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Bad Omens

American metal band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Bad Omens is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Their style is primarily metalcore and alternative metal, while their more recent music also includes dark pop, R&B and electronic elements. Formed in 2015 by vocalist and producer Noah Sebastian, guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo, and bassist Vincent Riquier, the band was later joined by guitarist and producer Joakim "Jolly" Karlsson and drummer Nick Folio.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bad Omens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.