''Terminate Damnation'' is the debut album by

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band

Becoming the Archetype Becoming the Archetype is an American Christian metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released five albums on Solid State Records. '' Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United S ...

, released on August 30, 2005. The title of the album was taken from the song "Terminate Damnation" from the

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album, '' Scrolls of the Megilloth''. The album artwork was painted by

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, 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

# "March of the Dead" – 1:42 # "Into Oblivion" – 6:01 # "One Man Parade" – 4:51 # "Elegy: Deception/Lament/Triumph" – 11:14 (featuring Ryan Clark of

Demon Hunter Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...

) # "Night's Sorrow" – 3:51 # "The Epigone" – 5:00 # "Beyond Adaptation" – 2:34 # "No Fall Too Far" – 5:46 # "Ex Nihilo" – 5:08 # "Denouement" – 1:44 # "The Trivial Paroxysm" – 6:37

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", A&R Production * Zach Hodges – producer, engineering, drum recording * Troy Glessner – drum recording * Jeff Gros – photography *

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– A&R * Aaron Mlasko – drum tech *

– cover art *

Tue Madsen Tue Madsen (born 1969) is a Danish music producer and sound engineer, who is well known in metal genre for his work with bands like Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, Suicide Silence, Hatesphere, The Haunted, Mnemic, Ektomorf, Cataract, ...

– mixing, mastering

References and notes

Becoming the Archetype albums 2005 debut albums Tooth & Nail Records albums Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave Solid State Records albums {{Christian-album-stub