ARCHSPIRE – The Lucid Collective – February 13, 2015

ARCHSPIRE guitarist Dean Lamb has released a series of instructional guitar videos via Gear Gods. In this series the string wizard discusses techniques, soloing with special focus on his feats found on fast-rising technical death metal force’s latest album ‘The Lucid Collective’, and more.

ARCHSPIRE have previously released footage of drummer extraordinaire Spencer Prewett playing live at this year’s Housecore Horror Fest. Watch the sticksman perform the track “Seven Crowns and the Oblivion Chain” on SickDrummer.com.

The track “Seven Crowns and the Oblivion Chain” is taken from the band’s recent full-length ‘The Lucid Collective’, which is streaming in full here and available from the Season of Mist shop.

On further news, fast-rising, technical death metal force ARCHSPIRE have announced a new US tour! The road trip starts on March 3rd and sees the band perform alongside FALLUJAH across the Western US, and playing select dates across Seattle, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and more. The band will also perform at South By Southwest as part of the Metalsucks Showcase and more. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

All dates with FALLUJAH, LORNA SHORE, and THE ZENITH PASSAGE

3/3 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
3/4 Salt Lake City, UT @ Loading Dock
3/5 Boise, ID @ The Shredder
3/6 Spokane, WA @ Northwest Pinnacle
3/7 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
3/8 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
3/10 Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
3/11 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
3/12 Hollywood, CA @ The Whiskey
3/14 Santa Ana, CA @ Malones
3/15 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
3/16 Phoenix, AZ @ Joe’s Grotto
3/18 Austin, TX @ Metalsucks SXSW Showcase
3/20 Austin, TX @ NEMHF SXSW Showcase
3/21 Mission, TX @ Never Say Never Fest
3/22 Fort Worth, TX @ South by So What Fest

‘The Lucid Collective’ was recorded at Rain City Recorders, in Vancouver, B.C. and was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Stuart McKillop (BAPTISTS, BISON B.C.) with additional engineering by Curtis Buckoll and Mark Mckitrick. The band documented their stay at the studio, and the footage can be found here.

Artwork and tracklist for ‘The Lucid Collective’ can be viewed below:

Lucid Collective Somnambulation Scream Feeding The Plague Of AM Fathom Infinite Depth Join Us Beyond Seven Crowns And The Oblivion Chain Kairos Chamber Spontaneous Generation