An official music video for Becoming The Archetype‘s comeback single “The Lost Colony” went up online today, June 28th. That song finds the band’s core trio of vocalist/bassist Jason Wisdom, guitarist/vocalist, etc. Seth Hecox and drummer Brent “Duck” Duckett emerging from a 10-year hiatus.
It was launched last week and serves as the first single to see a release from the band’s forthcoming album “Children Of The Great Extinction“, due out August 26th on Solid State.
Wisdom commented of the band’s return, offering:
“The task of creating a new album after 10-plus years away from the band felt very daunting for me, to say the least. It’s not a matter of creating new music. I’ve written and released more than 50 songs in the past decade with other projects. The real difficult part was the idea of trying to recapture the true spirit of Becoming The Archetype.
Nostalgic fans have expectations that are impossible to meet. Those of us in the band have unique life stories that we bring to the table after all of this time apart — we have grown in different ways as people and creatively. So when we finally set out to accomplish this ‘comeback’ album, we all agreed that this needs to feel like what people remember when they think of BtA. Other than that, we just did like we always used to — we chased the sounds we like.
We hope that old fans will listen and feel like they’re visiting an old friend after many years. At the same time, we hope that new fans will discover something that is fresh and feels current.”
Hecox spoke of the themes and overall concept of the album itself:
“Thematically, it reflects the reality of our current humanitarian situation. Existential dread pervades our existence. People have experience with real monsters in addition to facing our own mortality. These things are evident not only in metal culture, but greater culture as well. We touch upon all of this as well as the possibility of redemption and salvation from those terrors.”
Wisdom added:
“This new album isn’t just about making more music, but about re-capturing the original artistic spirit of the band. Children of the Great Extinction is not just another BtA album. It is a fully realized vision of Becoming the Archetype that we’ve always wanted to put forth. When you hear it, I hope you think, ‘Becoming the Archetype is back!'”
Pre-orders for the record are available here.
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