Terminate Damnation

Terminate Damnation is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype, released on August 30, 2005. The title of the album was taken from the song "Terminate Damnation" from the Mortification album, Scrolls of the Megilloth.^[4]

Terminate Damnation
Studio album by Becoming the Archetype
Released	August 30, 2005
Recorded	2005
Studio	Compound Recordings, Magnolia, Texas
Genre	Heavy metal,[1] progressive death metal,[2][3] thrash metal,[3] metalcore[3]
Length	54:33
Label	Solid State
Producer	Zach Hodges
Becoming the Archetype chronology
The Remnant (2004) Terminate Damnation (2005) The Physics of Fire (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Jesus Freak Hideout	[1]
MusicOMH	(?)[2]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[3]

The album artwork was painted by Dan Seagrave, who has been commissioned to draw many metal album covers.

Terminate Damnation was released on vinyl with a limited pressing of 500 by Broken Circles Records in 2011.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"March of the Dead"	1:42
2.	"Into Oblivion"	6:01
3.	"One Man Parade"	4:51
4.	"Elegy" "I: Deception" (featuring Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter) "II: Lament" "III: Triumph"	11:14 5:30 3:38 2:06
5.	"Night's Sorrow"	3:51
6.	"The Epigone"	5:00
7.	"Beyond Adaptation"	2:34
8.	"No Fall Too Far"	5:46
9.	"Ex Nihilo"	5:08
10.	"Denouement"	1:44
11.	"The Trivial Paroxysm"	6:37
Total length:		54:33

Personnel

BTA

• Jason Wisdom – vocals, bass guitar
• Jon Star – guitars, engineering
• Sean Cunningham – guitars
• Seth Hecox – guitars, keyboards
• Brent Duckett – drums

Additional musicians

• Ryan Clark – vocals on "Elegy I: Deception", A&R

Production

• Zach Hodges – producer, engineering, drum recording
• Troy Glessner – drum recording
• Jeff Gros – photography
• Jonathan Dunn – A&R
• Aaron Mlasko – drum tech
• Dan Seagrave – cover art
• Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering

References and notes

1. Jesus Freak Hideout review
2. review
3. review
4. Hecox, Seth (May 10, 2015). "Seth Hecox of Becoming the Archetype". Interviewed by Trav Turner and Stephen Sarro. As the Story Grows. Retrieved February 7, 2016.