Jason Wisdom
{{short description|American musician (born 1983)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jason Wisdom
| image = Jason Wisdom, Death Therapy (2019).jpg
| caption = Wisdom performing with Death Therapy in 2019
| birth_name = Jason Marshall Wisdom{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/impending-interview-jason-wisdom-death-therapy-ex-becoming-archetype/|title=Impending Interview with Jason Wisdom (Death Therapy, ex Becoming the Archetype)|publisher=Indie Vision Music|first=Seth|last=Hecox|date=January 4, 2017|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|25}}
| background = person
| origin = Dacula, Georgia, U.S.
| alias =
| genre = {{Hlist | Christian metal | technical death metal{{cite web |url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/artists/39/Becoming_The_Archetype/bio/ |title=Artist | Becoming The Archetype |publisher=Solid State Records |date= |accessdate=2011-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517074056/http://www.solidstaterecords.com/artists/39/Becoming_The_Archetype/bio/ |archive-date=2015-05-17 |url-status=dead }}|metalcore | progressive death metal|industrial metal}}
| occupation = {{Hlist | Singer | musician}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| instrument = {{Hlist | Vocals | bass guitar}}
| label =
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Nonexistent Failure|The Remnant}}
| current_member_of = {{Ubl
| The Reversalist
}}
| past_member_of = {{Ubl
| Pneuma
| Solamors
}}
| website =
}}
Jason Wisdom is an American musician who is the lead vocalist and bass guitarist for the heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype. Though he was born and raised in a Christian home, he states that he was never committed to Christianity until high school.{{cite web|url=http://www.insideheavy.com/interviews/bta/jason/jason_wisdom.htm |title=Becoming The Archetype - Jason Wisdom |publisher=Insideheavy.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-13}} He considers his music as a form of ministry, but wishes to avoid a "preachy" stereotype. His influences include Extol, Living Sacrifice, and Mortification among others.{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-the-story-grows/id962812433|title=Jason Wisdom, formerly of Becoming the Archetype|first=Jason|last=Wisdom|website=iTunes |interviewer=Trav Turner|date=July 19, 2015|access-date=November 22, 2015}} Wisdom notes that even though his music is Christian metal, many of his fans are not Christians and are many times the ones who defend his music. Wisdom left the band in late November 2011 to take care of his family (although he would return to the band in 2022).{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2011/11/28/becoming-the-archetype/|title=Becoming the Archetype|author=Steve|date=November 26, 2011}} Though current 7 Horns 7 Eyes frontman, JJ Polachek, tried out, Wisdom was replaced by former live fill in, Chris McCane. He started a solo project titled Death Therapy, which features no guitars.{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2015/11/09/news/ex-becoming-the-archetype-singers-new-band-death-therapy-features-no-guitar/|title=ex-Becoming the Archetype Singer's new band, Death Therapy, features no guitar|publisher=Theprp|author=Wookubus|date=November 9, 2015|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://hmmagazine.com/blog/the-jump/former-becoming-the-archetype-announces-new-project-death-therapy-streams-new-song/|title=Former Becoming the Archetype announces new project, Death Therapy, streams new song|publisher=HM Magazine|first=David|last=Stagg|date=November 9, 2015|accessdate=November 9, 2015}} He currently works for RYFO, a company that helps musicians with places to stay, meals and other such things.{{cite web|url=http://mikeduran.com/2015/02/interview-w-jason-wisdom-former-frontman-for-becoming-the-archetype/|title=Interview w/ Jason Wisdom, former frontman for Becoming the Archetype|publisher=Decompose|first=Mike|last=Duran|date=16 February 2015 |accessdate=November 29, 2015}}
History
=Becoming the Archetype (1999–2011, 2022–present)=
Wisdom's musical career started in 1999, when he helped form Technical death metal band, Becoming the Archetype with guitarists Sean Cunningham and Jon Star, bassist Wes Gaither, and drummer Brent "Duck" Duckett. The band was not originally called Becoming the Archetype, as it was formerly called Nonexistent Failure. The band recorded a demo under this moniker, before changing the name again to The Remnant. The band recorded a demo and a their self titled album under this name. Around 2003-2004 the band played Cornerstone Festival, where they met the musicians in Demon Hunter. The members of DH told the members of the band to change their name, so they would not be confused with the punk band The Remnants. The band again changed their name to Becoming the Archetype. The band went over several line-up changes with the exception of Wisdom, Duck and founding BTA guitarist (who had nothing to do with Nonexistent Failure or The Remnant) Seth Hecox. The band recorded four albums, titled Terminate Damnation, The Physics of Fire, Dichotomy, and Celestial Completion, before Wisdom and Duck left the band, on November 14, 2011. In 2022, Wisdom revived BTA alongside Duck and Hecox, releasing a new album, Children of the Great Extinction, on August 26, 2022.{{cite web | url=https://heavensmetalmagazine.com/index.php/2022/07/25/becoming-the-archetype-release-new-video/ | title=BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE: Release New Video | date=25 July 2022 }}
=Solamors (2012–2015)=
Beginning in 2012, Jason joined with guitarist Alex Kenis (Aletheian, ex-Becoming the Archetype) and drummer Travis Turner (ex-Aletheian, UnTeachers) to begin their band Solamors based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2013/02/06/solamors-to-release-depravitys-demise-spring-2013/ |title=Solamors to release Depravity's Demise spring 2013 |publisher=Indie Vision Music |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050346/http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2013/02/06/solamors-to-release-depravitys-demise-spring-2013/ |archivedate=2015-09-24 }} The band's influences are Death, Emperor, Cynic, Becoming the Archetype, Aletheian, The Burial, Black Crown Initiate, Demon Hunter, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Extol.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/SolamorsOfficial/about?refid=17|title=About|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=September 24, 2015}} Wisdom left the band in 2015.
