Dhilorz

Ancient-2015

Norwegian black metal titans ANCIENT, who recently signed a global deal with ALPHA OMEGA Management, are set to release their new album “Back To The Land Of The Dead” in February 2016. ANCIENT is featuring Zel (aka Aphazel) on Vocals/guitars/keyboards, Dhilorz on Guitars/bass and Nick Barker on Drums, and just recently the band announced Ghiulz Borroni, esteemed shredder of extreme metal scene and lead guitarist of the legendary cult band BULLDOZER, to be the band’s live session guitarist.

The frontman Zel comments:
Finally, the album is ready!! The new album of Ancient, Back To The Land Of The Dead, was mastered today by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Finland. So, the album is 100% ready now. We will launch news about release date, label, teaser, new video, tour dates etc etc. in about 2 weeks from now.

Mika Jussila, from Finnvox Studios adds:
FU**ING Hell it’s going to be an awesome album! What a Blast! I love this. Have now listened thru all the tracks.

On the album front cover Zel comments:
The cover shows a hooded figure standing in a passage. He has been away a long time, and is now returning from his journey. The place is crowded with people that are now some kind of “spiritual zombies”, he has come back to the place he was born, to “wake them up”, and he thinks of this place as the “land of the (spiritual) dead “. This is actually what we are doing, in a way.

ANCIENT-front-cover-final

The track listing is as follows :

1. Land of The Dead (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Dhilorz and Zel)
2. Beyond The Blood Moon (Music and lyrics by Zel)
3. The Sempiternal Haze (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)
4. The Empyrean Sword (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)
5. The Ancient Disarray (Music and lyrics by Zel)
6. Occlude The Gates (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)

The Excruciating Journey

7. Part I Defiance and rage (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)
8. Part II The Prodigal Years (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)
9. Part III The Awakening (Music by Dhilorz, lyrics by Zel)

10. Death Will Die (Music and lyrics by Zel)
11. The Spiral (Music and lyrics by Zel)
12. Petrified By Their End (Music by Dhilorz and Zel, lyrics by Zel)

Bonus track :

13. 13 Candles (Music and lyrics by Quorthon)

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Norwegian black metal titans ANCIENT and ALPHA OMEGA Management have announced the signing of the Management Deal. The band’s upcoming 7th studio album “Back To The Land Of The Dead” will have the final mix done in Italy in august 2015.

Comments ANCIENT’s Aphazel:

“We are very excited and enthusiastic in starting to work with Alpha Omega Management, especially since Alex Azzali is a friend of ours for about 20 years. Now we will start making plans to come out and find all you maniacs out there, and prepare for long series of Night Visits, worldwide !!”

Comments ALPHA OMEGA Management team:

“We are extremely delighted to announce the signing of the management deal with The legends like ANCIENT, formed back in 1992 by the charismatic Aphazel. The longtime friendship and mutual respect of these past 20 years has brought us to this thrilled moment to start to work together for the future towards new frontiers. The future of black metal will be re-written, stay tuned!”

ANCHIENT are:
Zel (aka Aphazel): Vocals, guitars and keyboards
Dhilorz: Guitars and bass
Nick Barker: Drums

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Studio albums

Svartalvheim (1994)
The Cainian Chronicle (1996)
Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997)
The Halls of Eternity (1999)
Proxima Centauri (2001)
Night Visit (2004)
Back to the Land of the Dead (upcoming)