Urn (band)

Urn
From left to right: Dominic St. Charles, Julian Umberger, Lex, Chris Shive, Sophia
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States flagicon|USA
Genre(s)	Gothic metal
Yearsactive	1994-1996, 2000-
Label(s)	Rotting Corpse Records
Website	[http://www.urncentral.com Official Site]
Members
Dominic St. Charles Sophia Julian Umberger Bill Hamning Chris "Troll" Shive

Urn is a Chicago based Gothic, Black metal band.

Members

Current members

• Sophia - Vocals, Keys & Flute
• Dominic St. Charles - Vocals, Guitar
• Chris "Troll" Shive - Guitar
• Julian Umberger - Bass
• Bill Hamning - Drums and Percussion

Discography

• Consecrated Ashes (Maxi-single) (2001) — Self Release, USA
• Desecrated Ashes (EP) (2003) — Self Release, USA
• Dancing With The Demigods (2006) — Rotting Corpse Records, USA

Compilation appearances

*Primal River Valley (Compilation) (2004) — Latex Records, USA
*Raw Aggression III (Compilation) (2006) — Rotting Corpse Records, USA

History

Founded by Dominic St. Charles, Urn was originally formed in 1994 as a Death Metal band. Due to a serious accident with one of the members in 1996, the band broke up. In 2000 Dominic reformed the group with a new line-up and a new style. In the fall of 2005, Urn signed with Rotting Corpse Records and released their full-length album, Dancing With The Demigods. Currently this album is being distributed through the label, Century Media.

Tours

• Summer 2007 with To/Die/For and Virgin Black - United States
• Spring 2007 with Nocturnal Divinity, Nanochrist, Aerocar Model Four - Canada
• Fall 2004 with Michelle Belanger - United States
• Spring of 2001 with the Babylonian Tiles - North America/Canada
• Fall of 2001 with Gossamer - North America/Canada

"Shadow Dancer" Video

Urn worked in collaboration with Michelle Belanger, author of the Psychic Vampire Codex (who also did guest vocals on two of their albums) and Don Henrie from the Sci-fi Channel's Mad Mad House for the band's first music video, "Shadow Dancer." Don Henrie plays a classic Anne Rice-style vampire who seduces the band's keyboardist and vocalist Mistress Sophia, turning her into a vampire by the end of the music video. Michelle Belanger plays the master vampire who oversees and encourages the activities of Don's character.

External links

* [http://www.urncentral.com Official Urn Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/urn Official MySpace]
* [http://www.rottingcorpserecords.com Rotting Corpse Records]