Friday 6th April 2012

We are busy getting some shows lined up for you guys this year, and we are very happy to announce we shall be playing Rockstone Bohemia Festival 2012 near Prague, Czech Republic!!

We will be playing on the Sunday night along with some really awesome bands including Amaranthe, Dragonland, Pathfinder and fellow Spiritual Beasters Ancient Bards!

It's going to be a GREAT show, and we will have a very special surprise for you as part of our set so don't miss out! You can get tickets HERE!

Check out our TOUR page for other upcoming shows (more coming soon!)

Also, we have some more reviews to check out, the latest from Black Wind Metal:

Ascension - Far Beyond the Stars review - 4.25/5

We also have a brand new Press section to keep track of all the reviews and interviews!

Wednesday 21st March 2012

It's a big day here for us as we celebrate the Japanese release of our debut album - 'Far Beyond the Stars'

You can get it at any of these retailers online or in-store!

CD JAPAN
AMAZON JAPAN
HMV JAPAN
DISK UNION
TOWER RECORDS

Rest of the world... your time is coming very soon! :)

Tuesday 28th February 2012

Ascension are proud to unveil our debut music video for the song "Somewhere Back in Time" from the forthcoming album "Fay Beyond the Stars"! Check it out!

Monday 20th February 2012

It seems that Far Beyond the Stars is proving quite popular with the early reviewers! Check out these two new reviews of the album

Sinister Reviews : Ascension - Far Beyond the Stars - 9/10!

Mayfair Mall Zine CD REVIEWS - Ascension - Far Beyond the Stars

If that doesn't get you excited enough about the release then don't go far - we have T-shirts and the Somewhere Back in Time music video coming soon!

ARTWORK RELEASED AND FIRST REVIEW UP!

Tuesday 14th February 2012

What a lovely Valentines gift for us to share, not only is the first review of the album in but we are also unveiling the artwork for Far Beyond the Stars!

ASCENSION - Far Beyond the Stars CD Review @ PlanetMOSH - 9/10!

and here it is... the artwork!

ASCENSION SIGNS TO SPIRITUAL BEAST RECORDS FOR DEBUT ALBUM!

Thursday 9th February 2012

"Fresh, contemporary power metal band Ascension are very excited to tell you that we have joined forces with the mighty Japanese metal label Spiritual Beast to unleash our debut album upon the world!"

ASCENSION are very pleased to announce that our debut album Far Beyond the Stars will be released worldwide through Japanese label Spiritual Beast and distributed through Universal Music.

The album will be released in Japan on March 21st and will feature an exclusive Japanese bonus track. Worldwide and European release dates to follow soon!

"Far Beyond the Stars" was recorded with Grammy nominated Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden .

The album tracklist is as follows:

1. Somewhere Back in Time
2. Blackthorne
3. Reflected Life
4. Heavenly
5. Moongate
6. Orb of the Moons
7. The Silver Tide
8. TheTime Machine
9. Far Beyond The Stars
10. The Avatar (Ascension)
11. Time for War (Japanese Bonus)

The CD will also feature our first music video for the song 'Somewhere Back in Time'