of ‘Vacant,’ “Melancholia” is pure aggression wrapped in a surreal narrative. We hope this album moves you in unnatural ways. Enjoy the trip while it lasts.” Hickey adds.
Watch the full drum playthrough at https://youtu.be/e62MaLUyZgY
“Melancholia” was released on September 19, 2025. The band is already writing new material for the follow-up. Fans can expect more crushing, emotionally charged music in the near future.
Album order (Vinyl, Digital) – https://ancientthrones.bandcamp.com
Lyric Video – “A Moon Fused Key” – https://youtu.be/IfDBNhlJ0sI
Music Video – “Melancholia” – https://youtu.be/_LvSTJ78kd8
Playthrough – “A Turning Point” – https://youtu.be/zQ3wZqZj9EQ
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Track Listing:
1. A Moon Fused Key (5:12)
2. Achromatopsia (1:19)
3. Melancholia (6:17)
4. A Turning Point (5:46)
5. A Pellucid Prism (4:26)
6. Sacred Swollen Glass (6:16)
7. Blight (2:18)
8. A Pale Palace (4:55)
9. Vacant (5:31)
Album Length: 42:00
Band Lineup:
Dylan Wallace – Guitar
Nick Leslie – Guitar
Matt LeBlanc – Bass
Sean Hickey – Drums & Vocals
More info: Facebook.com/Ancientthrones | Instagram.com/ancientthrones
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“The music is indeed violent, and immediately so, exploding in a blast of turbulent riffing, heavily undulating bass tones, and furious beats. The guitars wildly writhe and rapidly spear off in crazed angles, kaleidoscopic in effect, and the words spit forth in caustic screams that are equally deranged. Dissonant and dismal tones intrude, along with guttural roars, blast-beat outbursts, and pulverizing blows, and the riffing also seems to swarm in agony, adding further dimensions of darkness to the song’s overarching manifestation of delirium. Backed by a pulse-pounding and highly headbangable groove, the song also introduces yet another dimension, an eerie guitar solo that slowly slithers, brightly swirls, and evolves into an entrancing harmony, very much like a beckoning and seductive presence that manifests within the mayhem.” – No Clean Singing (single – A Moon Fused Key – 2025)
“Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ancient Thrones’ second album, Melancholia not only cherry picks from a sturdy stable of metallic subgenres — from the melodic, blackened and textural to the technical, exploratory and unhinged — but is also ground zero for an interesting concept/story. The record’s nine songs tell the story of a colorblind individual who dives head first into psychedelic drug use as a last-ditch attempt to experience life in color. The album chronicles everything they experience in the process as life goes on with their newly minted perceptual capabilities. Given that it’s an extreme metal album, we can only surmise that the story doesn’t end on a particularly happy note, but you can find out for yourself via the stream of Melancholia we’re running below, a single day before its release date.” – Decibel Magazine
“Five years after The Veil, the Halifax quartet returns with a second self-produced album. Melancholy is hardly a musical concern. Melancholia is a forty-one-minute blast of extreme metal, combining the codes (and vocals) of black and death metal across nine tight and scorching tracks. Somewhere between AngelCorpse and Black Dahlia Murder, Ancient Thrones stands out more for its true ferocity than for the originality of its material. It’s up to you to decide whether substance outweighs form, or vice versa. In any case, the effectiveness is truly undeniable.” – Metallian Magazine (France)
“indeed a contentious and brutal slab of metal that will roll right over you and crush your skull into dust. Just when you think the band has reached their limit of intensity, they take it up a notch to impossible heights. If you dare, travel to their world of “Melancholia.”” – Metal Temple
