Description

Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover. Limited 250 copies

The second full length album from Ancient, a black metal combo fronted by Norwegian transplant Aphazel. The Canian Chronicle is a surprisingly mature and memorable collection of hellish invocations. Evil guitar riffs, frenetic drumming, demonic screeching, and orchestral backdrops place this squarely in the Scandinavian black metal tradition, but Ancient also displays an admirable penchant for exploration on longer excursions like the four-part title track and the eight-plus minute Song of Kaiaphas. And despite the largely unnecessary presence of his utterly disposable and ridiculous henchmen (pictured in spooky cloaks and corpse make-up — oooh, scary!), Aphazel himself is clearly not messing around.

Track listing:
1. Ponderous Moonlighting
2. The Cainian Chronicle Part 1: The Curse
3. The Cainian Chronicle Part 2: Liliths Embrace
4. The Cainian Chronicle Part 3: Disiplines Of Caine
5. At The Infernal Portal
6. Cry Of Mariamne
7. Prophecy Of Gehenna
8. Song Of Kaiaphas
9. Exu
10. The Pagan Cycle
11. Homage To Pan