=Death Therapy (2015–present)=
Death Therapy is Wisdom's solo project that was originally conceived in 2010, but started recording in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://deaththerapy.org/|title=Official Website|publisher=Death Therapy|accessdate=November 29, 2015|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715005014/http://www.deaththerapy.org/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=119389|title=Death Therapy Premieres New Song "The Lie"|publisher=Metal Underground|author=LugalKiEn|date=January 13, 2016|accessdate=September 11, 2016}} He recorded a single titled "Possessed" and was released on November 9, 2015. Wisdom was planning on releasing an EP and touring in 2016. The project's influences are Tool, Opeth, and Devin Townsend. On October 30, 2016, Wisdom announced that Death Therapy had signed to Solid State Records and would be releasing a new album, by around February 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|title=Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy|publisher=As The Story Grows|first=Jason|last=Wisdom|interviewer=Trav Turner|date=October 30, 2016|accessdate=October 30, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531132109/http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/death-therapy-signs-solid-state-records/|title=Death Therapy Signs to Solid State Records|publisher=Indie Vision Music|first=Mason|last=Beard|date=January 19, 2017|accessdate=January 20, 2017}} The band released two songs titled "Slow Dance (With Death)"{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/lyric-videos/death-therapy-slow-dance-death/|title=Death Therapy - Slow Dance (With Death)|publisher=Indie Vision Music|first=Graham|last=Wall|date=February 10, 2017|accessdate=February 16, 2017}} and "Self Mind Dead" which features Andrew Schwab of Project 86.{{cite web|url=http://hmmagazine.com/blog/hm-exclusives/hm-premiere-death-therapy-releases-new-single-self-mind-dead-featuring-first-ever-guest-vocal-project-86s-andrew-schwab/|title=HM PREMIERE: Death Therapy releases new single, 'Self Mind Dead,' featuring the first-ever guest vocal from Project 86's Andrew Schwab|publisher=HM Magazine|first=David|last=Stagg|date=February 16, 2017|accessdate=February 16, 2017}} Death Therapy released their album The Storm Before the Calm on February 24, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/releases/1024/The_Storm_Before_The_Calm/|title=Death Therapy - The Storm Before the Calm|publisher=Solid State Records|accessdate=February 26, 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328105917/http://www.solidstaterecords.com/releases/1024/The_Storm_Before_The_Calm/|url-status=dead}} In 2019, Wisdom released Death Therapy's second album, Voices, on April 12.{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13538568-Death-Therapy-Voices | title=Death Therapy - Voices | website=Discogs | date=12 April 2019 }} After releasing the EP Dance Therapy: Pre-apocalyptic Cyber Funk for Late Stage Humanoids in 2020, Death Therapy issued Melancholy Machines, their third studio album, on June 4, 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www.solidrockradio.org/music-news/melancholy-machines-released-by-death-therapy/ | title=Melancholy Machines Released by Death Therapy | date=6 June 2021 }}
Bands
Current
- Death Therapy – vocals, bass (2015–present)
- The Reversalist - vocals (2020–present)
- Becoming the Archetype - vocals (1999-2011, 2022-present), bass (2003-2011, 2022-present)
Former
- Pneuma – vocals - (2011–2012)
- Solamors – vocals (2012–2015)
- Wisdom & Wages - Bass & Vocals (2021)
Timeline
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = left:125 bottom:60 top:0 right:10
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1999 till:12/13/2022
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1999
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1999
Colors =
id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals
id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass
id:Studio value:black legend:Studio_album
id:EP value:gray(0.55) legend:Other_release
id:bars value:gray(0.95)
Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom
BackgroundColors=bars:bars
