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News : Orpheus are no longer Orpheus

By on April 28, 2013

Yep. Melbourne melodeathers (it’s a word…) Orpheus have undergone a bit of a name change ahead of their new album. Goodbye Orpheus, hello Orpheus Omega.

“On the verge of releasing our second album, ‘ResIllusion’ we’ve had to make an official change to the band name in order to prevent any copyright and trademark issues that could arise in the future which would prevent us as a band to distribute our music in certain countries or areas.

Going forward as a band, we’ve decided to make a small amendment to the name to remain both unique and evolving along with the concepts and foundations the band and the ideas stemmed from.

As Orpheus the character is a part of important Greek mythology, we felt the logical addition to the name would be simply OMEGA as noted on the new logo with the Omega symbol sitting behind the original logo. We are still the same Orpheus you know and hope that this is an easy transition for you guys and for us. We look forward to releasing the second album and what the future holds for the band in this coming time.“

And with that press release comes a new single and video, from the forthcoming album, the track “Sans Memoria”. You can catch Orpheus launching their new album at the Evelyn Hotel in Fitzroy on May 4th, alongside Before Nightfall, Naberus, Dark Earth and Alaskan Thunder. 

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