Becoming the Archetype's "Celestial Completion"
really starts off with
"The Magnetic Sky"
Here at the end...
Here at the end of the world, planets fall and we are rising, soul and sky are magnetizing.
Oh... Here at the end of the world, we are witnessing together the inception of forever.
Time begins to bend, and then it breaks. When it’s all gone, we’ll be movin’ on, movin’ on.
Rising. Movin’ on. Magnetizing. Movin’ on. Movin’ on.
We are rising. Movin’ on. Magnetizing. We’ll be movin’ on.
Lift the earth and like a wave carry us to shore.
What a perfect, what a beautiful emptiness. And we will live forevermore.
"The Magnetic Sky" is one of my favorites on the album, and is a good feeler for the rest of the album. it's a little different then most Metal but at the same time isn't a drastic change to the genre. It has a good tempo and the mix of some clean vocals is nicely done.
The next song is…
"Internal Illumination"
Don’t believe your eyes. Don’t accept the obvious.
Don’t believe your eyes. Don’t accept the obvious.
The light is growing brighter. Time is a face upon the water.
The light is growing brighter. Time is a face upon the water.
Engage. Turn out the light. Internal illumination.
And see, the earth is bright, with internal illumination.
Internal illumination. Internal illumination.
"Internal Illumination" is ok, not a favorite of mine on the album by any stretch of the imagination. to be honest it's really just kind of blah..
The next song is called….
"Path of the Beam"
The crooked path is becoming straight as we move toward perfection.
That old black rider ever chasing no longer sets the direction.
We ride on a beam of light, on a wave of pure precision.
Our souls arise in endless flight and we are one in perfect fusion. Oh...
We ride into the atmosphere and leave the world behind.
Ride because the end is here. No force on earth can hold us down.
I love "Path of the Beam" the opening is great, love
the drum beat leading into the first vocals sung, and the first vocals themselves are lyrically killer, and absolutely true. To me this song is a perfect blend of metal and the experimenting that BTA does through their music. A favorite for sure.
"Music of the Spheres:Requiem Aeternam I"
is just an instrumental, a beautiful one at that.
"Elemental Wrath: Requiem Aeternam II"
All the earth is silent. The universe has shifted.
Creation holds its breath as the curse of death is lifted... lifted.
All the earth is silent. The universe has shifted.
Creation holds its breath as the curse of death is lifted.
"Requiem Aeternam II" has some killer guitar work, and I like the way it starts off. it's actually a song that really transforms through out, and actually seems quite all over the place. At 4:09 the song completely gives off a different vibe then again at 5:02 the piano kind of has this NIN vibe to it then that also switches up until it goes into an awesome send off at 7:05. Lyrically the ending is my favorite part of the song, but the whole song in general does have it's moments.
"Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam III"
Soli Deo Gloria. Soli Deo Gloria. You can’t save yourself.
Enemies are rising up against the light, yet it will go on shining even in the darkest night.
"Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam III"
has what I would call an "interesting sound" and for the record "Requiem Aeternam" means "Eternal Rest" and the part in this song where you hear the latin esque opera lady singing "Soli Deo Gloria" that means glory to God alone, which makes me love the song even more.
"Invisible Creature"
is another instrumental but only 41 seconds long,
a middle eastern sitar kind of vibe. I love it and I think it's a great opening to the next song..
"Cardiac Rebellion"
From somewhere in the darkest depths, within the cloth of secrets kept, Out of silence death maintained, resounds a voice that shakes the frame. Listen now unto the call, like nothing heard before. Living hearts begin to crawl, bursting forth through stubborn flesh. The invisible nature is taking over,
taking over from within. The invisible creature is breaking through, breaking through the skin. Oh... Hey! Clear the way! It’s a revolution! Cardiac rebellion! Hey! Clear the way! It’s a revolution! Cardiac rebellion!
I hear a lot of people give "Cardiac Rebellion" flack for it's mixing of the ska music style, I thought it was pretty refreshing on the album and quite like it.
"Reflect\Refract"
All light... All the lights are burning bright.
All our bodies taking flight. The shadows cast are evidence,
there is a deeper world than this. Hearts like candles light the way,
turning darkness into day. Let us all this light absorb until at last we are no more. Flesh is dissolving in the light,
soaking the soul in radiation. (radiation) The pathogens take hold at once and begin the transformation. (transformation) Father of lights, shine upon us here.
Take the darkness from our hearts, make it disappear. Father of lights, shine upon us here.
Take the darkness from our hearts, make it disappear.
"Reflect\Refract" for the clean vocals and cool guitar style starting at about 3:10 is definitely a favorite on the album for me, and also the very ending vocals are awesome…
Break me. Remake me, a mirror that reflects Your glory. Break me. (Break me) Remake me, (Remake me,) a mirror that reflects You perfectly.
The final song…
"Breathing Light"
See the artificial light now. It’s flickering, fading away. Eternity is right now. (Come on!) It is fusing with today. Breathing light. We anticipate. Breathing light.
Or suffocate. See the darkness that conceals you.
Evaporating, exposing the soul. And as the light reveals you, (Come on!) let it in,
let it take control. As death corrupts, beauty is revealed, as the whole world falls apart. (souls are healed) As death corrupts, beauty is revealed, as the whole world falls apart. (souls are healed)
"Breathing Light" lyrically is the best song on the whole album, and musically has this hardcore metal sound mixed with classical beauty, Chaos to put it simply is really the whole album in a nutshell..
Celestial Completion by BTA is highly reviewed by most mainly because of the creativity of BTA, no doubt they do take some diverse steps, and I think thats great and find myself actually liking songs like "Cardiac Rebellion" that most find to weird. While I like songs like
"Magnetic Sky" "Path of the Beam" "Reflect\Refract" and "Breathing Light", I find myself disappointed that more didn't stand out to me, I really can't say this is a must have album, unless you are looking for something different in the metal scene. To me it's somewhere between good and great which is why it gets a 3 1/2 from me.
