Dichotomy - Becoming the Archetype

The Physics Of Fire - Becoming the Archetype

The second full-length release from Christian metalcore band Becoming the Archetype is a little disappointing after the strength of their debut, and despite the progressive elements that continue to be plagiarised from melodic death metal bands such as Opeth, the music here is all far too repetitive to be of interest as the album plods onwards. The melodic death metal lead guitars have now become more or less a cliche, standing out too prominently amidst the yelled verses just as the mellow sections of every single song act more as a jarring interruption than a seamless central movement. This album also sees the inevitable move away from death metal growls to include ...

The Physics Of Fire - Becoming the Archetype

The second full-length release from Christian metalcore band Becoming the Archetype is a little disappointing after the strength of their debut, and despite the progressive elements that continue to be plagiarised from melodic death metal bands such as Opeth, the music here is all far too repetitive to be of interest as the album plods onwards. The melodic death metal lead guitars have now become more or less a cliche, standing out too prominently amidst the yelled verses just as the mellow sections of every single song act more as a jarring interruption than a seamless central movement. This album also sees the inevitable move away from death metal growls to include ...

Terminate Damnation - Becoming the Archetype

Becoming the Archetype are a progressive metalcore band combining very obvious influences from the worlds of metalcore and melodic death metal but still ending up with an interesting and characteristic sound of their own, for this first album at least. The progressive elements aren t so much representative of this band innovating beyond their metalcore base, but rather an attempt to basically imitate what Opeth are doing in a metalcore fashion, something already achieved with aplomb by Disillusion in their classic Back to Times of Splendor, but reasonably reproduced here in songs like the eleven-minute Elegy and The Epigone, retaining the acoustic style for the ...

Terminate Damnation - Becoming the Archetype

Becoming the Archetype are a progressive metalcore band combining very obvious influences from the worlds of metalcore and melodic death metal but still ending up with an interesting and characteristic sound of their own, for this first album at least. The progressive elements aren t so much representative of this band innovating beyond their metalcore base, but rather an attempt to basically imitate what Opeth are doing in a metalcore fashion, something already achieved with aplomb by Disillusion in their classic Back to Times of Splendor, but reasonably reproduced here in songs like the eleven-minute Elegy and The Epigone, retaining the acoustic style for the ...