“Who needs a compact disc when you have a vinyl? That’s what Canadian’s Ancient Thrones are saying as they approach the 19th September arrival of their new album “Melancholia“. Curiously enough with their guitar playthrough for new song “A Turning Point” the outfit trade Speed for Sludge, Groove and emotional weight as they continue to evolve their progressive and existential sound.” – Metal Noise
“Thrashy blackened death metal, pretty cool stuff.” – The Mosh Pit 89.9 FM (Madison, WI)
“Tracks like A Moon Fused Key and Vacant drive the narrative through blasts of speed, cinematic atmosphere, and suffocating heaviness, pulling from black, death, and tech death while pushing into surreal territory.” – IDIOTEQ
“The whole album, clocking in at 42 minutes, is a descent into what I can only call emotional extremity, not just brutality for brutality’s sake, but a narrative steeped in alienation, transformation, and the horror of seeing the world differently. Tracks like “Achromatopsia” (a 90-second tone poem of dissonance) and the doom-smeared closer “Vacant” frame a journey that’s as cerebral as it is crushing. Think Deafheaven’s atmosphere meets Archspire’s velocity, with a dash of The Red Chord’s structural madness. And the production? Impeccably violent. Every layer was obsessively sculpted: tones dialed, performances honed over a year just to play the damn thing. You can hear it. This isn’t noise; it’s architecture. A cathedral of dissonance with stained glass made of feedback.” – Papy Jeff Metal
“A psychedelic trip turns sideways on Ancient Thrones’ second album, Melancholia. A concept inspired by vocalist/drummer Sean Hickey’s own experience on hallucinatory drugs, chilling fright is given through blackened death metal. Their songwriting trims the excess from their debut The Veil, while never losing sight of the overarching story of a person’s inner turmoil. A few songs use piano for cinematic effect, including the calming interlude “Achromatopsia” and rumbling stance of “Vacant.” The latter is the group at their slowest, slinking along as each word is coughed out with disdain. A cavalcade of drum fills perks the tune up before an extended bout of noise finishes Melancholia on a hopeless note for our suffering main character.” – Heavy Music HQ
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0 Oct – Nov 2025 – Absolute Underground TV / Magazine w/ Visitant – Exitus Stratagem Records, Ancient Thrones, Ivy Gardens, Harvested, Phaeton, Little King, #ashesofthesun, The Fixer, Unpunished, Devolver
Oct – Nov 2025 – Absolute Underground TV / Magazine
w/ Visitant – Exitus Stratagem Records, Ancient Thrones, Ivy Gardens, Harvested, Phaeton, Little King, #ashesofthesun, The Fixer, Unpunished, Devolver
https://absoluteunderground.tv/absolute-underground-magazine-issue-126/
0 Merci Metallian \m/\m/ Août – Septembre 2025 Exitus Stratagem Records – Visitant, Devolver, Ancient Thrones, Doll, Night’s Edge
Merci Metallian \m/\m/ Août – Septembre 2025
Exitus Stratagem Records – Visitant, Devolver, Ancient Thrones, Doll, Night’s Edge
https://www.metallian.online/accueilpro
0 Streaming Now! ANCIENT THRONES’ New Concept Album “Melancholia” Plunges Listeners Into A Surreal Narrative
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 18, 2025
Streaming Now! ANCIENT THRONES’ New Concept Album “Melancholia” Plunges Listeners Into A Surreal Narrative
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Ancient Thrones Current Line Up
L – Matt LeBlanc (Bass) | Top – Dylan Wallace (Guitar) | Bottom – Sean Hickey (Drums & Vocals) | R – Nick Leslie (Guitar)
Photo Credit – Matt Leblanc
Ancient Thrones, the Canadian progressive blackened death metal force known for their visceral storytelling and relentless sonic assault, is set to officially release their long-awaited sophomore album, “Melancholia,” on September 19th (Vinyl and Digital), and can be heard in full before its unleashed via its album stream premiere on Decibel Magazine HERE.
