The Discovery is the second full-length album by American metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band, Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris is an American progressive death metal band from Palatine, Illinois. Formed in 2003, the group has undergone a number of name changes including Your Heart Engraved, DiminisheD, and Rosecrance before finally settling with Born of Osiris in 2007, basing the name off the Egyptian deity...

. It was released through Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen, who is also a booking agent, and is managed by Shawn Keith. Fellsilent became the first non-US band to be signed to the label, in 2008. The label made a...

 on March 22, 2011. It is also the first album by the band to use seven string guitars.

On the day of release the band announced a live music video for the song "Recreate".

Track listing

Personnel

Born of Osiris

• Ronnie Canizaro – lead vocals
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• Lee McKinney – guitar
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• Joe Buras – keys
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  , vocals
• David Darocha – bass
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• Cameron Losch – drums
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• Jason Richardson - guitar
  Guitar
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Production and recording

• Don Byczynski and Lee McKinney - Engineering
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• Jason Suecof
  Jason Suecof
  -Career:Jason is best known for his production and song-writing with the band Trivium. He produces most of his albums at his own Orlando, Florida based studio, Audio Hammer...
  
   - Mixing
• Alan Douches - Mastering

Additional lyrics and vocal production by Ash Avildsen