Anciients release new version of "Built To Die" - Allied Forces

Anciients release new version of “Built To Die”

Built To Die tests the horsepower of Anciient’s new engine. A fuzz guitar revs right out of the gate, as if shot out of a cannon by the song’s gargantuan opening roar.

Anciients are bound for a big comeback later this year with the release of their long-awaited third album. Last month, the JUNO award winners released a re-recorded version of a fan favorite to flex the cosmic muscle of their new lineup. Today, these hard-rocking Canucks are releasing another re-recording. Only this time, they’re tuning up an old bonus track that’s turned into a set list staple.

Listen to the re-recorded version of Built To Die below:

Anciients first came into existence back in 2011, though Kenny Cook (vocals, guitar), Chris Dyck (guitar) and Aaron Boon Gustafson (bass) had already played in a band together. Their potent chemistry, joined with drummer Mike Hannay, spilled over into Heart Of Oak, which landed the band an opening slot on tour with Lamb Of God, as well as on the long list for a JUNO and the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

After their second album, Voice Of The Void, won a JUNO in 2018 for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year, Anciients underwent several line-up changes. They’re now joined by bassist Rory O’Brien and Brock MacInnes on rhythm guitar.

Built To Die tests the horsepower of Anciient‘s new engine. A fuzz guitar revs right out of the gate, as if shot out of a cannon by the song’s gargantuan opening roar. What follows is a neck-and-neck drag race between that garage rock riff and double bass kicks that pump with the speed and precision of twin-cylinder pistons. “Goodbye friends / Hello death“, sings Cook with a throat full of melody before he’s swallowed by the low-end’s greasy chug.

“We’re excited to share a re-recorded version of ‘Built To Die‘”, says Cook. “This was the first song written for Anciients, so it seemed like a fun idea to record it again with our current lineup. It was originally recorded by Shawn Penner for our Snakebeard EP way back in 2011. It was a great experience to bring it back to life, but this time with Jesse Gander producing it. Hope you all enjoy this new version!“

The band is currently working on their third studio album that will be released sometime in 2024, probably at the end of the year, so for the moment we can enjoy the new version they have recorded of their song Raise The Sun that opens the debut album from 2014 for which they have also released a video created by Scott Rudd Film and which you can see below:

“With the 10th anniversary of ‘Heart Of Oak’ happening while we were recording our new record, we decided to re-record a couple songs with our current lineup. It was a trip down memory lane working on this song, a decade later, with producer Jesse Gander at the helm again. We hope you enjoy the sound of this new version of ‘Raise The Sun’“, says vocalist and guitarist Kenneth Paul Cook about the new version of Raise The Sun.

Raise The Sun has been produced and mixed by Jesse Gander and mastered by Stu Mckillop at RainCity Mastering in Vancouver, British Columbia.