Celestial Completion
Becoming the Archetype
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The Resonant Frequency of Flesh | Becoming the Archetype | 2:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Magnetic Sky | Becoming the Archetype | 4:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Internal Illumination | Becoming the Archetype | 5:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Path of the Beam | Becoming the Archetype | 5:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Music of the Spheres: Requiem Aeternam, Pt. 1 | Becoming the Archetype | 1:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Elemental Wrath: Requiem Aeternam, Pt. 2 | Becoming the Archetype | 7:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam, Pt. 3 | Becoming the Archetype | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Invisible Creature | Becoming the Archetype | 0:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Cardiac Rebellion | Becoming the Archetype | 5:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Reflect/Refract | Becoming the Archetype | 4:37 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Breathing Light | Becoming the Archetype | 6:32 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
With savage finesse, Becoming the Archetype moves beyond their Christian metalcore comfort zone on Celestial Completion. Even compared with BTA’s blistering earlier releases, Celestial Completion is an album of violent contrasts, rendered with fearless spirit. Bassist Jason Wisdom’s harsh vocals are paired with newly recruited guitarist Daniel Gailey’s clean-edged singing to stunning effect. Even more striking are the bold arrangement choices the band makes — from the pizzicato strings and massed vocals opening “The Resonant Frequency of Flesh” through the cinematic sweep of the closing number “Breathing Light,” the album’s instrumental shifts are as dazzling as they are unpredictable. Most radical of all is “Cardiac Rebellion,” a dreamy, dirge-like number that breaks into a ska interlude (complete with trombone by ex-Five Iron Frenzy member Dennis Culp). Skull-piercing riffage and pummeling drum work keep Celestial Completion brilliantly brutal, even as Becoming the Archetype crosses the threshold into bold new territory.
Customer Reviews
Different, not their best, but still amazing.
This album is... all kinds of different things, i can hardly find words to describe it.. the best word i can think of would definitely be unique, i've never heard an album like it. It combines everything i've ever heard in metal, or even music overall, and more and does it in a way that's actually good. I have no idea how a band can possibly use hardcore death vocals, techno, and jazz all in a single song but Becoming the Archetype has done it. That being said, I prefer Dichotomy over this album so far, but maybe it just has to grow on me... Dichotomy is one of my top albums of all time, so I honestly was not expecting it to be beaten, but dang this is a good album.
Standouts to me at this point are Internal Illumination, Elemental Wrath, Breathing Light (which of course is going to be epic, it's the last song on the album and BTA has a tradition of doing something amazing with the last song), and of course Music of the Spheres, no BTA album would be complete without a heartwarming instrumental.
Overall, I would give it a 4.5, but since I can't, I'll go ahead and round to a 5.
OUTSTANDING! Experimental yet still brutal!
When I heard "Magnetic Sky" for the first time, I was pumped! ...when I first heard "Cardiac Rebellion." I got worried that one of my favorite bands experimented too much (for cryin' out loud, since when are there trombones in metal?) and that this album would be a disappointment. I WAS WRONG. This album effectively challenges the entire genre, with a distinctive proggressive and experimental sound, sounds that I'd thought of but never actually heard pulled off. Another amazing album from BTA that I'm proud to keep in my collection and use to blast out the windows of my car, house, and school. God bless Becoming the Archetype!
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A Real Difference Maker !!!!
The standard catch phrase for every metal album release in the last decade has been. "Its a new sound unlike anything you have heard before." And every time I hear that I am always presented with an album of the same ole same ole. This is one of the very few times I can recall hearing a new album and instantly thinking to myself, "
This is very different and totally fresh." Historically BTA has pushed the barrier of normal thinking when it comes to their releases and they have always delivered but "Celestial Completion" is the biggest leap to date. And I might add its the best as well. I have given the album a dozen spins so far and come away every time picking up something I had totally missed the time before. Those are the kinds of things that keep you listening to an album. Those are the things that keep loyal followers hands in the air screaming, "How did they do it again." Blowing our minds is what BTA has always been guilty of doing. Celestial Completion just takes that feeling that we all are accustomed to and blasts its face clean off. Thanks boys for pushing the limits of everything that has become so boring in metal. We need more !!!!!
Biography
Formed: 1999 in Atlanta, GA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Becoming the Archetype
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O Holy Night | O Holy Night - Single | 4:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Necrotizing Fasciitis | Necrotizing Fasciitis - Single | 2:45 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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How Great Thou Art | Dichotomy | 4:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Magnetic Sky | Celestial Completion | 4:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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End of the Age | Dichotomy | 6:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dichotomy | Dichotomy | 4:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Breathing Light | Celestial Completion | 6:32 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ransom | Dichotomy | 4:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Mountain of Souls | Dichotomy | 5:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Artificial Immortality | Dichotomy | 3:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
