Beyond Creation Announce The Aura 15th Anniversary Tour

Before appearing out of the Canadian woodwork back in 2011, Beyond Creation had already undergone multiple permutations. But with the band’s full-length debut, the Montréal four-piece quickly revealed themselves as the next evolution in technical death metal. With microscopic precision, The Aura splices together classic brutality and prog’s insatiable curiosity with a refreshing knack for melody. The resulting triple helix has been encoded in the genre’s DNA ever since.

“Laden with atmosphere, The Aura stands out from the crowded 2011 tech/death scene thanks to the prominent use of fretless bass, varying drum patterns, and experimentation with tempo”, wrote Metal Injection in a recent retrospective. “Combine that with a variety of searing vocal styles and classically-influenced, lightening-fast sweeps, The Aura is a decadent joy to the mechanically and sonically minded”.

As they prepare to return to the recording lab for the first time since being nominated for a JUNO Award, today, Beyond Creation are announcing a special tour to commemorate the 15th anniversary of The Aura. This tour marks the first time that the band will perform the entire album in full.

“15 years ago, The Aura marked the beginning of our sonic journey”, says vocalist and guitarist Simon Girard. “We’re beyond hyped to bring this album back to life on stage, in its entirety, for the very first time. It carved a lasting legacy into the heart of the technical death metal scene. We promise to bring every riff, every blast, every nuance roaring back to life at full intensity in celebration of where it all began and everything we’ve built together since. The Aura awakens. Join us!”

Dates and cities for this tour will be announced soon.

The Aura is now available on Season of Mist.

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More praise for The Aura and Beyond Creation

“The album contains so many riveting moments, in every song” – No Clean Singing

“A stape in technical death metal, this should forever be viewed as one of the genre’s biggest stepping stones into getting where it is today” – Metal Bite

“…with the critically acclaimed The Aura, they made it clear that there was a new titan wandering the plains of technical death metal” – Distorted Sound

“…a go-to act for the tech-side of death metal for the better part of this decade” – Dead Rhetoric

“…there are still extremely few musicians that can sound like Beyond Creation” – Heavy Blog is Heavy

Feel the onrush of sweeping arpeggios, crushing waves of fretless bass, complex rhythmical patterns and erupting scales peppered with jazzy feeling and masterful execution under the mark of ‘Algorythm’, which names the third full-length of BEYOND CREATION.

The French part of Canada is home to a vibrant culture of technical Death Metal fostered by outstanding acts such as GORGUTS, CRYPTOPSY, MARTYR, and NEURAXIS. This illustrious family tree has produced many sprouts in the past, yet none of them are as brilliant as Quebec’s amazing scion: Beyond Creation!

Beyond Creation saw the light of day in 2005 in Montreal, Canada but it wasn’t until 2010 that the band was ready to hit the stage with their original line-up consisting of Simon Girard, Kevin Chatré, Guyot Bégin-Benoît and Dominic ‘Forest’ Lapointe. A year later, the band self-released their debut full-length album ‘The Aura’ (2011), which quickly became a highlight in the genre. Since then, Beyond Creation has been known as the progressive, innovative and exciting new metal sound of their homeland, Quebec.

In late 2012, the band had Philippe Boucher (Ex-FIRST FRAGMENT, INCADESCENSE, CHTHE’ILIST, DÉCOMBRES) take Guyot’s place on drums and things started moving at a faster pace in 2013, when they joined Season of Mist, re-releasing ‘The Aura’ and touring North America, Japan and Australia. In 2014, Beyond Creation released their second masterpiece ‘Earthborn Evolution‘.

After the addition of Hugo Doyon-Karout (BROUGHT BY PAIN, EQUIPOISE, CONFLUX) on bass, the band focused on touring as much as possible on the ‘Earthborn Evolution’ album cycle compiling 3 North American tours, 3 European tours, countless shows in Canada, appearances in Mexico, Colombia and Dubaï, sharing the stage with heavy weights like ARCH ENEMY, HATE ETERNAL, MISERY INDEX, DYING FETUS, PSYCROPTIC and OBSCURA. They also took part in multiple large-scale music festivals such as Hellfest (FR), 70 000 Tons of Metal (US), UK Tech-Fest, Montebello Rockfest (CA), Heavy MTL (CA) and Damnation Fest (UK).

In 2018, Beyond Creation recorded their IMA award-winning and JUNO-Nominated third album ‘Algorythm’ at The Grid Studio in home land Canada. With their latest album, Beyond Creation delivers a ferocious blend of technicality, melody, and brutality aided by fang-filled growls, which is interwoven with beautiful progressive interludes.

Since then, Beyond Creation have toured extensively. The band have played multiple times across North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with the likes of NE OBLIVISCARIS, DECAPITATED, CYNIC and RIVERS OF NIHIL. They’ve also hit the festival circuit with appearances at Shred Fest, Loud As Hell Open Air, 70,000 Tons of Metal and Trois-Rivières Metal Fest.

In 2026, Beyond Creation will celebrate The Aura with a special 15th anniversary tour.