BEYOND CREATION

Return with New Single

“Reverence”

Independent Music Award winners rise like a phoenix

on first song in eight years

“…a triumph for technical prowess, songwriting suss and passion”

— Metal Hammer

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Beyond Creation – Reverence (Official Video)

From the beginning, it was clear that Beyond Creation possessed a special aura. On their debut album, the Montréal four-piece concocted the next progressive evolution in technical death metal by splicing together classic brutality and prog’s insatiable curiosity with a refreshing knack for melody. Now, ahead of their fifteenth anniversary tour in celebration of The Aura, the Independent Music and Lit Music Award winners and Canadian Grammy nominees are releasing their first new song in eight years.

Today, Beyond Creation are thrilled to announce their new single, “Reverence”. While burdened by heavy expectations and the ashes of doubt, like a phoenix, the band rise in a brilliant display of strength and spirit.

“Our new single explores the fragile line between clarity and illusion, between introspection and insanity, where the search for meaning can either elevate us or consume us”, Beyond Creation’s vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Simon Girard says. “But the truth is simple and powerful: the moment you stop comparing and start focusing on who you truly are and what you genuinely want to express, something beautiful happens. You create from a place of honesty. You grow with purpose. What you achieve becomes something you can be proud of, because it is unique, real and entirely your own”.

Watch the revelatory music video for “Reverence” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/64f4SKak_IY

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Like all creative minds, “Reverence” begins uninhibited. Girard and fellow guitarist Kevin Chartré trade notes freely, responding to one another with the grace and understanding that comes from playing in a band together for more than 15 years. But this moment of elation proves painfully brief. “Thrown into a sea of endless thoughts”, Girard screams as chugging riffs bring the song crumbling under the weight of expectations. “A quiet war within my core”. Pushed to a breaking point, the band headbang as if trapped inside their own metal prison.

“With social media, we are constantly measuring ourselves against others”, Girard says. “The more we compare, the further we drift from our true selves and our authentic voice. We are lost amidst stress and insecurity. We feel that our ideas lack value, that our techniques are insufficient and our identity is somehow flawed”.

But even though “Reverence” is tormented by outside voices, Beyond Creation remain a guiding force for progressive technical death metal. In the wake of the song’s crushing breakdown, drummer Philippe Boucher leads the band toward the light at the end of its maze-like tunnels with the command of his cymbals and marching snare. “From the abyss, my body will rise / my soul fill fly / my spirit will shine”, Girard growls with renewed conviction. As bassist Hugo Doyon-Karout gently lifts the coda to a higher plane of existence with mind-bending runs, Beyond Creation’s aura burns brighter than ever.

“Once we stop with the comparisons, we free ourselves to grow”, Girard concludes. “We flourish in ways we never thought possible”.

The video for “Reverence” was directed and produced by Francois Bertrand and Simon Girard.

Additional video credits:

Director of Photography – Francois Bertrand

Editor and Visual Effects – Simon Girard

Actor – Etienne Defresne

Key Grip – Raphaël Fortin

Makeup Artist – Elycia St. Amand

Tracklist:
1. Reverence (05:23)

Origin: Montreal, Québec

Style: Progressive Technical Death Metal

FFO: Obscura, Fallujah, The Zenith Passage

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, Incadescence, Chthe’ilst, 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 and Trois-Rivières Metal Fest.

In 2026, Beyond Creation released “Reverence”, their first single in eight years, ahead of their special 15th anniversary tour for The Aura.

Line-up:

Simon Girard: Vocals & Guitars

Kevin Chartré: Guitars & Back Vocals

Hugo Doyon-Karout: Bass

Philippe Boucher: Drums

“Reverence” Song Credits:

Song by Simon Girard.

Arrangements by Beyond Creation.

Lyrics by Simon Girard.

“Reverence” Production Credits:

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Christian Donaldson’s Studio.