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. The album was released on August 26, 2022, through Solid State. 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 ''

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''.The album was produced by Nate Washburn (

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), and the album artwork was designed once again by

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, who had created the artworks for three of their albums. Discussing the new album 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."

Track listing

Personnel

;Becoming the Archetype * Jason Wisdom – unclean vocals, bass, gang vocals * Brent Duckett – drums, gang vocals * Seth Hecox – rhythm guitar, keyboards, clean vocals ;Additional Personnel * Daniel Gailey (

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) – lead guitar and solo on "The Lost Colony" * Alex Kenis (

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) – lead guitar and solo on "The Calling" * Ryan Clark (

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) – guest vocals on "The Ruins" * Nate Washburn – production, mixing, engineering, lead guitar * Troy Glessner – mastering * Tyler Washburn – additional synths * Jarret Chastain – gang vocals * Samuel Holcomb – gang vocals * Shaun Hughes – gang vocals * Jim Hughes – layout *

– album artwork

References

{{Authority control Becoming the Archetype albums Solid State Records albums 2022 albums