ATRÆ BILIS: Vancouver Tech-Death Metal Outfit Prepares For North American Tour With 20 Buck Spin Labelmates Ænigmatum And Civerous; Band Prepares To Record New LP
Next week, Vancouver, British Columbia technical death metal outfitATRÆ BILISwill launch their two-week Bisected States Of America tour across Western North America, including the band’s first-ever US shows.
From April 14th through the 26thATRÆ BILISwill play Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Eureka, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tempe, San Diego, Sacramento, Spokane, and Kelowna, and will see the band joined by their 20 Buck Spin labelmates Ænigmatum and Civerous on select dates. Additionally, several of the shows have been declared as special showcase performances, with sets that will include new material from the band’s impending second album, the follow-up to their acclaimedApexapiendebut, which is set to be recorded this Summer.
See all confirmed dates below. Also watch for updates onATRÆ BILIS’ upcoming LP to be announced over the coming months.
ATRÆ BILIS Bisected States Of America:
4/14/2023 Phoenix Bar - Victoria, BC **
4/15/2023 Slice Of Life Next Door - Vancouver, BC **
4/16/2023 Jules Mae's Saloon - Seattle, WA **
4/17/2023 High Water Mark - Portland, OR **
4/18/2023 Siren's Song Tavern - Eureka, CA ^
4/19/2023 Kilowatt Bar - San Francisco, CA ^
4/20/2023 Knucklehead Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA *
4/21/2023 The Beast - Tempe, AZ
4/22/2023 Til Two Club - San Diego, CA *
4/23/2023 Old Ironsides - Sacramento, CA ^
4/25/2023 Mootsy's - Spokane, WA ^
4/26/2023 Jackknife Brewing - Kelowna, BC
** w/ Ænigmatum, Civerous
* w/ Civerous
^ showcase set
OnATRÆ BILIS’Apexapien, angular, blackened dissonance, exhilarating experimental progressivism, and crushing guttural savagery merge into a cacophony of violently discordant death metal, all held together with a strict focus, discipline, and astonishing percussive momentum. Thoroughly modern in scope and mercilessly severe in execution, the heinous battering inflicted onApexapienestablishesATRÆ BILISat the vanguard of a new breed of forward-looking death metal bands not content to simply pay tribute to or completely abandon the genre’s towering progenitors.
Apexapienwas recorded by Matt Roach at Rain City Recorders, engineered by Matt Roach and Christian Donaldson with assistant engineering by Emily Ryan and Jonathan Mazzeo and drum technician Alex Glassford. The record was mixed and mastered by Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre) and completed with stunning cover art by Eliran Kantor (Atheist, Bloodbath, Hate Eternal, Sodom, Kreator), layout and design by Dan Fried, and photography by Rob Zawistowski.Apexapienis highly recommended for fans of Ulcerate, Gorguts, Deathspell Omega, Wormed, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Immolation, Dead Congregation, Hate Eternal, and Morbid Angel.
Apexapienis available on CD, LP, CS, and digital through 20 Buck Spin’s webshopHEREand BandcampHERE, and watch the “Open The Effigy” videoHERE.
"Somehow,ATRAE BILIShold our primal instincts and intellectual curiosity in perfect equilibrium - death metal for brain and soul alike. That takes imagination and talent. Chin-strokers and headbangers, unite! Here’s a fresh set of jams we can all get down to. 8/10" - Decibel Magazine
"...even thoughATRÆ BILIShave learned pretty much everything they know from the masters of the genre, they’re not going to be content just recreating the same old forms and the same old patterns. They want to make a name for themselves, on their own terms and in their own time. And that time starts now." - No Clean Singing
“The jagged, intra-dimensional riffs onATRÆ BILIS' eagerly-awaited full-length debut are handily up to the task of splitting your brain into multiple pieces. It's 'thoughtful' death metal, sure, but only while you're still capable of having thoughts.” – Invisible Oranges
"Get some cream for the burn because this is a thirty-one-minute experience of pure fire. The production is extremely slick—the album just sounds great. It is crisp and clear but the band plays so laser focused and brutal that it doesn't sound sterile. The mixing does a wonderful job as well to show the listener all the crazy things happening within the eight tracks. 9/10" - Metal Temple
“Death metal’s expansion over the past decade or so continues to be exciting to behold, and bands such asATRÆ BILISare the ones that will keep pushing its borders so that new ideas can continue to flourish. Apexapien is one you likely will have to visit a few times before it really sinks in its hooks, but once it does, you will continue to understand the machination even better.” – Meat Mead Metal
