ARCHSPIRE

Since 2009, ARCHSPIRE has aimed to be one thing above all else: extreme. With their

upcoming release ‘TOO FAST TO DIE,’ they’ve once again raised the bar for what extreme

music can be.

“We’re like a bit of meth in your cigarette,” says vocalist Oliver Rae Aleron, describing the

band’s unhinged live show. “I think people don’t quite know how to describe what they’re

hearing.”

Now five albums deep, the band continues to push the limits of speed and virtuosity while

somehow keeping a sharp focus on hooks. Their music sits on a knife’s edge of “too much,”

and just when you think you’ve hit overload, they drop in a soaring melody or a meticulously

crafted clean section long enough for you to breathe; before throwing you back into a rap-flow

vocal assault or some of the fastest drumming you’ll ever hear.

In 2025, ARCHSPIRE announced their new drummer, Spencer Moore, marking a shift in the

band’s trajectory. New blood brings new influences, and with the first single “Carrion

Ladder,” they intend to show exactly how quickly he proved himself.

“I had to step my game up fast to pull off the new material,” Spencer explains. “But once we

started tracking, everything felt comfortable and natural.”

Recorded in 2025, the album reunites the band with world-renowned producer Dave

Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Khemmis) for the third time. They locked themselves inside his

Denver studio for several months, cutting out distractions and dedicating themselves entirely

to the record.‘TOO FAST TO DIE’ follows the critically acclaimed Juno Award winning ‘Bleed the

Future,’ and marks the band’s first fully independent release. Early in the writing process they

chose to crowdfund the album, a strategy they’d used before; but nothing prepared them for

the scale of what came next.

They raised nearly $400,000 CAD in 30 days, blowing past their goal in under 24 hours and

confirming that independence was the right move.

“I was actually shaking when I pressed launch,” says guitarist Dean Lamb. “We’d never taken

on something this big, and all I could think was, ‘man, I hope we don’t mess this up.’”

‘TOO FAST TO DIE’ is set for release on April 10, 2026, and represents a new chapter

for ARCHSPIRE. Now fully independent and armed with a revitalized lineup, they’re intent on

expanding their already rabid fanbase, pushing the boundaries of extreme metal, and having a