After grabbing the attention of critics and fans alike with their brutally inventive 2011 tour de force Celestial Completion, metal adventurers Becoming The Archetype return with I Am, an album that may prove to be their biggest surprise yet when it drops September 18 on longtime label Solid State Records. Due to the upcoming album a new message by Count Seth [guitar].
So you know the drill: a band gets ready to release a new album and they start throwing songs online for their fans to listen to. Usually it’s 3-4 songs so that people can get properly excited about the new album.
With this album, the current plan is to release 4 songs before the album is released. We’re trying to be creative with how we do this, thus you have the unlock situation with The Time Bender.
As for the songs themselves, I can’t reveal which ones will be released yet, but I can say that we chose to release The Time Bender first because it’s the most straight-forward song on the album. It’s super brutal and features most of what BTA does best. It doesn’t have any clean singing, but at least one of the songs we release will have clean singing and I think you’ll really dig it.
The Time Bender was a good song for us to play live this summer and to release first and to make a video for because it’s not super complicated or confusing. We have a knack for occasionally losing some listeners with our more progressive songs, haha. So we still have that progressive element on I AM, but it’s in songs we don’t plan to release before the album comes out.
All of this to say: FEAR NOT! The next couple songs released will be super heavy as well and will contain more progressive elements. Enjoy these songs as we release them and remember, we often save the most beautiful moments (both musically and visually) for those willing to purchase the CD.
God bless and rock on!
Track listing:
01. The Ocean Walker
02. The Time Bender
03. The Eyes Of The Storm
04. The Sky Bearer
05. The Machine Killer
06. The War Ender
07. The Weapon Breaker
08. The Planet Maker
09. The Sun Eater
10. I AM
Current Line Up:
Chris McCane – Vocals
Seth Hecox – Guitar, Keyboard, Clean Vocals
Daniel Gailey – Guitar, Vocals
Codey Watkins – Bass
Chris Heaton – Drums
Upcoming Shows:
31-08-2012 Worthing, South Dakota @ LifeLight Festival
01-09-2012 Mounds View, MN (Minneapolis area) @ North Star Room
02-09-2012 Worthing, South Dakota @ LifeLight Festival
Weblinks: Website / Facebook / Twitter
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