Becoming The Archetype

Becoming The Archetype is one of the best "Christan" bands on the planet right now. They blend the heaviest of vocal styles and death metal with the intricacies of progressive metal. They've grown and matured throughout their extensive run making noticeable changes to the musical direction with every album. While most of the time the changes worked, sometimes they didn't to a nasty degree. Unlike other bands who tend to continue on the path of suck, Becoming The Archetype moves forward and doesn't look back.
The first time I heard this band it was 2004 and i was in a transitional phase in my musical maturity. I was starting to understand that heavy was king and that rap rock with going the way of the dinosaurs and also that there were killer Christian bands out there to listen to. Those bands most notably "Norma Jean" and "Haste the Day" were on the label "Solid State" which is an off shoot of "Tooth and Nail" records. Solid State allowed bands to make great music without having "Christian" lyrics and also seemed to give the bands creative control. Becoming The Archetype was one of the bands on Solid State and they had just released they're debut album "Terminate Damnation". It was unlike anything I was listening to at the time. Super heavy, mixed incredibly well. It remains to this day one of the best if not the best albums released on Solid State.

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After "Terminate Damnation" came the less exciting "The Physic's Of Fire" which in my opinion is the worst album by far. They tried too hard to build upon the sound of the first album by adding weak singing vocals, which at times bordered on painful. The album was also mixed horribly, with a noticeable difference in the arrangeable of the band. The sound of the album feels hampered by the ever present gargling of the bass. Its hard to put into words. There were good songs on the album and if would be great to get a release with cleaned up vocals and a better mix. It was a disappointing addition to they're catalog but we didn't have to wait long until the next album.