Described by the band as “the sound of existential exhaustion,” “Melancholia” is a 42-minute concept album that plunges listeners into a surreal narrative: a colourblind protagonist takes hallucinogens in a desperate attempt to see colour, only to spiral into a kaleidoscopic nightmare. From the explosive opening of “A Moon Fused Key” to the haunting decay of “Vacant,” the album is a relentless barrage of speed, aggression, and cinematic atmosphere.
“This is truly an unapologetic extreme metal concept album. It’s a bad trip you can’t escape, jagged, abstract, and emotionally devastating,” says the band.
Formed in 2011 and rebranded in 2018, Ancient Thrones has evolved into a fully realized extreme metal entity, thanks in part to the addition of multi-band virtuoso Dylan Wallace. The writing process began in early 2020, just as the world was descending into pandemic-induced uncertainty. Rather than reflect the global crisis directly, the band channeled their energy into crafting a deeply personal and psychologically intense record.
“We’re proud to share this album with our fans, old and new. We hope it moves you in unnatural ways. Enjoy the trip while it lasts,” adds the band.
“Melancholia” is not just an album; it’s an immersive experience. The band’s signature blend of fast, extreme, progressive, cinematic, and existential metal is on full display, with every track contributing to the overarching narrative. Lyrically, the album explores themes of trauma, hallucination, and the dangers of idealism, all inspired by real-life experiences and a harrowing psychedelic episode.
Drawing inspiration from bands like The Red Chord, The Faceless, Archspire, and Deafheaven, Ancient Thrones pushes the boundaries of extreme music. Their sound is rooted in black metal, 2000s death metal, and modern tech death, but their cinematic approach and lyrical depth set them apart.
With “Melancholia” out on September 19, 2025, the band is already writing new material for the follow-up. Fans can expect more crushing, emotionally charged music in the near future.
Album pre-order (Vinyl, Digital) – https://ancientthrones.bandcamp.com
Lyric Video – “A Moon Fused Key” – https://youtu.be/IfDBNhlJ0sI
Music Video – “Melancholia” – https://youtu.be/_LvSTJ78kd8
Playthrough – “A Turning Point” – https://youtu.be/zQ3wZqZj9EQ
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Track Listing:
1. A Moon Fused Key (5:12)
2. Achromatopsia (1:19)
3. Melancholia (6:17)
4. A Turning Point (5:46)
5. A Pellucid Prism (4:26)
6. Sacred Swollen Glass (6:16)
7. Blight (2:18)
8. A Pale Palace (4:55)
9. Vacant (5:31)
Album Length: 42:00
Band Lineup:
Dylan Wallace – Guitar
Nick Leslie – Guitar
Matt LeBlanc – Bass
Sean Hickey – Drums & Vocals
More info: Facebook.com/Ancientthrones | Instagram.com/ancientthrones
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“The music is indeed violent, and immediately so, exploding in a blast of turbulent riffing, heavily undulating bass tones, and furious beats. The guitars wildly writhe and rapidly spear off in crazed angles, kaleidoscopic in effect, and the words spit forth in caustic screams that are equally deranged. Dissonant and dismal tones intrude, along with guttural roars, blast-beat outbursts, and pulverizing blows, and the riffing also seems to swarm in agony, adding further dimensions of darkness to the song’s overarching manifestation of delirium. Backed by a pulse-pounding and highly headbangable groove, the song also introduces yet another dimension, an eerie guitar solo that slowly slithers, brightly swirls, and evolves into an entrancing harmony, very much like a beckoning and seductive presence that manifests within the mayhem.” – No Clean Singing (single – A Moon Fused Key – 2025)
What the press has said about 2020’s “The Veil”:
“A full-throttle attack, the song (The Sight of Oblivion) delivers bludgeoning rhythms, vicious darting and slashing guitar-work, scorching blackened shrieks, and cold-hearted roars. There’s a brazen, borderline-unhinged quality to the barrage, generated by screaming, rapidly whirling leads, magma-like bass notes, and fast-changing, bone-cracking drums. But within the assault there are also fluid, sinuous melodic leads whose mellifluous, reverberating tones give the music a mysterious, mesmerizing, and mournful quality. And near the end one of those leads morphs into a fret-burning dual-guitar extravaganza that really gets the blood rushing.” – No Clean Singing (2020 – The Veil)
