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* ORIGIN (Death Metal - USA) vient d'annoncer le départ de leur chanteur James Lee. Son remplaçant se nomme Mica (Maniac) Meneke (Sol Asunder, Ontogeny, The Faceless, Legion Victorious). Ce dernier aura l'occasion de démontrer ses capacités vocales à l'occasion de la tournée en Australie, Nouvelle-Zélande puis Europe, qu'ORIGIN débutera le 1er Avril 2010.
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Technical death metal masters ORIGIN have inked a European record deal with Agonia Records. The band's new album - the follow-up to 2011's Entity - is entitled Omnipresent and will be made available this summer. Cover artwork, track-list and other vital details will be revealed shortly.

Formed in Kansas (North America) in 1997, Origin is one of the top, most intense and most brutal technical death metal forces to be reckoned with. Since its inception, the group has charted twice on the Billboard Top Heatseekers (with Antithesis at #21 and Entity at #20) and emerged on countless highly-energetic shows across the world. In 2007, Origin reached Europe for the first time in career (on tour with MISERY INDEX and NECROPHAGIST) and five years later, in 2012, reclaimed The Old Continent together with SUFFOCATION. This coming May, Origin will be heading out on a headlining run in South East Asia and Australia.

The band made a statement regarding their new deal for Europe: "Origin is proud to be a part of the Agonia Records family! We feel that this is the strongest move on our quest for total omnipresence, and are excited to share our latest cut of sheer technical brutality throughout Europe and beyond. We are everywhere and nowhere. We are Origin. Hail Space."

Thus far operating as a trio, Omnipresent will introduce Jason Keyser (SKINLESS) as band’s new vocalist.

Commented John Longstreth (drums): "Origin records albums in a somewhat masochistic, chaotic, and senseless fashion. It’s our best trick, and we need the best guy for our best trick, so that’s why we have Jason. He’s had two years of hard road work with the band and we know he’s the guy. For those that weren’t aware, Origin recorded Entity as a trio without a proper vocalist, so we are very excited to have Jason in to do what a proper vocalist is supposed to do."

The new album will be available in North American territory via Nuclear Blast Records. More news will follow soon.

Genre defining technical death metal giants Origin will release Omnipresent on July 8th in North America via Nuclear Blast (and on Agonia Records on July 4th in Europe). Omnipresent was recorded with longtime producer/engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in Lenexa, KS. The album was mixed and mastered at Menegroth - The Thousand Caves with Colin Marston, and features artwork once again by Colin Marks (Nevermore, Kataklysm, Exodus).

Regarding the artwork, vocalist Jason Keyser explains: "We were very happy to be able to work again with Colin Marks of Rain Song Design for the artwork of Omnipresent. He designed the art for our previous album, Entity, which had a barren, stripped down minimalism, but for Omnipresent we wanted bigger. We were looking for something that would represent the total insignificance and helplessness of humanity to the impending doom of the universe that surrounds us at all times. It's a strong running theme of the album lyrically; how our pride and arrogance can advance us as a species in so many ways, eventually conquering the unknown reaches of space. But ultimately we continue to exist only at the whim of the cold, indiscriminate forces that could snuff our sentient spark at any moment.

“The title of the album, Omnipresent, works perfectly with the artwork in the way that omnipresence does not come from expanding to new worlds and growing as a species, but only through being whittled down to a last living being alone in the universe. The final failed experiment of life has no comparison, it is the most powerful, only through our sentient extinction can we finally understand some sliver of godhood."

Omnipresent marks the recording debut of Jason Keyser (ex-Skinless), who has being touring with Origin as their vocalist since the release of Entity.

"Origin records albums in a somewhat masochistic, chaotic, and senseless fashion,” comments drummer John Longstreth. “It’s our best trick, and we need the best guy for our best trick, so that’s why we have Jason. He’s had two years of hard road work with the band and we know he’s the guy. For those that weren’t aware, Origin recorded Entity as a trio without a proper vocalist, so we are very excited to have Jason in to do what a proper vocalist is supposed to do."



Omnipresent tracklisting:

"All Things Dead"
"THRALL:FULCRUM:APEX"
"Permanence"
"Manifest Desolate"
"Absurdity Of What I Am"
"Source Of Icon O"
"Continuum"
"Unattainable Zero"
"Redistribution Of Filth"
"Obsolescence"
"Malthusian Collapse"
"The Indiscriminate"
"Kill Yourself" (S.O.D. cover)

"A culmination of 15 years of technical death metal brutality, Omnipresent transcends definition,” states the band. “From light speed to absolute zero it is a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe to the darkest nether of the mind. We are everywhere and nowhere. We are omnipresent."

Tech-death masters, Origin, strike again on June 3 with their new album, Chaosmos. The long-standing outfit celebrates not only a return to Nuclear Blast (World excluding Europe) and Agonia Records (Europe), but also rings in their 25th year on Chaosmos.

Today, the band release the music video for the second single and title track, "Chaosmos". Watch the video directed by David S. Brodsky, below, and listen to the "Chaosmos" single on all streaming platforms, here.

John Longstreth comments, "Have you ever wondered if Origin can perform in an empty warehouse? Here's your chance to find out! We're super excited to work with the video wizards at MyGoodEye once again. We had a ton of fun filming this thing! Enjoy 'Chaosmos'!"

Origin re-tapped Kansas City-based studio guru Rob Rebeck to engineer, produce and mix Chaosmos. The production team holed up in GFM Recording Studios in Blue Springs, Missouri, and Chapter 2 Recording in Lenexa, Kansas, over 14 days. Robeck worked the mix over four days, while Colin Maarten at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves in Queens, New York, mastered Chaosmos in two. The cover artwork was created by Santiago Jaramillo, Triple Seis Design..