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Beyond Creation - The Aura



8.6 | 302 votes |
Release date: 12 April 2011
Style: Progressive death metal, Technical death metal

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01. No Request For The Corrupted
02. Coexistence
03. Chromatic Horizon
04. Omnipresent Perception
05. Injustice Revealed
06. Le Détenteur
07. The Aura
08. Social Disability
09. Elevation Path
10. The Deported
11. Injustice Revealed [demo] [2013 re-issue bonus]

Top 20 albums of 2011: 6

Guest review by
K✞ulu
Rating:
8.5
Beyond Creation are a relatively young technical death metal band hailing from no other place than Quebec, the Mecca of tech death, Canada, the home of the awesomely weird musical ideas.

The Aura, their debut, is a death metal album but a very non-intrusive one, and even somehow pleasant to the ear. Although the extreme elements typical for technical death metal are present, the music overall has a very melodic framework and a great sense of direction; so, it is very easy to listen to, particularly due to what Beyond Creation play and how they do it. I like to think about their music in terms of soundscapes because the songs sound as if all the instruments blended into one tightly intertwined whole. This, I believe, happens due to a few factors.

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published 31.01.2012 | Comments (4)

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11.07.2014 - 17:55
Rating: 8
mz

I often forget how good this album is.
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11.07.2014 - 17:56
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Written by mz on 11.07.2014 at 17:55

I often forget how good this album is.

I often forget about this album =P
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11.07.2014 - 18:00
Rating: 6
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Guest on 11.07.2014 at 17:56

I often forget about this album =P

I DID forget about this album. Ha! I win. Yeah I don't remember what my opinion on this was
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11.07.2014 - 18:01
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Alex F on 11.07.2014 at 18:00

I DID forget about this album. Ha! I win. Yeah I don't remember what my opinion on this was

Haha, neither do I to be honest. I gave it a 5 though so it couldn't have been a positive one =P
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11.07.2014 - 18:26
Rating: 8
mz

Written by Guest on 11.07.2014 at 17:56

I often forget about this album =P

You should have a memory like a sieve then
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11.07.2014 - 18:27
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by mz on 11.07.2014 at 18:26

You should have a memory like a sieve then

I do, in real life and on the internet so not even going to bother denying that
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11.07.2014 - 18:44
Mattybu

Written by Rsrdaman on 10.07.2014 at 23:26

wouldn't this be considered more of "Progressive Technical Deathcore"? Considering the dual vocals and such?


In a word, no. I'm actually not even completely sure why the progressive tag is on this, maybe just cause there is some long songs.
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13.07.2014 - 07:32
Rating: 8
Rsrdaman

Written by Alex F on 11.07.2014 at 17:50

Written by Troy Killjoy on 11.07.2014 at 09:39

Deathcore?

Yeah I don't quite understand that. I also don't know how "dual vocals" would change the style of an artist at all.

Don't quite understand it? Listen to the song "Coexistence" It has an obvious deathcore vibe, complete with a breakdown. And if Dual vocals and breakdowns don't mean shit, then Suicide Silence is a Death Metal band.
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13.07.2014 - 07:45
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Album features dual vocals and one song on the album has a breakdown, suggests genre be changed to deathcore. I don't think you'll find many people agreeing with you on that one, man.
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13.07.2014 - 20:09
Rating: 6
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.07.2014 at 07:45

Album features dual vocals and one song on the album has a breakdown, suggests genre be changed to deathcore. I don't think you'll find many people agreeing with you on that one, man.

Yeah I'm not even going to argue this. I listened to the song. It's clearly not deathcore.
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14.07.2014 - 00:56
!J.O.O.E.!
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I believe this is what's called a "false equivalence."
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14.07.2014 - 21:36
psykometal
A staff guy...
Dying Fetus has dual vocals and breakdowns. Guess we better change their style too.
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15.07.2014 - 01:16
Rating: 8
Rsrdaman

Written by Alex F on 13.07.2014 at 20:09

Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.07.2014 at 07:45

Album features dual vocals and one song on the album has a breakdown, suggests genre be changed to deathcore. I don't think you'll find many people agreeing with you on that one, man.

Yeah I'm not even going to argue this. I listened to the song. It's clearly not deathcore.

