Metal Riot

Technical death metal band Origin have posted the last of three track-by-track features of their new album “Entity,” due out June 7th (USA) and June 10th (worldwide) via Nuclear Blast.

“9. Banishing Illusion
John Longstreth: NAPALM DEATH, REPULSION, ROTTEN SOUND, MISERY INDEX, grind!!! So fun!

Paul Ryan: Our grind song. S.O.D. meets NAPALM DEATH meets CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER. Just fucking fun to play!

10. Consequence of Solution
John Longstreth: Epic #2. Lots of parts, kind of like ‘Phantom of the Opera’ by IRON MAIDEN. See if you can pick out my Pete Sandoval tribute. A lot of new ideas surfacing on this one. It’s almost like a montage of what you might hear on the next album.

Paul Ryan: The beginning of the song up to the thunder storm was the first thing written for the album and the rest was the last for us to finish. The most changes in a song we have ever done. Really excited about how this came out and what our fans will think. Rob Rebeck did a amazing Job!!!

Mike Flores: I think this may have been the first song Paul started to show me back in May of ‘09. It was just a short piece then.

11. Evolution Of Extinction

John Longstreth: For me, this song is all about flow. Very back beat oriented. This guy has deep pockets. It should make the ladies dance, the men headbang, and the kids tear each other to hreds. Some more groove in the end just in case you forgot. SOMEONE likes BOLT THROWER.

Paul Ryan: Its got all the riffs for all the right moods. You can headbang. You can throwdown in the pit to it and for the ladys you can shake your backside to it!

Mike Flores: One of my favorites. Definitely dig the topic.

12. You Fail

John Longstreth: The quickest written song on the album. I started making dinner while Paul was playing with the arpeggio bendy bit in my living room. I think he had the entire thing complete by the time I had tacos made. Oh yea, black metal.

Paul Ryan: This song was written in about a day with a couple riffs that were just on the back burner. One of my favorite riffs is the arpeggio w the bend!!! Just thrown together and it worked! RABID TERADACTYL VOCALS!!!”

The band’s latest released was their 2008 effort titled “Antithesis,” released via Relapse Records.

Technical death metal band Origin have posted the second of three track-by-track features of their new album, as well as the third studio v-log chronicling the recording process (this time it’s vocals.) Click here to watch the video.

5. Saligia
John Longstrength: This is one of the two epics of the album if you don’t count the first three songs as a single unit (which is fine if you do). We started working on this song in New York about two years ago in the winter. Despite its density and size, this song came together with relative ease (for me).
Paul Ryan: My favorite track on the album and one of the most personal when I wrote it. I didn’t know if we could pull it off but we did. Took about five takes at getting the solo with the right feel. For fans of WRATH OF VISHNU!!!

6. The Descent
Paul Ryan: An interlude to give the listener a break. Peaceful yet dark.
John Longstrength: MY BEST DRUM PERFORMANCE EVER!!!

7. Fornever
John Longtrength: Something about this song that just gets me every time. It was a complete pain in the ass to learn, but every time I got it right I felt like I had accomplished something special. I wont speak any further on this song. Its music so it requires no words to be spoken about it.
Paul Ryan: Influenced by two of my favorite bands DEATH and SUFFOCATION. I was listening to a lot of Individual Thought Patterns and Pierced From Within when I wrote the music for this one. It took a little bit to get all the stops tight but once we did it was awesome!
Mike Flores: Yep, the end of the song was like playing a video game. Addicted to playing it because I was so close to playing it right. Took some time to understand it.

8. Committed
John Longstrength: By far the most experimental thing we have done to date. Simple and to the point for me until the “numbers section”, but totally off the hook for guitars.
Paul Ryan: One of the craziest high pitch screechy things I have ever written. Its the song that the guy who listens to death metal brings his girlfriend that doesn’t listen to metal to a show and she will be like, “why do you listen to this? WTF?! FML!”
Mike Flores: This song just sounds scary! It sounds like a horror movie seen with your ears.” Look for Entity in both physical and digital formats on June 7 (N. America) and June 10 (Europe). Artwork (attached) was handled this time around by Colin Marks.

The band’s latest released was their 2008 effort titled “Antithesis,” released via Relapse Records.