Origin is the debut studio album by American death metal band Origin. The album has a rawer and less technically proficient sound compared to their more technical later albums. The album was the first death metal album released on a label to incorporate the use of gravity blasts, although the band's original drummer George Fluke used the gravity blast on their 1998 EP A Coming into Existence.
This is the Origin's only album without bassist Mike Flores, and their only album with bassist Doug Williams and singer Mark Manning.
' called the album a masterpiece and recommended it to fans of Dying Fetus and Suffocation. Encomium wrote: "There are 9 bone-crushing, gut-ripping, cranium-tormenting Death/Grind tunes executed with a magnificent precision." Chronicles of Chaos said: "Pleasant thoughts these are not, but neither is Origin. Damn fine music to wreck your mind to."