Terminate Damnation

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Terminate Damnation | type = studio | artist = Becoming the Archetype | cover = Terminatedamnation.jpg | released = August 30, 2005 | recorded = 2005 | studio = Compound Recordings, Magnolia, Texas | genre = Progressive death metal,<ref name=MOMH/><ref name=RH/> metalcore<ref name=RH/> | length = 54:28 | label = Solid State | producer = Zach Hodges | prev_title = The Remnant | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = The Physics of Fire | next_year = 2007 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Jesus Freak Hideout'' | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=JFH>[http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TerminateDamnation.asp Jesus Freak Hideout review]</ref> | rev2 = MusicOMH | rev2score = (?)<ref name=MOMH>[https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/becoming-the-archetype-terminate-damnation review]</ref> | rev3 = Rock Hard | rev3score = 8.5/10<ref name=RH>[https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/becoming-the-archetype-terminate-damnation review]</ref> }} '''''Terminate Damnation''''' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype. The album was 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-the-story-grows/id962812433|title=Seth Hecox of Becoming the Archetype|publisher=As the Story Grows|first=Seth|last=Hecox|interviewer=Trav Turner and Stephen Sarro|date=May 10, 2015|access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>

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== {{Track listing | title1 = March of the Dead | length1 = 1:42 | title2 = Into Oblivion | length2 = 6:01 | title3 = One Man Parade | length3 = 4:51 | title4 = Elegy" *"I: Deception" (featuring Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter) *"II: Lament" *"III: Triumph | length4 = 11:14 *5:30 *3:38 *2:06 | title5 = Night's Sorrow | length5 = 3:51 | title6 = The Epigone | length6 = 5:00 | title7 = Beyond Adaptation | length7 = 2:34 | title8 = No Fall Too Far | length8 = 5:46 | title9 = Ex Nihilo | length9 = 5:08 | title10 = Denouement | length10 = 1:44 | title11 = The Trivial Paroxysm | length11 = 6:37 | total_length = 54:28 }}

==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

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Category:Becoming the Archetype albums Category:2005 debut albums Category:Tooth & Nail Records albums Category:Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave Category:Solid State Records albums