''Dichotomy'' is the third studio album by metal band
Becoming the Archetype, released on November 24, 2008. The album features guest appearances by
Devin Townsend,
Ryan Clark, a
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
named
Suzanne Richter, and
Aslan.
The album is based heavily on C.S. Lewis' ''
Space Trilogy''.
Track listing
# "Mountain of Souls (The Ghost)" (featuring
Devin Townsend of
Strapping Young Lad)
- 5:16
# "Dichotomy (The Tower)" (featuring
Ryan Clark of
Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...
)
- 4:25
# "Artificial Immortality (The Beast)"
- 3:58
# "Self Existent (The Tomb)"
- 4:18
# "St. Anne's Lullaby (The Sage)" (Instrumental)
- 1:53
# "Ransom (The Serpent)"
- 4:04
# "Evil Unseen (The Root)"
- 4:04
# "
How Great Thou Art (The Hymn)"
- 4:29
# "Deep Heaven (The Awakening)")
- 4:38
# "End of the Age (The Lion)"
- 6:30
The band posted full album lyrics on their
MySpace blog
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on September 11, 2008.
Official "Dichotomy" lyrics posted by Becoming The Archetype on Myspace
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Personnel
Becoming the Archetype
* Jason Wisdom
Jason Wisdom is the lead vocalist and bass guitarist for the Christian progressive death metal band Becoming the Archetype. Though he was born and raised in a Christian home, he states that he was never committed to Christianity until high sch ...
- vocals, bass
* Count Seth Hecox - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Jon Star - guitars
* Brandon Lopez - drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
* Suzanne Richter - guest vocals on track 9
* Ryan Clark (Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...
) - guest vocals on track 2
* Devin Townsend ( Strapping Young Lad) - guest vocals on track 1
References
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Becoming the Archetype albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums
2008 albums
Solid State Records albums
Albums produced by Devin Townsend