ANCIIENTS

Name: ANCIIENTS
Start: 2026-09-26T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-26T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Neushoorn

took place · 26 Sep 2026

Neushoorn, Leeuwarden

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ANCIIENTS plays Neushoorn in Leeuwarden on 26 September 2026, with doors opening at 14:00.

About: Anciients

Vancouver's Anciients have built their reputation on sprawling, heavy compositions that sit at the crossroads of sludge, progressive and post-metal. Their JUNO Award-winning third album Beyond the Reach of the Sun brings them back to European stages for the first time in over a decade.

11.9K

monthly listeners on Spotify

JUNO Award Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year 2025 (2× winner)

shows on the European tour 'Ascent of the Fallen Ones' (autumn 2026)

What's new

2026-07
Anciients announced a Canadian summer tour, followed by their first European headliner tour in more than ten years.
2026-05
The band announced their European and British tour 'Ascent of the Fallen Ones', with shows in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the UK, Spain and Portugal.
2025-10
Anciients won the Metal & Hard Music Artist of the Year award at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

Tour

LeeuwardenCologneCopenhagenLondonNottinghamManchesterBristolSouthamptonBrightonNijmegenBarcelonaMadridBragança

Tracks

Heart of Oakdebut album from 2013, breakthrough in the underground metal scene

Voice of the Voidsecond album (2016), won the JUNO Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year in 2018

Beyond the Reach of the Sunthird album (2024), won the JUNO Award 2025; features keyboards and synthesizers for the first time

Despoiledhighly praised track from Beyond the Reach of the Sun

Is It Your Godsingle from Beyond the Reach of the Sun, favorite among fans and critics

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