ATRÆ BILIS (BC, Canada) - Apexapien
LP (2021) on Orange Crush Cloudy Effect vinyl - includes 18x24 poster.  Canada has long been a wellspring from which fierce technical brutality has continuously flowed. In that tradition Atræ Bilis offer the imminent predatory attack of ‘Apexapien’, their debut full-length studio offering and one poised to set them on a path of unfettered exploration and intensity. Like many bands on the 20 Buck Spin roster, Atræ Bilis take elements of several metallic sub-genres and twist them together into a distinctive alloy greater then sum of its parts. 
On ‘Apexapien’ angular blackened dissonance, exhilarating experimental, progressive 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 on ‘Apexapien’ establishes Atræ Bilis at 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.  20 Buck Spin – SPIN141