April 29, 2007
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If Hardcore/Metal music doesn’t interest you, please skip to the next post.
Becoming the Archetype is a great Christian hardcore/metal band that hails from my neck of the woods. I’ve been to one or two of their shows, and they’re good musicians.
The real reason I post this, though, is because their guitarist/keyboardist goes to my church and I’ve gotten to know him pretty well lately. Seth (a.k.a. “Count Seth”) wrote several songs on the album, and I like to support my friends. Not just that, but I like the music on this album even better than the stuff from their last one.
If you like this kind of music, check out this CD. You can listen to it on MySpace or PureVolume. If you’re from near Georgia, their album release show will be May 5th at 7:00 PM at The Pivot in Cleveland, Georgia. It’s $12 to get in, but you get a free CD out of the deal. Oh, and a little insider info: wear any Mexican-themed clothes you’ve got (sombrero, etc.) ’cause it’ll be Cinco de Mayo!
Comments (13)
i’m a demon hunter man myself, but these guys are pretty good…
Man, next thing I know you will be taking credit card payments over xanga. So by the title do I assume that they are insinuating that they are the first Archetype and everybody else has failed? Or are they trying to tell us how to become the Archetype? Or are they still in the process of becoming the Archetype? Archetype of what? And is that David Blane trapped in a block of Ice on the cover of the album? You got some explaining to do.
Everytime I see “great” and “christian band” close in a sentence I am forced to wince and ignore it on principle.
Then again, I don’t mind some of Al Green’s stuff, and he went all Jesusy. Admittedly I don’t like any of the Jesus stuff, but Love And Happiness and Here I Am were fantastic.
eeargh,
looks very Christianesque, to me.
yeah……………
Christian metal is an interesting phenomena. It thumbs its nose at orthodoxy while at the same time embracing it. I’ll bet many conservative Evangelical families don’t like Christian metal even if it is Christian.
My best friend loves hardcore, and I am not a fan. I am currently listening to coldplay. We recently took a roadtrip. He had to play it the ENTIRE way. Ugh, it was terrible.
not my style music, but they are quite good. for their genre. i mean, they actually have quite a bit of talent. as a guitarist, i’m impressed. really.
you should try to talk them into putting some of their lyrics up. considering that’s what sets them apart from other hardcore bands, i’m going to assume. with them being a christian band and all.
hm. i personally would listen to this type music a lot more if the vocal parts weren’t screaming parts. but, such is the genre, i understand. i still fancy the guitar and drums very much and it’s a shame we can’t have hardcore music that does without the, well, “hardcore vocals.”
that whole middle to end part of Immolation is awesome. yeah. m/
k i’m done. =)
Definitely NOT my style, but since I believe in supporting friends I will give them a listen, too.
Thanks. =)
And, I already listen to Demon Hunter.
I read your comment on TheWorshipCafe and I thought it was excellent (I’ll use an exerpt in a second and then you’ll know what comment I’m referring to).
What I can’t understand is how you can write a comment that says,”most Christians are women, and the church is aimed at 40-something women” and stop by my site, where the post you commented on was basically about that, and not leave a comment!!
boo.
aha! “WE FINALLY HAVE THE MONKEY FOR THE RESCUE UNIT!”
good idea. Bed is a good idea.
as a general rule i don’t like christian music.
i don’t mind songs that have obvious religious tones, but an album full of them is too much for me. or maybe i’m just too PC as an ex-californian.
i do like a few jars of clay songs. that count?
…and maybe a little D.C. Talk.