Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris
Born of Osiris live in Minnesota at Warped Tour 2012
Background information
Origin	Palatine, Illinois, United States
Genres	Progressive metalcore, deathcore, djent
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Sumerian
Website	Born of Osiris on Facebook
Members	Ronnie Canizaro Joe Buras David Darocha Lee McKinney Cameron Losch
Past members	Matt Pantelis Joel Negus Dan Laabs Mike Shanahan Jason Richardson

Born of Osiris is an American progressive metalcore band formed in 2003 in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Ronnie Canizaro, guitarist Lee McKinney, bassist David Da Rocha, drummer Cameron Losch, and keyboardist/vocalist Joe Buras.

The group underwent several name changes, including Diminished (2003–2004), Your Heart Engraved (2004–2006), and Rosecrance (2006–2007), before finally settling on Born of Osiris in 2007,^[1] basing the name on the Egyptian deity Osiris and the tale of his son Horus.

History

In the early years the band was part of the Northland Chicago metalcore scene along with other (now successfully signed) bands such as Veil of Maya, Monsters, Oceano, and For All I Am.

While known as Diminished in 2003, they released a five-song demo EP known as Your Heart Engraved These Messages. This release was supposedly the only release from the teenage band that featured two lead vocalists. From that demo came their next name, Your Heart Engaved. From there, the band released a 12-song demo/unmastered EP known as Youm Wara Youm. This EP held the earliest recordings of the band's claim to fame in 2007, The New Reign. During that time, the band also released a satirical rap song called titled "Stressed". The song was supposedly on the band's old Myspace account and is now only found on YouTube. After that, the band changed its name to Rosecrance in 2006, and released a self-titled 7-track demo EP. This EP contains re-recordings of songs off their second demo, plus two extra satirical rap songs, named "HopeYouDie" and "Paddy Wack". The latter was based off the well-known nursery rhyme of the same name. After changing their name to Born of Osiris the following year, the band subsequently released a song called "Narnia", which would come to be called "The Takeover" on The New Reign. The New Reign marked the end of their satirical rap songs and old post-hardcore sound, and the beginning of their critically acclaimed technical deathcore sound and their stay with Sumerian Records.

The group is still signed to Sumerian Records and has released four full lengths and one EP on the label. Their album, A Higher Place, reached number 73 on the Billboard 200.^[2] Their second full-length album, The Discovery, released March 22, 2011, debuted at 87 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Born of Osiris has played at various festivals including the Summer Slaughter Tour^[1] (2008, 2009, 2015 and 2018) and the Music as a Weapon Tour 4. In 2009, they played on a co-headline tour named The Night of the Living Shred Tour with All Shall Perish, After the Burial, Caliban and Suffokate;^[4] Born of Osiris also supported Hatebreed on the Decimation of the Nation Tour 2, alongside Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and Hate Eternal.^[5] In December 2009, they asked Jason Richardson of All Shall Perish to join Born of Osiris. This began a two-year period of member stability which resulted in the writing and release of The Discovery.

September 2011, members Cameron Losch, Joe Buras, and Lee McKinney recorded and mixed the self-titled first release by Virginia band Mind's I.

On December 21, 2011, Born of Osiris fired guitarist Jason Richardson without prior notice. The official press release came three weeks later.^[6][7] Richardson immediately joined Salt Lake City deathcore act Chelsea Grin following his departure from the band. In response to the official statement released by the band, he wrote a scathing status update on his personal Facebook page, stating that the other band members frequently abused alcohol and prescription drugs.^[8] Richardson had served as a touring member within Chelsea Grin prior to him being kicked from Born of Osiris.

A video was posted showing guitarist Lee Mckinney rehearsing over a riff, which is believed to be part of a song which will feature on the next Born of Osiris release. He also had an eight string guitar built for him by the UK-based company Invictus Guitars, suggesting another direction that the next release will take.^[9]

Following this, McKinney started a side project called Mechanize (originally named Mecha but the name had to be changed for legal reasons), in which he produces original electronic music and remixes other artists.^[10] David Darocha has also started his own jewelry line called D A V I.^[11] Cameron Losch, Lee McKinney and former guitarist Jason Richardson are all instructors on the music teaching website Bandhappy, which is owned by Matt Halpern, the drummer of Born of Osiris's labelmate Periphery.

On June 25, 2013, the Sumerian Records YouTube page uploaded a new Born of Osiris song entitled "M∆chine" as well as a new album titled Tomorrow We Die ∆live, which was released August 20, 2013. They toured across North America on the 2013 Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Born of Osiris also supported Asking Alexandria on their Breakdown the Walls Tour alongside August Burns Red, Crown the Empire and We Came as Romans. The band also played on the Monster Energy Stage for the 2014 Vans Warped Tour and they did a headliner in October 2014 to support Tomorrow We Die ∆live. Within the Ruins, ERRA, Betraying the Martyrs and Thy Art is Murder all supported the band. The band also opened up for The Devil Wears Prada with The Word Alive and Secrets joining as support in early 2015. Mid-2015 saw the band open up for Arch Enemy on the 2015 annual Summer Slaughter tour. In September 2015 the band went to Russia to support Emmure on a small tour.

The new album, Soul Sphere was released on October 23, 2015. In February 2016, The band was the headliner for the Sumerian Records Ten Year Tour. Veil of Maya, After the Burial, ERRA and Bad Omens joined them on the lineup. A second leg of the tour started in May with Upon a Burning Body being added to the lineup, replacing Veil of Maya. The band will play in Europe this September with Veil of Maya as a co-headliner with Volumes and Black Crown Initiate joining as support.

On February 24, 2017, the band released their second EP, entitled The Eternal Reign, which is a revised, rerecorded version of their first studio release, The New Reign. A tour was done to celebrate The New Reign's tenth anniversary. The first half of the tour featured Volumes, Oceans Ate Alaska, Within the Ruins and Fire From the Gods as support. The second half had Volumes return with Betraying the Martyrs and Widowmaker as the new support bands.

In 2018, Born of Osiris departed on the 2018 Summer Slaughter tour. On July 16th, 2018, they released the first single from a currently unnamed album projected to release in 2018, entitled "Silence the Echo". It will be the band's fifth full-length studio album, coming after their 2015 release, Soul Sphere.

Members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

• The New Reign (2007)
• The Eternal Reign (2017)^[16][17]

Demos

• Your Heart Engraved These Messages (2003) (recorded while known as Diminished)
• Youm Wara Youm (2004) (recorded while known as Your Heart Engraved)
• Rosecrance (2005) (recorded while known as Rosecrance)
• Preview Promo (2006) (demo containing two tracks, "July 4th" (re-recorded version of "Sight and Sounds" from the Rosecrance EP) and "New Years Final")
• Narnia (2007) (single song demo which eventually became "The Takeover" featured on the band's The New Reign EP)
• Pre-Production Demo (2008) (4-track demo of instrumentals from A Higher Place)

Singles

• Stressed (2005)
• HopeYouDie (2006)
• Silence the Echo (2018)

Music videos

References

External links

• Born of Osiris at Sumerian Records
• Born of Osiris on Facebook