Children of the Great Extinction

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Children of the Great Extinction
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 2022 (2022-08-26)
StudioGlow In The Dark Studios
Genre Metalcore, progressive metal, melodic death metal, Christian metal
Length49:12
Label Solid State
Producer Nate Washburn
Becoming the Archetype chronology
I Am
(2012)
Children of the Great Extinction
(2022)
Singles from Children of the Great Extinction
  1. "The Lost Colony"
    Released: June 24, 2022 [1]
  2. "The Remnant"
    Released: July 15, 2022 [2]
  3. "The Calling"
    Released: August 5, 2022 [3]
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Children of the Great Extinction is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype. The album was released on August 26, 2022, through Solid State. [8] It is the band's first album in ten years since their hiatus, and also features the return of Jason Wisdom and Brent "Duck" Duckett to the band with Seth Hecox, the first album to have this lineup since Celestial Completion . [9] The album was produced by Nate Washburn (My Epic), [10] and the album artwork was designed once again by Dan Seagrave, who had created the artworks for three of their albums. [11]

Contents

Background

In an interview with New Release Today, Wisdom said, "We talked about it a few years ago, right before COVID-19 happened. We talked about writing new music and then we got shut down for about a year and a half. Then, we met with our producer, Nate Washburn, and wrote some great new songs. The band hadn't been active for many years, but I think our reunion was mostly spurred on by the curiosity of wanting to try recording again. It's hard to write an album that'll live up to expectations after being gone for so many years, that's probably why I waited so long myself." [12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jason Wisdom; all music is composed by Jason Wisdom, Seth Hecox, Brent Duckett and Nate Washburn

No.TitleLength
1."The Dead World"4:49
2."The Lost Colony"3:49
3."The Remnant"4:48
4."The Calling"4:59
5."The Phantom Field" (instrumental)2:48
6."The Awakening"6:15
7."The Hollow"4:53
8."The Ruins" (featuring Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter)3:58
9."The Curse"4:12
10."The Sacrament"8:35
Total length:49:12

Personnel

Becoming the Archetype
Additional Personnel

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