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 three studio albums.[2]

Archspire
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 an unexpected stroke at age 31.[5] He returned to the band for a brief period after recovering, but eventually parted ways.

Later in 2013, Archspire signed with Season of Mist,[6] and returned to Rain City Recorders to produce a second album with Stuart McKillop.[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 then-touring bassist Clayton Harder. They asked interested parties to record a video of themselves playing an Archspire song (they suggested "Deathless Ringing") and sending the band a link.[11] 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".[12]

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.[13]

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.[14][15] 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[16] and asked singer Aleron to coach him for a war cry technique.[17]

Members

Current members
  • Oli Peters (a.k.a. Oliver Rae Aleron) – vocals (2009–present)
  • Tobi Morelli – 7-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)

Discography

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. "Archspire seeks new bassist". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. "Archspire announces new bassist". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. "ARCHSPIRE Will Rip Your Fucking Face Off And Wear It With "Involuntary Doppelgänger" – Metal Injection". 5 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  14. Dozier, Rob (April 19, 2019). "This YouTube Channel Streams AI-Generated Death Metal 24/7".
  15. "AI Death Metal Generator Using ARCHSPIRE As Source Material". Metal Injection. April 23, 2019.
  16. "Jason Momoa Recruits Archspire Members for New Apple TV+ Show | MetalSucks". November 2, 2019 – via www.metalsucks.net.
  17. Hersko, Tyler; Hersko, Tyler (November 18, 2019). "'See': Jason Momoa Handpicked a Metal Vocalist to Train Him For War Cry Scene".
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