BEYOND CREATION Announce 15th Anniversary Reissue of “The Aura”, Out July 17th

From the beginning, it was clear that Beyond Creation possessed a special aura. Back in 2011, the Montréal four-piece quickly proved they were the next progressive evolution in technical death metal with their very first album. Now, fifteen years later, the genre still basks in the enduring glow of The Aura.

“Laden with atmosphere, The Aura stands out from the crowded 2011 tech/death scene thanks to the prominent use of fretless bass, varying drum patterns, and experimentation with tempo”, wrote Metal Injection in a recent retrospective. “Combine that with a variety of searing vocal styles and classically-influenced, lightening-fast sweeps, The Aura is a decadent joy to the mechanically and sonically minded”.

As the Independence Music Award winners and Canadian Grammy nominees prepare to perform their landmark debut in full for the very first time on their upcoming Latin American tour, today, Beyond Creation are announcing a special anniversary reissue of The Aura. The new limited-edition colored vinyl variant is cut at 45 RPM for superior sound quality. It comes with a double-sided full color poster and an embroidered patch.

“Fifteen years ago, The Aura marked the beginning of our sonic journey”, Beyond Creation lead vocalist and guitarist Simon Girard reflects. “Our celebration of its 15th anniversary officially begins with this special limited-edition reissue. Join us in the celebration during our upcoming tour of Latin America with our special guests Fallujah, where we will perform the album in its entirety for the first time ever, as well as our new single ‘Reverence’”.

The special 15th anniversary edition of The Aura comes out July 17, 2026 on Season of Mist. Pre-order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/BeyondCreationAll

Tracklist

No Request for the Corrupted (4:56)
Coexistence (7:37)
Chromatic Horizon (1:54)
Omnipresent Perception (6:12)
Injustice Revealed (3:55)
Le détenteur (2:35)
The Aura (7:07)
Social Disability (5:30)
Elevation Path (1:45)
The Deported (11:09)
Total runtime: 52:09

Listen to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel:

Beyond Creation The Aura 15th Anniversary Latin American Tour
with special guest Fallujah

April 19 – San Jose, Costa Rica @ Utopia [TICKETS]
April 20 – Bogota, Columbia @ Relevent Music Hall [TICKETS]
April 22 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Teatro Flores [TICKETS]
April 23 – Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Burning House [TICKETS]
April 24 – Santiago, Chile @ Blondie [TICKETS]
April 26 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Cafe Iguana [TICKETS]
April 29 – León, Mexico @ Rock Station [TICKETS]
April 30 – Guadalajara, Mexico @ Foro Independencia [TICKETS]
May 1 – Aguascalientes, Mexico @ RockSi [TICKETS]
May 3 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador [TICKETS]

The Aura immediately stood out as a shining achievement for technical death metal. With microscopic precision, the band spliced together classic brutality and prog’s unbending curiosity with an unforeseen tact for melody. “Coexistence” opened eyes far and wide to a new realm of possibilities, where headbanging riffs don’t collide but resolve amidst an extended instrumental passage that glistens like the cosmos. After more than 6 million views on YouTube, “Omnipresent Perception” is still blowing people’s minds. Its fretless bass solo, while impossible to follow, leads along the path to enlightenment.

“Are we the chosen ones?”, Girard wonders during “The Deported”, the album’s epic 11-minute closer. He’s questioning humanity’s own presumed superiority, but when it comes to Beyond Creation and the universe of progressive technical death metal, the answer is still a resounding “yes”.

Beyond Creation’s full discography is available now on Season of Mist. Order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/BeyondCreationAll

Watch the revelatory video for Beyond Creation’s new single “Reverence” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/64f4SKak_IY
Stream “Reverence”: https://orcd.co/beyondcreationreverence
Order exclusive “Reverence” merch: https://loudtrax.com/beyondcreation

The French part of Canada is home to a vibrant culture of technical death metal fostered by outstanding acts such as Gorguts, Cryptopsy, Martyr and Neuraxis. This illustrious family tree has produced many sprouts in the past, yet none of them are as brilliant as Quebec’s amazing scion: Beyond Creation.

Beyond Creation saw the light of day in 2005 in Montreal, Canada but it wasn’t until 2010 that the band was ready to hit the stage with their original line-up consisting of Simon Girard, Kevin Chatré, Guyot Bégin-Benoît and Dominic ‘Forest’ Lapointe. A year later, the band self-released their debut full-length album The Aura (2011), which quickly became a highlight in the genre. Since then, Beyond Creation has been known as the progressive, innovative and exciting new metal sound of their homeland, Quebec.

In late 2012, the band had Philippe Boucher (Ex-First Fragment, Incadescence, Chthe’ilst, Décombres) take Guyot’s place on drums and things started moving at a faster pace in 2013, when they joined Season of Mist, re-releasing ‘The Aura’ and touring North America, Japan and Australia. In 2014, Beyond Creation released their second masterpiece Earthborn Evolution.

After the addition of Hugo Doyon-Karout (Brought By Pain, Equipoise, Conflux) on bass, the band focused on touring as much as possible on the Earthborn Evolution album cycle compiling three North American tours, three European tours, countless shows in Canada, appearances in Mexico, Colombia and Dubaï, sharing the stage with heavy weights like Arch Enemy, Hate Eternal, Misery Index, Dying Fetus, Psycroptic and Obscura. They also took part in multiple large-scale music festivals such as Hellfest (FR), 70 000 Tons of Metal (US), UK Tech-Fest, Montebello Rockfest (CA), Heavy MTL (CA) and Damnation Fest (UK).

In 2018, Beyond Creation recorded their IMA award-winning and JUNO-Nominated third album Algorythm at The Grid Studio in homeland Canada. With their latest album, Beyond Creation delivers a ferocious blend of technicality, melody, and brutality aided by fang-filled growls, which is interwoven with beautiful progressive interludes.

Since then, Beyond Creation have toured extensively. The band have played multiple times across North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with the likes of Ne Obliviscaris, Decapitated, Cynic and Rivers of Nihil. They’ve also hit the festival circuit with appearances at Shred Fest, Loud As Hell Open Air and Trois-Rivières Metal Fest.

In 2026, Beyond Creation released “Reverence”, their first single in eight years, ahead of the 15th anniversary of The Aura. To celebrate 15 years since the release of their landmark debut, the band announced a special limited-edition reissue of the album through Season of Mist. They will perform the album in full for the first-time ever during their 2026 Latin American Tour with special guests Fallujah.