“Nearly an hour in length, The Veil earns that run-time with crisply-written compositions and an arsenal of sky-ripping riffs. The acoustic reprieve of “Sentient” and melodic grief of “Permanent” reveal the album’s heavy heart. But the album conjures strength from those pensive moments. Rife with nimble axe-work from Dylan Wallace and Nick Leslie, The Veil never succumbs to the solemnity of its subject. The Veil remains an impactful listen down to its final dying note.” – Decibel Magazine (2020 – The Veil)
“Trailer Park Boys and Hobo With a Shotgun aren’t the only pieces of media that have emerged from Nova Scotia that you should get excited over.” – MetalSucks
“From the massive tremolo sections and bludgeoning riffs to the surprisingly melodic harmonies between guitarists Dylan Wallace and Nick Leslie, Ancient Thrones have definitely honed in on something special with this track.” – GearGods
“From earth crushing riffs and face-melting guitar solos to the overarching theme of grief and devastation that the record encompasses, this single really ramps up the intensity” – Bravewords
“Canadian band Ancient Thrones perform a combination of black, death and thrash metal with some progressive tendencies on The Veil. They have similarities to Skeletonwitch, but have an even more dynamic sound. The songs are both aggressive and intelligent in equal measure and run through a variety of different emotional tangents. There is a vile and harsh aspect to the band, but there is also a forward thinking one. It all results in a creative and dynamic listen.” – Heavy Music Headquarters (2020 – The Veil)
“The prize for most ambitious album of 2020 already has the name of Ancient Thrones carved in marble. Who among you fancies a 56-minute blackened death metal saga with an epic meditation on one man’s descent into the afterlife? No band thought it conceivable to write the metal version of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, but this Nova Scotia quartet are not just any band. This is a remarkable journey for the contemplative mind.” – Scream Blast Repeat (2020 – The Veil)
“The Sight of Oblivion and The Millionth Grave are steeped in ferociousness and savagery as only a band well versed in blackened death metal are capable of producing.8.5/10” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life (2020 – The Veil)
“With this new incarnation, Ancient Thrones has moved into strict Black/Death territory, producing an album filled with pummeling riffs, intricate song structures, and technical musicianship that’s leavened by atmospheric segments and epic, sometimes audacious melodies that border on Cascadian. The production matches this style perfectly, being heavy and abrasive while allowing the songs enough room to stretch out… fans of more epic and melodic Black/Death will want to give The Veil a listen. 4/5” – The Metal Crypt (2020 – The Veil)
“It is fast, thrashing extreme metal with shrieked/growled vocals, and a headbanging attitude. They have elements of thrash, black and death but their method of delivery won’t confuse anyone. It is metal to make the fans move. It is pretty thrashy, pretty brutal but also melodic, and the guitar work has plenty to offer both in the riffs and the melodies.” – Metal Bulletin (2020 – The Veil)
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0 Groove, Sludge, and Fury ANCIENT THRONES Drop “A Turning Point” Guitar Playthrough Off New Album “Melancholia” Out Sept 2025
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 4, 2025
Groove, Sludge, and Fury ANCIENT THRONES Drop “A Turning Point” Guitar Playthrough Off New Album “Melancholia” Out Sept 2025
+ Launch Vinyl Pre-Order
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Ancient Thrones Current Line Up
Top L-R: Dylan Wallace (Guitar) | Nick Leslie (Guitar)
Bottom L-R: Matt LeBlanc (Bass) | Sean Hickey (Drums & Vocals)
Photo Credit – Matt Leblanc
Halifax, Canada’s Ancient Thrones has dropped a blistering guitar playthrough for their latest single “A Turning Point,” offering fans a visceral preview of their forthcoming full-length album, “Melancholia,” out on September 19th, 2025 (Vinyl and Digital). The track marks a sonic shift for the band, trading speed for sludge, groove, and emotional weight as they continue to evolve their progressive and existential sound.
