The band has been captivating audiences across multiple genres and have been establishingthemselves as one the more energetic live acts to see. The band has drawn comparisons by national trade media to such artists such as Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil,Amorphis, Nightwish, My Dying Bride and other similar acts that tend to find acertain beauty in darkness.

The band originated in 1994 as part of the Cleveland collegemusic scene and relocated to Chicago in 1998 as founder Dominic St. Charles also performed with the Electric Hellfire Club. Urn started touring nationally in 2001 in support of their first self-released EP “Consecrated Ashes”.

The band then followed up and self-released their“Desecrated Ashes” EP in 2003 and received strong airplay support via college and internet radio stations across North and Central America. The band then self-booked several national tours and eventually made their Canadian and Mexican debuts in this time frame.

In December of 2005, URN signed with Rotting Corpse Recordsand in July of 2006, released their first full-length LP “Dancing with theDemigods” with major chain-store distribution through Century Media, Synergy Distributionand Azure Green. The albumreceived rave reviews in trade magazines such as Pit Magazine, Brave Words andBloody Knuckles, Explicitly Intense,New Witch, Dark Realms, and many more.

As a result, URN toured even more extensively throughoutNorth America, highlighted by being the direct support acts for To/Die/For,Virgin Black for full production tours. The band also did support for regional legs of tours with Moonspell,Katatonia, Daylight Dies, and Finntroll, and many notable others.

The band also headlined many high-profile conventions/festivalsthroughout such as Ancient Ways in Chicago, KiNvention North in Toronto,Endless Nights in New Orleans, Radio Active in Detroit, GenCon in Indianapolis,The International Body Art Expo in Columbus, Paganstock in Michigan, Doomsday MetalFest in Milwaukee and The Long Black Veil in New York.

URN released their second full-length album, “Scribings of aForgotten Soul” in July 2009, again on Rotting Corpse Records, and the bandwould continue its relentless approach to international touring and promotingby being direct support acts for artists such Tarja Turunen for full tours aswell as being selected for regional tours with artists such as Epica, LeavesEyes, Ensiferum, Tyr, and The Genitorturers.

URN, a band who is always pushing their boundaries andthresholds, looks to continue to do so over the coming years by their life commitmentto constantly evolve, adapt, and grow on their musical journey.

IN signed with Rotting Corpse Recordsand in July of 2006, released their first full-length LP “Dancing with theDemigods” with major chain-store distribution through Century Media, SynergyDistribution and Azure Green. The album received rave reviews in trade magazines such as Pit Magazine, Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles, Explicitly Intense, New Witch,Dark Realms, and many more.

As a result, URN toured even more extensively throughoutNorth America, highlighted by being the direct support acts for To/Die/For,Virgin Black for full production tours. The band also did support for regional legs of tours with Moonspell,Katatonia, Daylight Dies, and Finntroll, and many notable others.

The band also headlined many high-profile conventions/festivalsthroughout such as Ancient Ways in Chicago, KiNvention North in Toronto,Endless Nights in New Orleans, Radio Active in Detroit, GenCon in Indianapolis,The International Body Art Expo in Columbus, Paganstock in Michigan, Doomsday MetalFest in Milwaukee and The Long Black Veil in New York.

URN released their second full-length album, “Scribings of aForgotten Soul” in July 2009, again on Rotting Corpse Records, and the bandwould continue its relentless approach to international touring and promotingby being direct support acts for artists such Tarja Turunen for full tours aswell as being selected for regional tours with artists such as Epica, LeavesEyes, Ensiferum, Tyr, and The Genitorturers.

URN, a band who is always pushing their boundaries andthresholds, looks to continue to do so over the coming years by their life commitmentto constantly evolve, adapt, and grow on their musical journey.