Bleed the Future
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bleed the Future
| type = studio
| artist = Archspire
| cover = File:Archspire Bleed the Future Album Artwork.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2021|10|29}}
| recorded = October–December 2020
| studio = Flatline Studios (Denver, Colorado, United States)
| genre = Technical death metal
| length = {{duration|m=31|s=33}}
| label = Season of Mist
| producer = Dave Otero
| prev_title = Relentless Mutation
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bleed the Future
| type = studio
| single1 = Golden Mouth of Ruin
| single1date = {{start date|2021|08|04}}
| single2 = Bleed the Future
| single2date = {{start date|2021|09|03}}
| single3 = Drone Corpse Aviator
| single3date = {{start date|2021|09|30}}
}}
}}
Bleed the Future is the fourth studio album by Canadian technical death metal band Archspire, released on October 29, 2021, through Season of Mist. The album won the 2022 Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year.{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Holly |date=May 14, 2022 |title=Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2022-juno-award-winners-1.6453668 |url-status=live |work=CBC.ca |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220515124941/https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2022-juno-award-winners-1.6453668 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |access-date=May 15, 2022}} The album sold 3,700 units in its first week and debuted at No. 29 on the Top Album Sales charts.{{cite web|url=https://metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-11-12-mastodon-top-the-charts |title=Metal By Numbers 11/12: Mastodon top the charts |date=November 12, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
Promotion and release
In March 2020, Archspire announced they were rescheduling the "Tech Trek Canada" tour which they were set to headline with support from Soreption, Entheos, and Wormhole. The band announced that while self-isolating as per CDC guidelines, they would be using their time to continue to write the follow-up to 2017's Relentless Mutation.{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/32891/archspire-postpone-tour-working-on-new-album/ |title=Archspire postpone tour, working on new album|date=March 25, 2020 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}} The band announced they were entering the studio in October 2020 to finish the album. They would once again be working with Dave Otero at Flatline studios in Denver.{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/33580/archspire-set-to-record-new-album/ |title=Archspire set to record new album |date=October 23, 2020 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}} They would announce that they'd finished recording in December 2020, and noted that the album was a product of roughly two and a half years of writing adding that the "album is very fast, so please enjoy responsibly."{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/33709/archspire-finish-recording-new-album/ |title=Archspire finish recording new album |date=December 16, 2020 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
On August 4, 2021, the band released the first single for the album, "Golden Mouth of Ruin", alongside an accompanying music video. The band also announced the release date and provided the track listing for the album.{{cite web|url=https://metalinsider.net/video/archspire-share-golden-mouth-of-ruin-video-new-album-arriving-in-october |title=Archspire share "Golden Mouth of Ruin" video; new album arriving in October
|date=August 4, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/34490/archspire-detail-new-album-debut-first-single/ |title=Archspire detail new album, debut first single |date=August 4, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}} The band would release a lyric video to accompany the title track on September 3, and a music video directed by Rob Zawistowski and Mitch Ray for "Drone Corpse Aviator" on september 30.{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/34669/archspire-share-title-track-of-new-album/ |title=Archspire share title track of new album |date=September 3, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/34832/archspire-share-new-track-and-video-drone-corpse-aviator/ |title=Archspire share new track and video 'Drone Corpse Aviator' |date=September 30, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
In December, the band released a documentary "Bring back the Danger" cataloguing the making of the album.{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/video/archspire-streams-bleed-the-future-making-of-documentary |title=Archspire Streams Bleed The Future Making Of Documentary |date=December 23, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
Composition
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|filename=W. A. Mozart - Requiem, K. 626 (Bruno Walter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, 1956) - 08. Lacrimosa.ogg
|title=Lacrymosa
|description=Salzburg Festival performance, July 26, 1956. Bruno Walter; Wiener Philharmoniker; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Lisa Della Casa, soprano; Ira Malaniuk, alto; Anton Dermota, tenor; Cesare Siepi, bass.}}}}
The seventh song of the album, Reverie on the Onyx, quotes the opening of the Lacrymosa from Mozart's Requiem, most notably in the first measures and again between 2:03 and 2:42.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Metal Injection
| rev2 = Angry Metal Guy
| rev3 =DistortedSoundMag
| rev3score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-bleed-the-future-archspire/ |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Bleed The Future – Archspire
| website=distortedsoundmag.com|date=October 31, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
}}
The album finished at No. 16 on Loudwire's Best Rock and Metal Albums of 2021 list.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2021/ |title=Best rock and metal albums 2021 |website=Loudwire |date=December 10, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}} It was also named by MetalInjection as one of the best Technical Death Metal albums of 2021, with vocalist Oli Peters winning vocalist of the year and the album finishing 4th in fan polling.{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/av/tech-death-tuesday/tech-death-tuesday-a-retrospective-look-at-the-best-technical-death-metal-of-2021 |title=Tech-Death Tuesday: A Retrospective Look At The Best Technical Death Metal Of 2021 |date=December 21, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/best-of-2021/the-winners-of-the-metal-injection-best-of-2021-awards-are |title=The Winners Of The Metal Injection Best Of 2021 Awards Are… |date=December 28, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
Chart performance
The album debuted at number No. 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, No. 25 on the Hard Rock Album chart, and No. 8 on the Independent Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.season-of-mist.com/news/archspire-2021-11-10/ |title=ARCHSPIRE'S 'BLEED THE FUTURE' DOMINATES NORTH AMERICAN CHARTS, #2 ON BILLBOARD'S TOP NEW ARTISTS + MORE! |date=November 10, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|title1 = Drone Corpse Aviator
|length1 = 3:46
|title2 = Golden Mouth of Ruin
|length2 = 4:04
|title3 = Abandon the Linear
|length3 = 4:35
|title4 = Bleed the Future
|length4 = 3:47
|title5 = Drain of Incarnation
|length5 = 4:18
|title6 = Acrid Canon
|length6 = 4:07
|title7 = Reverie on the Onyx
|length7 = 3:46
|title8=A.U.M.
|length8= 3:03
|total_length = 31:33
}}
Personnel
Archspire
- Oliver Rae Aleron – vocals
- Tobi Morelli – guitars
- Dean Lamb – guitars
- Jared Smith – bass
- Spencer Prewett – drums
Production
- Dave Otero – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Eliran Kantor – cover art
Charts
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| Chart (2021)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{Album chart| BillboardHeatseekers |7|artist=Archspire}} |
| {{Album chart| BillboardIndependent |8|artist=Archspire}} |
| {{Album chart| BillboardAlbumSales |41|artist=Archspire}} |
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