“A turning point is exactly that; a complete shift from speed into a groove-focused, more sludge-influenced sound, with twists and turns as our character in the story sinks his feet into the muddy path ahead, going deeper into the trip. Originally, this song was meant to be a bit more straightforward rhythmically, until Sean flipped the drum part to channel influences like Brann Dailor on Mastodon’s “Leviathan’, big energy and lots of fills. Featuring a ground-shaking bass performance by Matt LeBlanc and ending with a standout finger-bleeding solo from Dylan Wallace, the song offers something to satisfy all metal fans,” adds the band.
Watch and listen to the playthrough for “A Turning Point” via its premiere on Metal Insider HERE.
Formed in 2011 and rebranded in 2018, Ancient Thrones carved out a new identity rooted in fast, extreme, progressive, cinematic, and existential soundscapes. With “Melancholia”, the band introduces a 42-minute descent into existential exhaustion, delivering an unapologetic extreme metal concept album that fuses blistering speed, cinematic storytelling, and emotional brutality.
From the chaotic opener “A Moon Fused Key” to the doom-laden closer “Vacant,” the band exposes raw intensity and jagged vulnerability. The narrative follows a colorblind protagonist navigating hallucinogenic visions in search of meaning, an unsettling journey through idealism, dread, and transformation. After five years of creation, Ancient Thrones proudly bring to light this new chapter, inviting listeners to embrace the chaos and feel something truly unnatural.
“For this album, a big focus for us was on the production. We meticulously, painstakingly spent several hours dialing every tone, note, layer, vocal, etc. We were fortunate to have time and a slower world on our side during production. Everything on this album was thought out and brought to life in a fully fleshed-out way. It took us 5 years to make this album, with 1 of those years used just levelling up our musicianship and techniques in order to play the material. We’re faster, more technical, and have a singular focus to make sure this album was beating you down from head to toe,” says Leblanc.
Drawing inspiration from the chaotic precision of The Red Chord and The Faceless, the poetic intensity of Deafheaven, and the breakneck technicality of Archspire, Ancient Thrones forges a sound that’s ferocious and relentlessly extreme. “Melancholia” marks their most ambitious leap yet—each note sharpened and sculpted over five years of obsessive writing and sonic refinement.
Album pre-order (Vinyl, Digital) (out Sept 19th, 2025) – https://ancientthrones.bandcamp.com
Lyric Video – “A Moon Fused Key” – https://youtu.be/IfDBNhlJ0sI
Music Video – “Melancholia” – https://youtu.be/_LvSTJ78kd8
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Track Listing:
1. A Moon Fused Key (5:12)
2. Achromatopsia (1:19)
3. Melancholia (6:17)
4. A Turning Point (5:46)
5. A Pellucid Prism (4:26)
6. Sacred Swollen Glass (6:16)
7. Blight (2:18)
8. A Pale Palace (4:55)
9. Vacant (5:31)
Album Length: 42:00
Band Lineup:
Dylan Wallace – Guitar
Nick Leslie – Guitar
Matt LeBlanc – Bass
Sean Hickey – Drums & Vocals
More info: Facebook.com/Ancientthrones | Instagram.com/ancientthrones
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“The music is indeed violent, and immediately so, exploding in a blast of turbulent riffing, heavily undulating bass tones, and furious beats. The guitars wildly writhe and rapidly spear off in crazed angles, kaleidoscopic in effect, and the words spit forth in caustic screams that are equally deranged. Dissonant and dismal tones intrude, along with guttural roars, blast-beat outbursts, and pulverizing blows, and the riffing also seems to swarm in agony, adding further dimensions of darkness to the song’s overarching manifestation of delirium. Backed by a pulse-pounding and highly headbangable groove, the song also introduces yet another dimension, an eerie guitar solo that slowly slithers, brightly swirls, and evolves into an entrancing harmony, very much like a beckoning and seductive presence that manifests within the mayhem.” – No Clean Singing (single – A Moon Fused Key – 2025)
