Urn

Yea, yea, I know, this really isn't electronic underground music or industrial related at all. But, hell, I like to sometimes dive into other genres when I find myself curious enough. Anyway, Urn is a gothic/folk metal group based in Orlando, Florida of the United States. With their upcoming album "Epiphany" on the horizon, I talked to guitarist and lead singer Dominic regarding the album, their signing to Dark Moon Records, and their future plans. 

Dominic -  "We toured extensively for two years for 'Scribings' so we really in earnest didn’t begin to work on 'Epiphany' until about 2011. However, around that time we elected to focus on other aspects of our lives and our families. I myself left Chicago for Florida later in 2011 to be with my family more. We did some touring in 2012 and decided to take a little bit of break the following year."

Dominic -  "As the title would suggest, it was an intense exploration of self-discovery and self-realization. On an individual, personal level I was transformed dramatically as a person and a great deal of this album’s lyrical content were my emotions dealing with the vigorous changes that came with that process. A reflection on lessons learned if you will."

Dominic -  "We have eleven songs on this album and they are all original. In fifteen years, this band hasn’t done a cover song and most likely will not be doing one in the near future. What URN fans can look forward to is that we heard their voices and we delved more into our Celtic side of the band as we incorporated more non-traditional rock instruments such as violin and 36-string lever harp which really helped enhance the arrangements on many of the songs."

Dominic -  "Our albums in the past, I did the majority of the writing, but with this album we did try to make it more of a collaborative effort. Each of us come from similar, but different backgrounds and we also came from different ways of how we go about songwriting. As a result, there were periods where we struggled with the new process. I’d say that Liam and Chris work a little better together, but in the end we all seem to have learned each other better that moving forward we’ll be more harmonious."

Dominic -  "I honestly feel it is our greatest work to date. I’ve been proud of each of the albums in the past, but this one in particular I have a certain type of pride that I’ve not felt with the previous releases. This is in part that we did take a much different approach to the overall process of the album’s creation."

Dominic -  "Corvis Nocturnum of Dark Moon Productions who wanted to expand his multi-media operations into the music industry approached us. Fortunately for us, he has been a long-time friend and fan of URN and he was really wishing for another URN album and put a great deal of effort into making this all a reality."

Dominic -  "The support that they have shown is immense. Albeit, there have been some financial struggles which almost anyone in this time and this world has been encountering, but the cold truth is, if it wasn’t for Dark Moon coming and expressing their support to the extents that they have, URN probably never records this album or ever again for that matter."

Dominic -  "We have been honored to have partnered up with Bloody Disgusting to have world premiered our promotional video for 'Cast in Amber' the first single off of the new album. So we launched that last month and have already seen incredible feedback. We have a regional tour coming up in September and we have already filmed another video for the title track of this album. As far as another recording in the future, we certainly feel that we would like to, but let’s see where 'Epiphany' takes us."

Dominic -  "We are working on a re-launch of our flagship website www.urncentral.com. It will be a complete overhaul from the previous version and will be more interactive as well."

Dominic -  "It is we who thank you for giving us this opportunity to share a bit of ourselves with your readers.  We deeply appreciate all that you do for the music community and the support that you’ve shown to us!"