Formed in the summer of 1999, the five-piece caught Solid State’s attention in the summer of  2004 while playing a festival with Demon Hunter, a band whose members also work at the  label. “I heard them from afar and was instantly intrigued,” explains Demon Hunter frontman  Ryan Clark. “I ran over and caught their set and was amazed at how technical and driving  the musicianship was; I was instantly intent on signing them.”  

The band has already released a full-length, self-produced album as The Remnant in early  2004. The band entered the studio in March 2005 at Seattle’s Compound for the recording  their 11-song opus which was then given a shot of brutality courtesy of Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn, Hatesphere) who laid down the final mix and mastering at  his Antfarm studio in Denmark. In a celebration of all that is truly heavy, the band melds its  style from all across the metal and hardcore spectrum, utilizing guitar solos‚ blast beats and  grind vocals seamlessly. Carefully blending elements of epic, progressive metal‚ thrash‚  hardcore‚ and death metal‚ BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE is a breath of fresh air in a scene  often ruled by watered down‚ mediocre bands cut from the same ‘‘metal-core‘‘ mold. No  matter where they go they continue to prove that they have everything it takes to be the  future of the metal/hardcore scenes. In addition to being a musical tribute to early death  metal, Terminate Damnation is made all the more vicious visually by harnessing the amazing  cover artwork skills by the legendary Dan Seagrave who designed the classic albums of Morbid Angel, Suffocation and Entombed. Don’t be late on this boat. This is the metal  band to keep your eyes on. For fans of Carcass‚ Opeth and Unearth.