The Physics of Fire

To me, Becoming the Archetype is one of those bands that never disappoint the listener. They never fail to surprise and every album is a mix of new fresh tunes and lyrical content. With this album they have proven themselves once again.

The first track starts off with a very relaxing type of intro and after that the music explodes into something totally unique. The growling vocals are mixed with clean vocals which guarantee that the vocals don’t get boring. The main thing about this album that totally rises out above anything else is the unique mix of gothic keyboard harmonics, harsh death metal and a melodic death metal type of sound. In “Second death” the band reminded me of a gothic \ doom metal band and this gothic theme is combined with a unique death metal sound.

Then there are the solos. One thing is certain – these guys really know something about playing guitar solos and I think that there are some death metal bands out there that can really learn something from them.