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 ...  Read the complete review