Urn (album)

Urn is the third studio album by Australian progressive metal band Ne Obliviscaris, released on 27 October 2017 via Season of Mist.^[6] It was released to Patreon contributors a few days earlier. It is the first album not to feature former bassist Brendan "Cygnus" Brown, who left the band in early 2017 due to his allegations of domestic violence.^[7] Robin Zielhorst, former member of Cynic and Exivious, was recruited as their session bassist for the album.^[8]

Urn
Studio album by Ne Obliviscaris
Released	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
Recorded	March−May 2017
Studio	Pony Music (Melbourne, Australia)
Genre	Extreme metal progressive metal
Length	45:54
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Troy McCosker Mark Lewis Ne Obliviscaris
Ne Obliviscaris chronology
Citadel (2014) Urn (2017) Exul (2023)
Singles from Urn
"Intra Venus" Released: 27 July 2017

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Injection	6.5/10[2]
PopMatters	[3]
Teamrock	[4]
Ultimate Guitar Archive	9/10[5]

The first single from the album, "Intra Venus", was released on 27 July 2017, accompanying a music video.^[8] On 29 August 2017, the band released another song, "Urn (Part I) – And Within the Void We Are Breathless".^[9] The third song, "Urn (Part II) – As Embers Dance in Our Eyes" was made available for streaming on 10 October 2017.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Libera" I. "Part I: Saturnine Spheres" II. "Part II: Ascent of Burning Moths"	12:27 9:52 2:35
2.	"Intra Venus"	7:28
3.	"Eyrie"	11:51
4.	"Urn" I. "Part I: And Within the Void We Are Breathless" II. "Part II: As Embers Dance in Our Eyes""	14:08 7:30 6:38
Total length:		45:54

All lyrics are written by Xenoyr; all music is composed by Ne Obliviscaris

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[11]

Ne Obliviscaris

• Tim Charles – clean vocals, violin
• Xenoyr – harsh vocals
• Matt Klavins – guitars, egg shaker (track 3)
• Benjamin Baret – lead guitar
• Daniel Presland – drums

Additional musicians

• Robin Zielhorst – bass guitar
• Tim Hennessy – cello (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
• Emma Charles – violin (additional; tracks 1, 4, 6)
• Natalija May – violin (additional; tracks 1, 4, 6)
• Alana K Vocal, Alex Beckitt, Alex Hutchinson, Alex Koumoundouros, Alex Van Blyderveen, Alex Warren, Alexander Jackson, Amy Di Giambattista, Andrew Shugg, Cory Atkinson, Elisa Alleblas, Jacob James, James Wingfield, Karlo Doroc, Lewis Allan, Matthew Holmes, Meredith Rouse, Mitchell Shine, Nerrilee Morale, Xavier Beckitt – choir vocals (track 1)

Production and design

• Troy McCosker − producer, engineering
• Ne Obliviscaris − co-producer
• Mark Lewis − producer (clean vocals), engineering (clean vocals), re-amping (guitar), mixing, mastering
• Xenoyr − artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Urn

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	35

References

1. James Christopher Monger. "Urn - Ne Obliviscaris". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
2. Tyler Hersko (26 October 2017). "Ne Obliviscaris - Urn Review". Metal Injection. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
3. Andy Jurik (28 November 2017). "Ne Obliviscaris: Urn". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
4. Stephen Hill (9 October 2017). "Ne Obliviscaris - Urn album review". Teamrock. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
5. Travis Lausch (31 October 2017). "Urn Review: Containing a slightly more streamlined approach, "Urn" shows a very natural..." Ultimate Guitar Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
6. Scott Munro (27 July 2017). "Ne Obliviscaris return with new video and album details". Teamrock. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
7. Greg Kennelty (16 February 2017). "NE OBLIVISCARIS Let Its Bassist Go Due To Allegations Of Domestic Violence". Metal Injection. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
8. Greg Kennelty (26 July 2017). "NE OBLIVISCARIS Streams New Song "Intra Venus" Featuring Ex-CYNIC Bassist". Metal Injection. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
9. "Ne Obliviscaris - Urn (Part I) – And Within the Void We Are Breathless (official premiere)". 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via YouTube.
10. "Ne Obliviscaris – Urn (Part II) – As Embers Dance In Our Eyes (official premiere)". 10 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via YouTube.
11. Urn CD liner notes (SOM432D). Season of Mist. 2017.
12. "Australiancharts.com – Ne Obliviscaris – Urn". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2021.