Nth Ascension

Blackpool prog

Per the band's Bandcamp bio and Skiddle, Nth Ascension was conceived in 2009 by the keyboardist Darrel Treece-Birch and the drummer Craig Walker; the vocalist Alan Taylor, called Spud, and the guitarist Martin Walker, Craig's father, joined in January 2010, and the songwriting trio of Treece-Birch, Taylor and Martin Walker has worked together since the mid-1980s. Wikipedia's article on Treece-Birch says the band formed as Nth Degree in 2010, and that a full-time bass player joined in late 2012. The vocalist appears as Michael Taylor, Michael-Alan Taylor and Alan Taylor in different sources, probably one person, and the 2011 line-up on Background Magazine lists Michael Taylor on vocals and bass. Treece-Birch also joined the melodic hard rock band Ten in 2011 and left Nth Ascension in March 2021.

The debut Frequencies of Day and Night came out on November 5, 2011, as a free download from the Aurovine website, and Background Magazine's Henri Strik wrote that the guitar and keyboard solos are just brilliant and that he could not find any weak track. They signed to Sonic Vista in November 2013 and released Ascension of Kings (December 13, 2014), recorded in Blackpool and Cleveleys, with vocals at DogHouse Studio by Gary Hughes of Ten, who sang backing vocals; In Fine Initium (October 14, 2016, Melodic Revolution, 67:52), which Dangerdog scored 4.5 of 5; and Stranger Than Fiction (May 31, 2019, Metatronic), mixed and mastered by Eric Gillette in the US. Reviewers compare them to Pallas, Magna Carta, Ten, Threshold, Marillion and Yes. Setlist.fm lists five shows, from Bolton in December 2012 to HRH Prog at the O2 Academy Sheffield on April 2, 2022.