Archspire

The band was formed in 2007 as Defenestrated, but changed their name to Archspire in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://actainfernalis.com/2021/10/12/interview-archspire-english/|publisher=|title=Interview : Archspire – English|date=October 12, 2021|accessdate=December 20, 2022}} Members were guitarists Tobi Morelli and Dean Lamb, drummer Spencer Prewett, bassist Jaron "Evil" Good and vocalist Shawn Haché. Haché left to join Mitochondrion and was replaced with Oliver "Oli Peters" Aleron.

The band was signed to Trendkill Recordings and, in April 2011, released their first album, All Shall Align.{{cite web |title=Archspire – All Shall Align |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3212857-Archspire-All-Shall-Align |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=January 28, 2022}} It was recorded between May and December 2010 working with producer Stuart McKillop at The Hive Studio in Calgary.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=64190|title=Archspire Signs To Trendkill Recordings|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}

In early 2013, Jaron Evil suffered a stroke at age 31.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Archspireband/posts/10151467166322090|title=Archspire|website=facebook.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/20011/Season-of-Mist-signs-Archspire|title=Season of Mist signs Archspire|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}} and recorded a second album with Stuart McKillop, at Vancouver's Rain City Recorders.{{cite web|url=http://www.season-of-mist.com/news/archspire-2013-03-06|title=Archspire News: Archspire – Season of Mist, Metal Label|website=season-of-mist.com|accessdate=July 8, 2017}} On February 2, 2014, the band released a single from their upcoming album, "Lucid Collective Somnambulation",{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/features/134/Archspire-Lucid-Collective-Somnambulation-song-premiere|title=Archspire "Lucid Collective Somnambulation" song premiere|website=lambgoat.com|accessdate=July 8, 2017}} and in April released The Lucid Collective.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/new-music/new-noteworthy-april-29th-as-bright-as-the-darkness|title=New & Noteworthy April 29th: As bright as the darknessMetal Insider|date=April 29, 2014|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.season-of-mist.com/news/archspire-2014-02-19|title=Archspire News: Archspire – Season of Mist, Metal Label|website=season-of-mist.com|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}

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.{{cite web |title=Clayton Harder |url=https://jazz.fm/clayton-harder/ |website=jazz.fm |date=March 5, 2020 |publisher=Jazz.FM91 |access-date=November 4, 2021}} They asked interested parties to record a video of themselves playing an Archspire song (they suggested "Deathless Ringing").{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/23994/Archspire-seeks-new-bassist|title=Archspire seeks new bassist|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}} On January 12, 2016, the band announced that they had selected Jared Smith to become their full-time bassist, and posted Smith's playthrough video of "Lucid Collective Somnambulation".{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/25937/Archspire-announces-new-bassist|title=Archspire announces new bassist|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/song-premiere/archspire-will-rip-your-fucking-face-off-and-wear-it-with-involuntary-doppelganger|title=Archspire Will Rip Your Fucking Face Off And Wear It With "Involuntary Doppelgänger" – Metal Injection|date=July 5, 2017|publisher=|accessdate=July 8, 2017}} At the Juno Awards of 2018, the album received a nomination for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year.{{cite web |title=No drugs, no serious addictions... |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/spencer-prewett-archspire-technical-death-metal-junos-1.4576201 |website=cbc.ca |publisher=CBC News |access-date=November 4, 2021}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-youtube-channel-streams-ai-generated-black-metal-247/|title=This YouTube Channel Streams AI-Generated Death Metal 24/7|first=Rob|last=Dozier|date=April 19, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/latest-news/metal-science/ai-death-metal-generator-using-archspire-as-source-material|title=AI Death Metal Generator Using Archspire As Source Material|date=April 23, 2019|website=Metal Injection}}

