The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983 by lead guitarist Kenny Powell, signed on with MetalBlade Records in 1984, with whom they released their debut, BattleCry (It contained the song "The Axeman", which appeared on the soundtrack for the heavy metal-themed 2009 video game Brutal Legend)
In 1985, the second album Warning Of Danger followed. In 1986, they released The Curse, their first release with major label distribution by Capital Records in the US. In Japan the band climbed to number 14 in the Burn Charts.
With new singer Coburn Pharr (who would later leave to join Annihilator), the band released Escape to Nowhere in 1988, although considered a departure from the classic Omen sound, "Thorn in Your Flesh" was their first hit single in the US.
In 1996, they signed with new label Massacre Records and toured Europe with Fates Warning for the first time. In October 2003, their former singer, J.D. Kimball, died, having succumbed to cancer after three years of treatment.
Currently, Omen has released seven studio albums worldwide, and a 20th anniversary box set. The release Hammer Damage was released in 2016 via DSN Music. In 2019 The Alive EP was released on No Remorse Records with new singer Nikos Migus A., Drummer Reece Stanley, and bassist Roger Sisson.
As of 2023 has began work on a new album with Justin Riddler taking over the bass.
Kenny is also currently working with Metal Blade Records and Bill Metoyer for a Re-release of Escape to Nowhere.
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