Right here’s an ideal story that occurred earlier this week: Canadian progressive steel act Anciients took house their second JUNO Award for Finest Steel/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months, besting 4 different well-deserving bands/artists within the class.
The band obtained 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 12 months’s nominees for the JUNO Award for Finest Steel/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months had been:
- Past the Attain of the Solar, Anciients
- PowerNerd, Devin Townsend
- Hearth, 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 the right way to assist their artists, steel or not. The JUNO Awards are infinitely higher than the Grammys and it’s instantly evident with their annual steel awards.
With the band’s second JUNO Awards win now within the books, Anciients’ vocalist and guitarist Kenny Cook dinner stated he and his bandmates had been extraordinarily humbled by the win.
“We’re utterly ecstatic about profitable the JUNO Award for Finest Steel/Laborious Music Album of the 12 months. Simply being nominated alongside the opposite legendary nominees was enormous for us. We by no means fathomed we may win it, however we’re over the moon with pleasure and shocked that we did. Thanks to the JUNO Committee for selecting Past the Attain of the Solar as Canada’s finest Steel/Laborious Music Album of 2024/25. It’s a large honor for us.”