What the press has said about 2020’s “The Veil”:
“A full-throttle attack, the song (The Sight of Oblivion) delivers bludgeoning rhythms, vicious darting and slashing guitar-work, scorching blackened shrieks, and cold-hearted roars. There’s a brazen, borderline-unhinged quality to the barrage, generated by screaming, rapidly whirling leads, magma-like bass notes, and fast-changing, bone-cracking drums. But within the assault there are also fluid, sinuous melodic leads whose mellifluous, reverberating tones give the music a mysterious, mesmerizing, and mournful quality. And near the end one of those leads morphs into a fret-burning dual-guitar extravaganza that really gets the blood rushing.” – No Clean Singing (2020 – The Veil)
“Nearly an hour in length, The Veil earns that run-time with crisply-written compositions and an arsenal of sky-ripping riffs. The acoustic reprieve of “Sentient” and melodic grief of “Permanent” reveal the album’s heavy heart. But the album conjures strength from those pensive moments. Rife with nimble axe-work from Dylan Wallace and Nick Leslie, The Veil never succumbs to the solemnity of its subject. The Veil remains an impactful listen down to its final dying note.” – Decibel Magazine (2020 – The Veil)
“Trailer Park Boys and Hobo With a Shotgun aren’t the only pieces of media that have emerged from Nova Scotia that you should get excited over.” – MetalSucks
“From the massive tremolo sections and bludgeoning riffs to the surprisingly melodic harmonies between guitarists Dylan Wallace and Nick Leslie, Ancient Thrones have definitely honed in on something special with this track.” – GearGods
“From earth crushing riffs and face-melting guitar solos to the overarching theme of grief and devastation that the record encompasses, this single really ramps up the intensity” – Bravewords
“Canadian band Ancient Thrones perform a combination of black, death and thrash metal with some progressive tendencies on The Veil. They have similarities to Skeletonwitch, but have an even more dynamic sound. The songs are both aggressive and intelligent in equal measure and run through a variety of different emotional tangents. There is a vile and harsh aspect to the band, but there is also a forward thinking one. It all results in a creative and dynamic listen.” – Heavy Music Headquarters (2020 – The Veil)
“The prize for most ambitious album of 2020 already has the name of Ancient Thrones carved in marble. Who among you fancies a 56-minute blackened death metal saga with an epic meditation on one man’s descent into the afterlife? No band thought it conceivable to write the metal version of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, but this Nova Scotia quartet are not just any band. This is a remarkable journey for the contemplative mind.” – Scream Blast Repeat (2020 – The Veil)
“The Sight of Oblivion and The Millionth Grave are steeped in ferociousness and savagery as only a band well versed in blackened death metal are capable of producing.8.5/10” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life (2020 – The Veil)
“With this new incarnation, Ancient Thrones has moved into strict Black/Death territory, producing an album filled with pummeling riffs, intricate song structures, and technical musicianship that’s leavened by atmospheric segments and epic, sometimes audacious melodies that border on Cascadian. The production matches this style perfectly, being heavy and abrasive while allowing the songs enough room to stretch out… fans of more epic and melodic Black/Death will want to give The Veil a listen. 4/5” – The Metal Crypt (2020 – The Veil)
“It is fast, thrashing extreme metal with shrieked/growled vocals, and a headbanging attitude. They have elements of thrash, black and death but their method of delivery won’t confuse anyone. It is metal to make the fans move. It is pretty thrashy, pretty brutal but also melodic, and the guitar work has plenty to offer both in the riffs and the melodies.” – Metal Bulletin (2020 – The Veil)
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