Children of the Great Extinction is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype.

[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.

[11] In an interview with New Release Today, Wisdom said, "We talked about it a few years ago, right before COVID-19 happened.

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.