After blowing minds and winning over fans left and right after their stint opening for King Diamond’s North American tour, Finnish occult rock masters Jess and the Ancient Ones have announced that they are entering the studio to record the long awaited follow up to 2013’s Astral Sabbat EP. Earlier in June, 5/7 of Jess and the Ancient Ones (JATAO minus Fiend and Von Stroh) released an album of new material as The Exploding Eyes Orchestra which absolutely blew my mind but left myself and many others wondering what this meant for Jess and the Ancient Ones.
As it turned out, this release was more of an extended family kind of thing and that Jess and the Ancient Ones was still very much thriving, alive, and well. Just this week Jess and the Ancient Ones announced via their official Facebook page not only some details regarding their forthcoming release, The Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes but also announced the departure of guitarist Von Stroh. Here’s what they had to say:
A long time has passed since the release of the first album, as the years have been moving on so fast.
The family of JATAO has been quite busy still, as at this moment we are preparing for the upcoming studio session, which will start two weeks from now. Studio 33 will act as our home for the time to come, and we couldn’t be more happier. It’s like our own local Abbey Road, so our live spirit will surely be enchanted to its best. The producing will be done by us, as we are entering the studio with a vision most clear. We’ll act as the soldiers of forbidden love and do everything in our power to make this next coming worth the wait.
“Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes” will be released through the ever so eerie Svart Records somewhere inside this trippy year of 2015.
Second important thing to mention is that the seven has turned into six. Von Stroh continues his worldly explorations inside a different scene within the future, and we truly wish that the Lady Fortuna will embrace him kindly. May he walk with ease on the journeys ahead. No drama, no rock star shit. Just life. Thank you for the past years dear old friend.
…And we’ll remain as six now.
A new Jess and the Ancient Ones release in 2015? Oh can I get a fuck yeah? If you know me at all, you know that Jess and the Ancient Ones are a huge favorite of mine and I cannot even begin to express my excitement about this release. There hasn’t been an official release date as of yet but rest assured that as soon as more details are made available I will let you all know. In the meantime, check out the B-Side to Jess and the Ancient Ones’ 2014 “Castaneda” single.
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