Archspire

Archspire is a Canadian technical death metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are currently signed to Season of Mist.[1] The group has released four studio albums.[2]

Archspire
Archspire during 2019 Hellfest
Background information
OriginVancouver, British Columbia
GenresTechnical death metal
Years active2009–present
Labels
  • Trendkill Recordings
  • Hadean Records
Members
  • Spencer Prewett
  • Tobi Morelli
  • Dean Lamb
  • Oli Peters
  • Jared Smith
Past members
  • Jaron Evil
  • Clayton Harder
  • Shawn Hache

History

The band was formed in 2007 as Defenestrated, but changed their name to Archspire in 2009.[3]

In April 2011, Trendkill Recordings released All Shall Align, the band's first album. It was recorded between May and December 2010 working with producer Stuart McKillop at The Hive studios[4]

In early 2013, founding bassist Jaron Evil suffered a stroke at age 31.[5] He recovered and briefly returned to the band, but left permanently in late 2013. He was replaced by Clayton Harder.

Also in 2013, Archspire signed with Season of Mist,[6] and recorded a second album with Stuart McKillop, at Rain City Recorders.[7] On February 2, 2014, the band released a single from their upcoming album, "Lucid Collective Somnambulation",[8] and in April released The Lucid Collective.[1][9][10]

In January 2015 the band announced they were seeking a permanent bass player as a replacement for bassist Clayton Harder, who left to study jazz guitar at York University.[11] They asked interested parties to record a video of themselves playing an Archspire song (they suggested "Deathless Ringing").[12] On January 12, the band announced that they had selected Jared Smith to become their full-time bassist, and posted Smith's play through video of "Lucid Collective Somnambulation".[13]

The band announced their third album Relentless Mutation and a single, "Involuntary Doppelgänger", on July 5, 2017. The album was released on September 22, 2017.[14] At the Juno Awards of 2018, the album received a nomination for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year.[15]

In 2019, the band made tech news headlines when a duo of programmers called Dadabots created a neural network trained on Archspire's music to produce a non-stop stream of technical death metal based on the band's music; Dadabots also noted that Archspire's music produced the most consistent AI results, presumably because of the high tempo and technical machine-like nature of the songs. Archspire themselves also commented on the phenomenon, jokingly referring to themselves as robots.[16][17] Later that year, Aleron and Prewett appeared in a cameo in the first episode of See; actor Jason Momoa is a fan of the band[18] and asked singer Aleron to coach him for a war cry technique.[19]

On October 29, 2021, Archspire released their fourth studio album Bleed the Future.[20] Three singles were released: "The Golden Mouth of Ruin", "Bleed the Future", and "Drone Corpse Aviator". "The Golden Mouth of Ruin" and "Drone Corpse Aviator" singles were accompanied by music videos. The video for "Drone Corpse Aviator" was the first fully-produced video the band has made.[21]

Members

Current members
  • Oli Peters (a.k.a. Oliver Rae Aleron) – vocals (2009–present)
  • Tobi Morelli – 7 and 8-string guitar (2009–present)
  • Dean Lamb – 8-string guitar (2009–present)
  • Jared Smith – bass (2016–present)
  • Spencer Prewett – drums (2009–present)

Former members
  • Jaron Evil – bass, backing vocals (2009–2013)
  • Clayton Harder – bass (2013–2016)
  • Shawn Hache – vocals (2009)

Timeline

Discography
  • All Shall Align (2011)
  • The Lucid Collective (2014)
  • Relentless Mutation (2017)
  • Bleed the Future (2021)

References
  1. "Archspire, Relentless Mutation album, Technical Death Metal (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) – Season of Mist, Metal Label". www.season-of-mist.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. "Relentless Mutation, by Archspire". Archspire. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. "Archspire – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. "Archspire Signs To Trendkill Recordings". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. "Archspire". www.facebook.com.
  6. "Season of Mist signs Archspire". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. "Archspire News: ARCHSPIRE – Season of Mist, Metal Label". www.season-of-mist.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. "Archspire "Lucid Collective Somnambulation" song premiere". lambgoat.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  9. "New & Noteworthy April 29th: As bright as the darknessMetal Insider". 29 April 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  10. "Archspire News: ARCHSPIRE – Season of Mist, Metal Label". www.season-of-mist.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. "Clayton Harder". jazz.fm. Jazz.FM91. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  12. "Archspire seeks new bassist". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. "Archspire announces new bassist". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  14. "ARCHSPIRE Will Rip Your Fucking Face Off And Wear It With "Involuntary Doppelgänger" – Metal Injection". 5 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  15. "No drugs, no serious addictions..." cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  16. Dozier, Rob (April 19, 2019). "This YouTube Channel Streams AI-Generated Death Metal 24/7".
  17. "AI Death Metal Generator Using ARCHSPIRE As Source Material". Metal Injection. April 23, 2019.
  18. "Jason Momoa Recruits Archspire Members for New Apple TV+ Show | MetalSucks". November 2, 2019 – via www.metalsucks.net.
  19. Hersko, Tyler (November 18, 2019). "'See': Jason Momoa Handpicked a Metal Vocalist to Train Him For War Cry Scene".
  20. Howkins, Jessica. "ALBUM REVIEW: Bleed The Future – Archspire". distortedsoundmag.com. Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  21. "ARCHSPIRE TO RELEASE BLEED THE FUTURE ALBUM IN OCTOBER; "GOLDEN MOUTH OF RUIN" MUSIC VIDEO POSTED". Brave Words. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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