Later that year, Peters and Prewett appeared in a cameo in the first episode of See; actor Jason Momoa is a fan of the band{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/11/02/jason-momoa-recruits-archspire-members-for-new-apple-tv-show/|title=Jason Momoa Recruits Archspire Members for New Apple TV+ Show | MetalSucks|date=November 2, 2019|via=metalsucks.net}} and asked Peters to coach him for a war cry technique.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/see-heavy-metal-vocalist-interview-1202190546/|title='See': Jason Momoa Handpicked a Metal Vocalist to Train Him For War Cry Scene|first1=Tyler|last1=Hersko|date=November 18, 2019}}

On October 29, 2021, Archspire released their fourth studio album Bleed the Future.{{cite web |last1=Howkins |first1=Jessica |title=Album Review: Bleed The Future – Archspire |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-bleed-the-future-archspire/ |website=distortedsoundmag.com |date=October 31, 2021 |publisher=Distorted Sound Magazine |access-date=November 4, 2021}} Three singles were released: "Golden Mouth of Ruin", "Bleed the Future", and "Drone Corpse Aviator". "Golden Mouth of Ruin"{{cite web |title=Archspire - 'Golden Mouth of Ruin' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY8RFaMs0Ac |website=youtube.com |publisher=YouTube |access-date=January 28, 2022}} and "Drone Corpse Aviator" were accompanied by videos, with the latter being the first fully-produced video the band had made.{{cite web |title=Archspire To Release Bleed the Future Album In October; 'Golden Mouth of Ruin' Music Video Posted |url=https://bravewords.com/news/archspire-to-release-bleed-the-future-album-in-october-golden-mouth-of-ruin-music-video-posted |website=Brave Words |access-date=August 5, 2021}} The album was elected by Loudwire as the 16th best rock/metal album of 2021{{cite web |title=The 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2021/ |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=December 10, 2021}} and won the Juno Awards of 2022.

On September 23, 2024, it was announced drummer Spencer Prewett had departed the band.{{cite web|title=Archspire seeking new drummer as Spencer Prewett exits band|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/44107/archspire-seeking-new-drummer-as-spencer-prewett-exits-band/|website=Lambgoat|access-date=September 23, 2024|date=September 23, 2024}} This search was finalized with the announcement that Spencer Moore was joining the band on May 27th, 2025 while also teasing a new record set for release later that year.{{cite web|title=Archspire Get A New SPENCER On Drums, Announces Plans For A New Record|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/archspire-get-a-new-spencer-on-drums-studio-plans-for-a-new-record|website=Metal Injection|access-date=May 27, 2025|date=May 27, 2025}}

File:Archspire Party.San Metal Open Air 2023 14.jpg|Vocalist Oliver "Oli Peters" Rae Aleron

File:Archspire Party.San Metal Open Air 2023 10.jpg|Guitarist Dean Lamb

File:Archspire Party.San Metal Open Air 2023 18.jpg|Guitarist Tobi Morelli

File:Archspire Party.San Metal Open Air 2023 08.jpg|Bassist Jared Smith

File:Archspire Party.San Metal Open Air 2023 20.jpg|former Drummer Spencer Prewett

• Dean Lamb – 8-string guitar {{small|(2007–present)}}
• Tobi Morelli – 7 and 8-string guitar {{small|(2007–present)}}
• Oli Peters (a.k.a. Oliver Rae Aleron) – vocals {{small|(2009–present)}}
• Jared Smith – bass {{small|(2016–present)}}
• Spencer Moore – drums {{small|(2025–present)}}

• Spencer Prewett – drums {{small|(2007–2024)}}
• Shawn Hache – vocals {{small|(2007–2008)}}
• Jaron "Evil" Good – bass, backing vocals {{small|(2009–2014)}}
• Clayton Harder – bass {{small|(2014–2015)}}

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

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| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |author= |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Archspire Wins Western Canada Music Award For Metal and Hard Music Artist Of The Year |url=https://bravewords.com/news/archspire-wins-western-canada-music-award-for-metal-hard-music-artist-of-the-year |url-status=live |work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221004202302/https://bravewords.com/news/archspire-wins-western-canada-music-award-for-metal-hard-music-artist-of-the-year |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2022}}

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