Bad Omens
Bad Omens is an American alternative metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2015 by vocalist, frontman and producer Noah Sebastian, (then) guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo and former bassist Vincent Riquier. The band was later joined by guitarist Joakim "Jolly" Karlsson and drummer Nick Folio, releasing their critically acclaimed debut self-titled album in 2016 under Sumerian Records label.
Their second full-length album, Finding God Before God Finds Me (FGBGFM), was released in 2019, having a deluxe edition released in 2020, with the addition of the songs "Limits" and "Never Know", which both charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs, and a cover of the 90's hit "Come Undone", from Duran Duran.
The idea to form Bad Omens came in 2013 when Noah Sebastian began secretly writing lyrics while also performing guitar duties for a Washington, D.C.-based act named Immoralist. In 2014, Noah Sebastian departed from his former band, with Bad Omens in sight. The following year in 2015, he contacted an old friend, Nicholas Ruffilo, to start the band. He then added another friend, Vincent Riquier, who introduced him to a friend from Sweden, Jolly Karlsson.
Karlsson had known Riquier through being touring mates from an old project from Riquier. With those five members, the group moved out of their homes in Sweden and Richmond. Karlsson had the idea to make the move when a friend of his began a small record label that was initially producing the band's songs. Nick Folio joined after submitting an online cover of a demo the band put out while seeking a drummer.
The first name adopted by the band was "CHLDRN", and "Bad Omens" was originally supposed to be the title of one of their early songs. But Ash Avildsen, founder of Sumerian Records, suggested they changed the name to Bad Omens and picked another name for the song, which became the hit "Glass Houses".
The band put out an untitled demo EP containing rough versions of their debut album tracks, which caught the eye of Sumerian Records. The EP was good enough for Sumerian to recommend taking most of the tracks and putting them on a full-length.
Bad Omens' rising fame got them a spot on Warped Tour in 2017, which gave them notice from pop punk fans and metal fans alike. The same year, Noah Sebastian worked with American deathcore act, Winds of Plague on their fifth studio album Blood of My Enemy. The band embarked on what is seemingly their largest tour yet, supporting Parkway Drive on their Reverence tour along with Stick to Your Guns in the spring of 2018. After the tour, the band took time off to finish writing their sophomore album.
The band embarked on their first full US headlining tour in 2020, with support from Oh, Sleeper, Thousand Below, and Bloodline, but on March 13, the remainder of the tour was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, after filling in the spot of Every Time I Die on the Voyeurist Tour with headliner Underoath, Bad Omens toured with A Day to Remember, The Ghost Inside, and Beartooth. The band later announced on August 23 that they would be headlining a North American tour with Dayseeker, Make Them Suffer, and Thousand Below.
That same year they released their most known album, "The Death of Peace of Mind" which took them to charts and highlighted them in social media. The album, which Noah describes as the most experimental and faithful to who they want to be as a band, made great numbers and the songs "Just Pretend" and "The Death of Peace of Mind" became Gold Certified by RIAA in USA.
During 2023, the band toured the "Concrete Forever US Tour" supported by ERRA and I See Stars (which were making a comeback after +5 years away from the scene). Later the band announced dates for the "Concrete Forever 2024" in US and EU and were announced as guests for the Bring Me The Horizon's "Nx_Gn Wrld Tour", with Cassyette and Static Dress.
Although the band members remain low profile, the band keeps a solid fanbase, and according to the frontman, Noah Sebastian, they've been working on the sequel of "The Death of Peace of Mind". Also, according to sources, they've been working in a second album called "Concrete Forever", which will consist of remixes, acoustic renditions and collabs with other artists.
After the tour with BMTH ended and three days away from the beginning of the "Concrete Forever Europe" tour, Bad Omens released the single "V.A.N" featuring Poppy, who was going to support the band for the CF/EU tour then.
In 2024, Bad Omens got back touring and released some studio images, showing something was about to come off. On April, 16th the band announced the releasing of two songs: "THE DRAIN" - a collaboration with HEALTH and SWARM - and "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND (SO WYLIE PATCH)".
On the same day, the band announced the releasing of what appeared to be a new album called "CONCRETE JUNGLE (THE OST)", fueled by collabs with ERRA, iRis.EXE, WE ARE FURY, Poppy (on V.A.N) and others, with new songs, live tracks and revisited versions of TDOPOM songs, with Wargasm and A Thousand Below appearing on new versions of ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE, The Grey and the band's oldschool song "Hedonist" (now, "Hedonist (recharged)"). CONCRETE JUNGLE (THE OST) is due out May, 31st.
