Right here’s an ideal story that occurred earlier this week: Canadian progressive metallic act Anciients took dwelling their second JUNO Award for Greatest Metallic/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months, besting 4 different well-deserving bands/artists within the class.
The band acquired the excessive reward and accolade in the course of the fifty fifth annual JUNO Awards this previous Monday. It was the second JUNO Award nomination and win within the band’s profession, having gained again in 2018 for his or her earlier album Voice of the Void.
As a little bit of a reminder, this yr’s nominees for the JUNO Award for Greatest Metallic/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months have been:
- Past the Attain of the Solar, Anciients
- PowerNerd, Devin Townsend
- Fireplace, Kittie
- The Concern of Concern, Spiritbox
- Ultrapower, Striker
We’ve stated it earlier than and we’ll say it once more. The Canadians simply know easy methods to assist their artists, metallic or not. The JUNO Awards are infinitely higher than the Grammys and it’s instantly evident with their annual metallic awards.
With the band’s second JUNO Awards win now within the books, Anciients’ vocalist and guitarist Kenny Prepare dinner stated he and his bandmates have been extraordinarily humbled by the win.
“We’re utterly ecstatic about successful the JUNO Award for Greatest Metallic/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months. Simply being nominated alongside the opposite legendary nominees was large for us. We by no means fathomed we might win it, however we’re over the moon with pleasure and stunned that we did. Thanks to the JUNO Committee for selecting Past the Attain of the Solar as Canada’s greatest Metallic/Laborious Music Album of 2024/25. It’s a huge honor for us.”
