Origin

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CountryUnited States
Formed1997
StatusActive
GenreTechnical death metal
LabelAgonia Records, Nuclear Blast

Origin are the American band from Topeka, Kansas, who play technical death metal. They have released eight studio albums, most recently Chaosmos in 2022.

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Origin come from Topeka, Kansas. Before Origin, guitarist Paul Ryan played in the bands Necrotomy and Thee Abomination.

The self-titled debut studio album, Origin, was released by Relapse Records in 2000. Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas (2002), Echoes of Decimation (2005) and Antithesis (2008) followed on the same label. The fifth album, Entity, came out in 2011.

The sixth album, Omnipresent, was released on 4 July 2014 through Agonia Records in Europe and Nuclear Blast in North America. It was the band’s first album with vocalist Jason Keyser, formerly of Skinless. It was produced by Robert Rebeck and mixed and mastered by Colin Marston, with cover artwork by Colin Marks.

Unparalleled Universe followed in 2017. The eighth studio album, Chaosmos, was released in 2022.

Current line-up: Jason Keyser (vocals), Paul Ryan (guitars, vocals), Mike Flores (bass, vocals), John Longstreth (drums)