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Beyond Creation - The Aura



8.6 | 312 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: 7

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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12.08.2011 - 23:15
Troy Killjoy
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This has a nice Origin/Obscura/Quo Vadis thing going on, and the vocalist brings everything he's got to the table. Dominic Lapointe rocks out on his bass as usual. Really strong debut, and a nice addition to the Eastern Canadian tech-death scene.
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13.08.2011 - 13:41
Rating: 8
qlacs
"The Quaker"
Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.08.2011 at 23:15

This has a nice Origin/Obscura/Quo Vadis thing going on, and the vocalist brings everything he's got to the table. Dominic Lapointe rocks out on his bass as usual. Really strong debut, and a nice addition to the Eastern Canadian tech-death scene.

Totally right.
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16.08.2011 - 23:59
MechanisT
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A serious contender for debut album of the year, mark my words. Preferably with caustic lemon.
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17.08.2011 - 08:34
Rating: 9
Grody2themax
Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.08.2011 at 23:15

This has a nice Origin/Obscura/Quo Vadis thing going on, and the vocalist brings everything he's got to the table. Dominic Lapointe rocks out on his bass as usual. Really strong debut, and a nice addition to the Eastern Canadian tech-death scene.

These guys don't really sound anything like Origin to me. Theres Progressive/Tech Death and then theres just tech death, like Origin. I'd put these guys much more in progressive side of death metal with bands like Obscura or Martyr.

I was listening to this in the car the other day and turned it off and when I got back in the car I turned it on to find this really fusion sounding jam going on. I didn't know it was Beyond Creation at first and I was like I don't remember buying any fusion cds lately but this is awesome! haha.

They're all really good musicians as well, and Dominic Lapointe's bass playing is well worth mentioning. I'm pretty pleased with this direction in metal.
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17.08.2011 - 18:37
JD
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Another kick-ass CTDM album.
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17.08.2011 - 19:01
BeastOfMetal456
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Written by [user id=28526] on 17.08.2011 at 18:37

Another kick-ass CTDM album.

TDM = Technical Death Metal
CTDM??
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17.08.2011 - 19:03
JD
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Written by [user id=119833] on 17.08.2011 at 19:01

CTDM?

Canadian Technical Death Metal.
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17.08.2011 - 19:04
BeastOfMetal456
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Written by [user id=28526] on 17.08.2011 at 19:03

Written by [user id=119833] on 17.08.2011 at 19:01

CTDM?

Canadian Technical Death Metal.

Ah, yes. Thanks.
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17.08.2011 - 19:28
!J.O.O.E.!
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If "CTDM" catches on I'm taking the Internet away from all of you.
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17.08.2011 - 20:00
Troy Killjoy
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Written by [user id=4365] on 17.08.2011 at 19:28
If "CTDM" catches on I'm taking the Internet away from all of you.

We don't use that term here. I think it was just made up today.
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17.08.2011 - 20:01
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 17.08.2011 at 20:00

Written by [user id=4365] on 17.08.2011 at 19:28
If "CTDM" catches on I'm taking the Internet away from all of you.

We don't use that term here. I think it was just made up today.

Thank funk.

Anyway I just gave this album a bit of a min-spin and I might have been a bit harsh with my 6.
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17.08.2011 - 20:03
Troy Killjoy
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Written by [user id=4365] on 17.08.2011 at 20:01
I just gave this album a bit of a min-spin and I might have been a bit harsh with my 6.

Probably because of the whole CTDM thing...which I understand.
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17.08.2011 - 20:04
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 17.08.2011 at 20:03

Probably because of the whole CTDM thing...which I understand.

It was blind anger Troy! I was about ready to throw out all my Skullflower and BaN CD's!
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23.08.2011 - 15:31
Rating: 9
Qube
Written by [user id=4365] on 17.08.2011 at 20:04

Written by Troy Killjoy on 17.08.2011 at 20:03

Probably because of the whole CTDM thing...which I understand.

It was blind anger Troy! I was about ready to throw out all my Skullflower and BaN CD's!

I just can't wait for TesseracT to get referred to as BritDjent to see your reaction ^^
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23.08.2011 - 15:32
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Qube on 23.08.2011 at 15:31

I just can't wait for TesseracT to get referred to as BritDjent to see your reaction ^^

Deaths will occur, that you can be sure of.
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23.08.2011 - 16:17
(((O)))
Written by Qube on 23.08.2011 at 15:31

Written by [user id=4365] on 17.08.2011 at 20:04

Written by Troy Killjoy on 17.08.2011 at 20:03

Probably because of the whole CTDM thing...which I understand.

It was blind anger Troy! I was about ready to throw out all my Skullflower and BaN CD's!

I just can't wait for TesseracT to get referred to as BritDjent to see your reaction ^^

NWOBD

New Wave of British Djent
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23.08.2011 - 16:23
Troy Killjoy
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Written by (((O))) on 23.08.2011 at 16:17
New Wave of British Djent

Was there ever even an old wave?
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29.09.2011 - 08:10
Rating: 9
Dundamom
Just happened to stumble upon this band... am I ever glad i did lol Montreal really knows how to produce some great musicians.
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08.01.2012 - 12:11
Leo Tucker
Just downloaded & giving the album a first listen....they sound pretty damn cool
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10.01.2012 - 12:29
Rating: 9
K✞ulu
Seeker of Truth
That's some good tech death: varied, exact, not too chaotic, quite melodic, great lead guitars, chillaxed though technical drumming, great use of fretless bass --> worth checking out.
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10.01.2012 - 22:27
Troy Killjoy
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It's also incredibly melodic for a tech-death album, much like Quo Vadis, Augury, Obscura, etc.
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16.05.2012 - 05:37
Rating: 9
RobHalford
I come away increasingly impressed with this album as I revisit it.

I really love Québécois metal.
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20.05.2012 - 01:57
Rockfellas
I like it more than Obscura.. kick ass album !!
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31.05.2012 - 17:09
Rating: 10
matia
Kudos to Canada, these guys totally destroyed, blown away, ALL MY FAVORITE tech-death albums of previous years, i.e. Faceless - Planetary Duality which i still consider extraordinary, and Obscura's - Cosmogenesis which was an extremely well performed "tribute to Death and tech-death in general" album. I still cannot believe how they've manage it and i continue to enjoy it very often, a mind blowing trip, perfectly executed with simple but ingeniously impleneted melodies and astonishing riffs/drumming combination. While i was freshly mad for this album i bought not one but TWO copies, serious sickness..
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16.05.2013 - 22:57
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Very good. I was on the verge of rating this a nine, actually, but I decided it might not really be quite my thing. Still, it was enjoyable. On subsequent listens I may decide to change my rating.
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01.06.2013 - 01:34
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid
This is pretty standard Technical Death Metal, but the band's musicianship is pretty much top notch. What I like particularly is that the relationship between melody and brutality on songs such as 'Coexistence' and 'The aura' is really well thought out, and the instrumentation (particularly that eccentric bass on 'Injustice revealed' and 'Social disability') is excellent. Naturally Technical Death Metal isn't for everyone (Well, Death Metal isn't either) but Beyond creation really hit hard on their debut.
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01.06.2013 - 01:50
Rating: 10
Toan
Man the drummer has already changed
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10.07.2014 - 23:26
Rating: 8
Rsrdaman
Pretty good album. Although wouldn't this be considered more of "Progressive Technical Deathcore"? Considering the dual vocals and such?
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11.07.2014 - 09:39
Troy Killjoy
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Deathcore?
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11.07.2014 - 17:50
Rating: 6
Alex F
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.
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