Their second full-length album, Finding God Before God Finds Me (FGBGFM), was released in 2019, having a deluxe edition released in 2020, with the addition of the songs "Limits" and "Never Know", which both charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs, and a cover of the 90's hit "Come Undone", from Duran Duran.
The idea to form Bad Omens came in 2013 when Noah Sebastian began secretly writing lyrics while also performing guitar duties for a Washington, D.C.-based act named Immoralist. In 2014, Noah Sebastian departed from his former band, with Bad Omens in sight. The following year in 2015, he contacted an old friend, Nicholas Ruffilo, to start the band. He then added another friend, Vincent Riquier, who introduced him to a friend from Sweden, Jolly Karlsson.
Karlsson had known Riquier through being touring mates from an old project from Riquier. With those five members, the group moved out of their homes in Sweden and Richmond. Karlsson had the idea to make the move when a friend of his began a small record label that was initially producing the band's songs. Nick Folio joined after submitting an online cover of a demo the band put out while seeking a drummer.
The first name adopted by the band was "CHLDRN", and "Bad Omens" was originally supposed to be the title of one of their early songs. But Ash Avildsen, founder of Sumerian Records, suggested they changed the name to Bad Omens and picked another name for the song, which became the hit "Glass Houses".
The band put out an untitled demo EP containing rough versions of their debut album tracks, which caught the eye of Sumerian Records. The EP was good enough for Sumerian to recommend taking most of the tracks and putting them on a full-length.
Bad Omens' rising fame got them a spot on Warped Tour in 2017, which gave them notice from pop punk fans and metal fans alike. The same year, Noah Sebastian worked with American deathcore act, Winds of Plague on their fifth studio album Blood of My Enemy. The band embarked on what is seemingly their largest tour yet, supporting Parkway Drive on their Reverence tour along with Stick to Your Guns in the spring of 2018. After the tour, the band took time off to finish writing their sophomore album.
The band embarked on their first full US headlining tour in 2020, with support from Oh, Sleeper, Thousand Below, and Bloodline, but on March 13, the remainder of the tour was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, after filling in the spot of Every Time I Die on the Voyeurist Tour with headliner Underoath, Bad Omens toured with A Day to Remember, The Ghost Inside, and Beartooth. The band later announced on August 23 that they would be headlining a North American tour with Dayseeker, Make Them Suffer, and Thousand Below.
That same year they released their most known album, "The Death of Peace of Mind" which took them to charts and highlighted them in social media. The album, which Noah describes as the most experimental and faithful to who they want to be as a band, made great numbers and the songs "Just Pretend" and "The Death of Peace of Mind" became Gold Certified by RIAA in USA.
During 2023, the band toured the "Concrete Forever US Tour" supported by ERRA and I See Stars (which were making a comeback after +5 years away from the scene). Later the band announced dates for the "Concrete Forever 2024" in US and EU and were announced as guests for the Bring Me The Horizon's "Nx_Gn Wrld Tour", with Cassyette and Static Dress.
Although the band members remain low profile, the band keeps a solid fanbase, and according to the frontman, Noah Sebastian, they've been working on the sequel of "The Death of Peace of Mind". Also, according to sources, they've been working in a second album called "Concrete Forever", which will consist of remixes, acoustic renditions and collabs with other artists.
After the tour with BMTH ended and three days away from the beginning of the "Concrete Forever Europe" tour, Bad Omens released the single "V.A.N" featuring Poppy, who was going to support the band for the CF/EU tour then.
In 2024, Bad Omens got back touring and released some studio images, showing something was about to come off. On April, 16th the band announced the releasing of two songs: "THE DRAIN" - a collaboration with HEALTH and SWARM - and "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND (SO WYLIE PATCH)".
On the same day, the band announced the releasing of what appeared to be a new album called "CONCRETE JUNGLE (THE OST)", fueled by collabs with ERRA, iRis.EXE, WE ARE FURY, Poppy (on V.A.N) and others, with new songs, live tracks and revisited versions of TDOPOM songs, with Wargasm and A Thousand Below appearing on new versions of ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE, The Grey and the band's oldschool song "Hedonist" (now, "Hedonist (recharged)"). CONCRETE JUNGLE (THE OST) is due out May, 31st.
