Relapse Records reports:

ORIGIN‘s brand new album, Antithesis, has landed at #21 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart based on first-week sales of over 2,000 records sold.

Origin has also announced May US tour dates in support of Antithesis. Origin will team-up with DYING FETUS and SWORN ENEMY on May 9th for two-weeks of Eastern US dates. Immediately following, Origin will embark on a European headlining tour with support from IMPALED and HOUR OF PENANCE. A complete listing of Origin tour dates can be found below with more to be announced shortly.

Antithesis brings what is widely considered to be the band’s strongest line-up back together (Paul Ryan – guitars / vocals, Jeremy Turner – guitars / vocals, James Lee – vocals, Mike Flores – bass / vocals, and John Longstreth – drums) since the band’s Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas album. Antithesis is out now and tracks taken from the album can be heard now via the band’s official MySpace: MySpace.com/Origin666. Origin has also recently lensed a video for the track “Finite” with director David Brodsky for MyGoodEye. The video is expected to see its premiere imminently.

Origin tour dates:

May (with Dying Fetus, Sworn Enemy, Thy Will Be Done)

9 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
10 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
11 - Virginia Beach, VA - Steppin Out
12 - Yonkers, NY - The Haunt
13 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s
14 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
16 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
17 - Rochester, NY - Penny Arcade
18 - Stroudsburg, PA - Penn Monster Factory
19 - Huntington, WV - Monkey Bar
20 - Nashville, TN - The Muse
21 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
22 - Orlando, FL - The Haven
23 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
24 - Jacksonville, FL - Fuel

May

30 - Protzen, Germany - Protzen Open Air
31 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 (as part of Neurotic Death Fest)

June

2 - Durango, Spain - Plateruena (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
4 - Barcelona, Spain - Mephisto (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
5 - Marseille, France - Le Korigan (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
10 - Munchen, Germany - Feierwerk (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
11 - Berlin, Germany - K17 (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
13 - Hunxe, Germany - Death Feast Fest
17 - Glasgow, U.K. - Ivory Blacks (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
19 - Bristol, U.K. - Bierkeller (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
20 - London, U.K. - Underworld (with Impaled, Hour of Penance)
21 - Trier, Germany - Exhaus (as part of Summer Blast Fest)
22 - Clisson, France - HellFest

July

20 - Urbana, IL - Canopy Club (as part of Central Illinois Metalfest)