As a guy who's not very into Death Metal, I underestimated the level of artistry it could produce. This album is awesome, and I'm super impressed with the band and the caliber of musicianship and creativity here.

If you watch the documentary, Oli talks about the concept for the songs/lyrics. It's not random at all. All of the song titles make sense.

The most likely reason why the motif in the beginning of Reverie on the Onyx was so familiar is because it's the same melody from Mozart's Requiem in D minor, Lacrimosa. They also use classical runs in other songs and they make it fit so well.

Well considering their last album came out a bit ago they probably played and practiced the bits they liked. Like Dean said Tobi integrated melodic stuff he’s been playing for awhile and they enjoyed it, it gave the album spice and new meaning without loosing out on it being heavy as balls. And for Spencer I’m sure it was just on the spot.

As for my favorite, probably Drain of Incarnation. Really one of three that especially hit me. Other major highlights include Reverie On the Onyx and A.U.M. Update: I think Acrid Canon is my favorite now.

Nice reaction / review dude! I'm a big fan of tech death but have 0 musical understanding. I think what blows me away about Archspire is that their songs are so coherent and internally consistent. Let me put it this way: there's a lot of tech death out there with music that's written to show off how good the musicians are. But it seems like the ideas of the songs are like a patchwork of technical complexity in such a way that it's almost like the purpose of the song is to facilitate that technical complexity / pace. With Archspire, it feels much more like the pace / technical complexity serve the ideas of the song, rather than the songs being written to enable a certain style. Like you get the "wow" factor of how impressive the musicians are, but you *also* get a song with depth and substance. Really impressive stuff, I can't stop listening to this album.

the most interesting thing is that all of these songs are above 300bpm which means that whenever Spencer (the drummer) is playing quarter notes he's actually playing at above 20hz which means it's just one tone instead of individual notes.

The talent is unmatched

The reason 'Reverie on the Onyx' sounds familiar and Neo Classical is because it is Mozart. Check out Lacrymosa some time.

Dean said they almost named the album "Bring back the Danger" because of that lunatic that left tobi that voice message LMAO.

Thanks for reminding me of recent releases and listening to them with me mate. Greets from Germany.

Aye their we go I was looking forward to your reactions!

The classical motif from Reverie on The Onyx is from Mozart's Lacrymosa (Or the Requiem hymn, if you really want to be a nut). These bois love their classical references. Also, I do believe their tracks all follow a central storyline revolving around the extra-dimensional shenanigans of the A.U.M. (Based on the S.C.P. Foundation).

I think that one of the only features that could keep up to Oli would be Ben Duerr because of that one song he does in Hollow Prophet, I think its Infernal Cleansing where he goes rap god for like 3 seconds

Welcome to the world of tech death and the kings of it.

“Metaldy” is actually the perfect kenning for what Archspire does. Phenomenal album and fantastic reaction \m/@@\m/

And just like that in less than 30 minutes 3 years of these guys's musical life's condensed in there

10:42 lol, seems like you heard that last Tech N9ne single as well :D Hope you check out First Fragment too! Double the lenght of Archspire’s album, and SO much crazy shiet going on, especially with the song lenghts. 220 riffs, 100 solos!

this album is a masterpiece just like their last 2 :D

"infant annihilator is the death core version of this". That's true. But the biggest difference is that Archspire can actually *play their own music* ;)

Bleed the Future took many, many listens before I really got it. It impressed me right from the start, but it only gets better and better with each listen.

I had the same feeling when I heard Reverie on the Onyx. The intro sounded so familiar and I don't know why. It reminds me of Alterbeast's Flesh Bound Text intro, but I can't tell if that is why it sounds so familiar.

haha this album definitely gave me them chills too xD

That was fucking dope

The whole album is fucking insane and 🔥🔥. The second to last song and the last song fucking killed me. Great reaction bro. And Whitechapels new album was fucking sick to

Wronk, the whole bands discography.has a vast continuing storyline

28:04 This. This killed me.

I got double body-checked by both this record and Whitechapel. I wasn't ready.

they need to do a tech n9ne feature in the future lmao Oli loves that dude

Lol yep that was Rock Reference but non jokingly that was quite an enjoyable song.

you have to react to a between the buried and me track! i suggest Between The Buried And Me - Modercai

Pretty sure Attila has been doing similar vocals for a while.

i always read "seen peen"

surprised you don't know btbam

Bleed the Future: 10 reactions. Gloire Éternelle: 0 reactions. You gotta do it man, so many of us would appreciate it. It's one of the best tech death albums and released the same day as Bleed the Future (in fact FF announced first, dunno why Archspire decided to release the same day, really overshadowed FF). First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle, do that full reaction :)