Guess The Black Dahlia Murder isn't metalcore then either? Since both bands have nearly the same vocal styles. This and this sound so different right?
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15.07.2014 - 02:21
Lit.
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Written by Rsrdaman on 15.07.2014 at 01:16

Guess The Black Dahlia Murder isn't metalcore then either?

No, they're not. Purely death/MDM.
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15.07.2014 - 03:05
Rating: 8
Rsrdaman

Written by Guest on 15.07.2014 at 02:21

Written by Rsrdaman on 15.07.2014 at 01:16

Guess The Black Dahlia Murder isn't metalcore then either?

No, they're not. Purely death/MDM.

Yeah, nice try. Go be a troll somewhere else.
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15.07.2014 - 06:45
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Rsrdaman on 15.07.2014 at 03:05
Yeah, nice try. Go be a troll somewhere else.

Nobody here is trolling. You suggested Beyond Creation is a deathcore band. The vast majority of people who've listened to deathcore and Beyond Creation will disagree with you, and the fact you chose to use a "deathcore vibe" and dual vocals as your only reason for said suggestion isn't exactly going to convince anyone here that your opinion holds any weight.

As for The Black Dahlia Murder, they're generally regarded as a melodic death metal band now. As in death metal with a focus on melody. Their metalcore days are long behind them.
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25.07.2014 - 22:17
psykometal
A staff guy...
^Ditto.
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13.09.2014 - 09:41
Rating: 9
_deepblack

One of the greatest Tech-Death bands i heard they are really great
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25.01.2015 - 19:27
Rating: 9
chomskeet

This album is awesome. Every time I come back to it I like it more and spin it a bit longer....
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26.01.2015 - 08:06
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by chomskeet on 25.01.2015 at 19:27

This album is awesome. Every time I come back to it I like it more and spin it a bit longer....


It was strong debut. Little flaws encroached in approach of The Aura but overall it was decent one.

The one that gone down to become an absolute turd was their new release last year "Earthborn Evolution". Totaly downgraded cheap unpurified and crappy tech dm show. Well, at least for me I couldn't past ONE SPIN and shut the whole damn thing afterwards.
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11.06.2015 - 03:30
Timmeh
Dudeman
Just had the craving to return to this for that wounded, whaling fretless bass guitar.
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19.04.2016 - 15:49
Rating: 8
Tomas Piller

Written by Timmeh on 11.06.2015 at 03:30

Just had the craving to return to this for that wounded, whaling fretless bass guitar.

That bass is indeed something special...both haunting and addictive, and very refreshing.
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06.02.2017 - 08:15
Rating: 10
Gorkoth

Fuck this album is fantastic. Up there for one of the best tech death albums of all time.
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17.11.2018 - 17:10
Rating: 5
Jack_Torrance

Omnipresent Perception is the best track by far.
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08.04.2021 - 18:35
Rating: 9
BennyMetGer

This album is a beast.
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07.03.2022 - 16:43
Rating: 9
nonZero

Definitely their best. A shame they went a bit downhill after this one (although Earthborn Evolution does have some great songs).

8.7/10 for me - 'Coexistence', 'Chromatic Horizon' and 'Omnipresent Perception' are the best songs on this album IMO. The rest range from fairly good to good.
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09.07.2022 - 00:24
(o> . )

The bass guitar makes me shoot CUM
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09.07.2022 - 02:22
A Real Mönkey

Written by (o> . ) on 09.07.2022 at 00:24

The bass guitar makes me shoot CUM

I want a man to play with my body the way Dominic Lapointe played with that fretless bass.
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10.07.2022 - 09:50
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
I agree with the comments above about the basswork, it's phenomenal! And so is the guitarwork and drumming too, when it comes to technical death thus is one of the best I've heard in terms of musicianship.
The songstructures seem all over the place at times, as if they were given free roam in the studio to play how they wanted, so they could work their own magic, but at the same time, amidst all the technical madness, it's actually vert well crafted together. They're one of the few technical death bands I'm able to fully appreciate along with Quo Vadis.

"Coexistence", "Omnipresent Perception" are the two strongest tracks on the album for me, the rest of the tracks are good, but those two tracks are very good.
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