Ominous

OMINOUS IS A HEAVY THREE PIECE NEW JERSEY BASED DEATH METAL BAND FORMED IN THE FALL OF 2002 BY VOCALIST AND GUITARIST VIC GONZALEZ AND DRUMMER JAY MEERHOLZ. INFLUENCED BY ICONIC EXTREME BANDS SUCH AS OBITUARY, CRADLE OF FILTH, SUFFOCATION AND CRYPTOPSY, OMINOUS WAS INSPIRED TO PRODUCE A FOUR SONG CD IN JUST THREE MONTHS TIME WITHOUT A BASSIST. WITH THE DEMO CIRCULATING WORLDWIDE, THEIR FAN BASE GREW BEYOND THE U.S. QUICKLY. IN EARLY 2003 THE BAND FINALLY RECRUITED A BASSIST AND WITH A COMPLETED LINE-UP THEY BOOKED THEIR FIRST SHOW IN MAY 2003. THEY HIT THE SCENE HARD KILLING IT WITH EVERY PERFORMANCE, THE BAND GREW ALOT OF BUZZ. THAT SUMMER, THE BAND GAINED NEW FANS WITH THE RELEASE OF A 10 SONG DEMO CD AND CONTINUED TO EXPAND THEIR FAN BASE WHEN THEY PLAYED THE FAMOUS MILWAUKEE METALFEST AT A MONSTER 24,000 SEAT VENUE. OMINOUS HAS SINCE SHARED THE STAGE WITH SUCH HALLOWED ACTS AS KATAKLYSM, SUFFOCATION, DEICIDE, VITAL REMAINS, DYING FETUS, 25 TA LIFE, OBITUARY, WINDS OF PLAGUE AND GOATWHORE TO NAME A FEW. 2005 WAS A HUGE YEAR FOR OMINOUS. FIRST THEY WERE SIGNED TO CHICAGO BASED ROTTING CORPSE RECORDS AND RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "INTERCORPSE". THEY ALSO FOUND A PERMANENT BASSIST IN ALEX ROSATI. AT ABOUT THAT TIME BOTH VIC GONZALEZ AND JAY MEERHOLZ BOTH RECEIVED THEIR OWN ENDORSEMENT DEALS. VIC WITH YAVCON GUITARS RELEASING HIS FIRST SIGNATURE SERIES GUITAR CALLED "THE DESECRATOR" ALONG WITH A DEAL WITH VADER CABINETS. JAY GOT A DEAL WITH MRP DRUMS AND RELEASED HIS SIGNATURE DRUM SET CALLED "THE MIDNIGHT STALKER". OMINOUS ALSO HAS FOUR PROFESSIONAL MUSIC VIDEOS IN THEIR ARSENAL. IN 2004 THEIR FIRST PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNING MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE TRACK "13 YEARS OF PAIN" WAS FILMED BY DIRECTOR MICHEAL SALADINO OF ON THE POINT FILMS WHO HAS WORKED WITH SUCH ACTS AS 4o BELOW SUMMER, THE USED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AND CRISS ANGEL. STARTING IN 2009 DIRECTOR JOSEPH PINE OF JNP PRODUCTIONS TOOK OVER THE FILMING AND SHOT 3 VIDEOS FOR US BEGINNING WITH OUR MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE TRACK "YOUR TRAGEDY" WHICH WAS SHOT ON LOCATION AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY IN PHILADELPHIA. IN 2010 JNP FILMED "BATTERED" AT THE TMT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK. IN THE SPRING OF 2014 JNP PRODUCTIONS FILMED THE BANDS DARKEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE TRACK "FORGET" WHICH DEALS WITH THE AFFECTS OF SUICIDE. ON AUGUST 30, 2014 OMINOUS RELEASED THEIR LONG AWAITED SECOND ALBUM TITLED "YOU CREATED TRAGEDY". THIS ALBUM WAS ENGINEERED BY ELVIZ CHRIST OF FORT LEE, NJ AND WAS MASTERED AND FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST GUITAR WORK BY WORLD RENOWNED GUITARIST JAMES MURPHY. 2014 ALSO SAW NEW BASSIST, LONG TIME FRIEND TOM COOKE TO THE LINEUP. 2014 HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR AND WITH THIS NEW LINEUP OMINOUS HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON MUCH BIGGER THINGS. OMINOUS IS ON A MISSION AND ONLY GOING FORWARD. MORE MUSIC, MORE VIDEOS AND MANY MORE SHOWS TO ENSURE OUR FUN IN DESTROYING THE WORLD. New Album Out! http://ominousnation.bandcamp.com/releases