ScaleMajor = increment:1 start:1999
LineData =
layer:back
at:01/01/2002 color:EP
at:01/01/2003 color:EP
at:01/01/2004 color:studio
at:08/30/2005 color:studio
at:06/18/2007 color:studio
at:11/25/2008 color:studio
at:03/29/2011 color:studio
at:12/24/2013 color:studio
at:02/24/2016 color:EP
at:02/24/2017 color:studio
at:04/12/2019 color:studio
BarData =
bar:BTA text:"Becoming the Archetype"
bar:S text:"Solamors"
bar:DT text:"Death Therapy"
bar:TR text:"The Reversalist"
PlotData=
width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:BTA from:start till:11/14/2011 color:Vocals
bar:BTA from:06/22/2022 till:end color:Vocals
bar:BTA from:01/01/2003 till:11/14/2011 color:Bass width:3
bar:BTA from:06/22/2022 till:end color:Bass width:3
bar:S from:01/01/2012 till:03/21/2015 color:Vocals
bar:DT from:11/09/2015 till:end color:Vocals
bar:DT from:11/09/2015 till:end color:Bass width:3
bar:TR from:01/01/2020 till:end color:Vocals
Discography
= With Becoming the Archetype =
== As Nonexistent Failure ==
Demos
- In Loving Memory of Everything... I Never Had (2002)
== As The Remnant ==
== As Becoming the Archetype ==
Studio albums
Singles
- "Necrotizing Fasciitis" (non-album digital single, 2009, Solid State){{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=5228652&blogId=510101877 |title="Go get Necrotizing Fasciitis! Embrace the Plague!" Official BtA blog at MySpace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2009-09-14 |accessdate=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate=February 7, 2009 }}
- "O Holy Night" (non-album digital single, 2011, Solid State){{cite web|title=O Holy Night: Becoming the Archetype|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/O-Holy-Night/dp/B0067EPU8A|date=}}
Music videos
- "Endure" (The Physics Of Fire) – 2007
- "The Magnetic Sky" (Celestial Completion) – 2011
- "Breathing Light" (Celestial Completion) – 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.celestialcompletion.com/blog/?p=120 |title=Breathing Light Music Video Announced |publisher=Celestialcompletion.com |date=2011-04-21 |accessdate=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320192653/http://www.celestialcompletion.com/blog/?p=120 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
= With Solamors =
Studio albums
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1"| Year ! width="200" rowspan="1"| Title ! rowspan="1"| Label |
| 2013 |
= With Death Therapy =
EPs
- Demo Songs - 2015/2016 [Limited to 200 physical copies. Tracks listed in table below.]
Studio albums
- The Storm Before the Calm (2017)
- Voices (2019)
- Melancholy Machines (2021)
=Guest appearances=
- "Reject" by Living Sacrifice (2010; Live){{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/notes/jason-wisdom/new-beginning-familiar-place/10154811550031562/?refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.899565596808364%3Atl_objid.899565596808364|title=New Beginning, Familiar Place|publisher=Facebook|first=Jason|last=Wisdom|date=April 21, 2016|accessdate=April 29, 2016|quote=In 1999, I got together with a few high school buddies in my best friend's basement to make some music. One of the first songs I remember trying to cover was "Reject" by Living Sacrifice. Fast forward to 2010, and I did my final tour with Becoming the Archetype. That tour was in support of Living Sacrifice. Several times on that tour, I was honored to do guest vocals on "Reject." Now it is 2016, and I am leaving for my first "tour dates" with my new band, Death Therapy. Who are we opening for? None other than the great Living Sacrifice. This may not seem like a big deal to you...but it is HUGE for me.}}
- "Nemesis" by Hope for the Dying (2016)
- "Burden" by Dire (2017)
- "A Deep State of Awake" by Teramaze (2020)
- "Black Hole" by TheLeadBassist (2022)
- "Ticket to the Next Apocalypse" by Teramaze (2022)
- "Spit Parade" by Mangled Carpenter (2023)
- "Break the Walls" by Motivik (2024)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wisdom, Jason}}
Category:American performers of Christian music
Category:American male singers
Category:American heavy metal guitarists
Category:People from Dacula, Georgia
Category:American male guitarists
Category:Christian metal musicians
Category:Singers from Georgia (U.S. state)