| Behind Crimson Eyes | |
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| Origin | Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Post-hardcore Punk rock[1] |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | Roadrunner Records Boomtown Records (2005–2006) |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Josh Stuart (vocals) Aaron Schultz (guitars, vocals) Garth Buchanan (bass) Dan Kerby (drums) |
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| Past members | |
| Kevin Orr (guitar) 2004-2009 Cameron Gilmour (drums) 2006-2009 Prashant 'Baz' Raju (bass) 2004–2006 Steve Szalay (drums) 2004–2006 Bryce Haysom (guitar) 2004 |
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Behind Crimson Eyes is a band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Their line up currently consists of vocalist Josh Stuart, bassist Garth Buchanan, guitarist/back up vocalist Aaron Schultz and Dan Kerby as drummer.
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Since forming in 2004, Behind Crimson Eyes has played the Melbourne leg of the Taste Of Chaos tour in 2005,[2] after which they sold out all but one show on their national headline tour, clocking up over 150 shows in 2005.
Tracks from their EPs have received airplay on Australian radio station Triple J, featuring on the punk and hardcore show Short Fast Loud, with 3 of their songs making it the high rotation playlist by the end of 2005. The "Prologue" single did well on independent charts in November 2005, receiving airplay on "Australia's most respected commercial radio countdown, Take 40 Australia".[3]
Though only releasing a Compilation album in 2007, Behind Crimson Eyes continued to tour Australia. On 20 April 2007, they performed at the free annual Triple J concert, The One Night Stand in the small NSW country town of Cowra. Also, in September 2007, the band joined UK metal band, Bullet For My Valentine, on their Australian tour.[4]
They headlined a "jam-packed" schedule of shows in late 2007, including appearances at "Pyramid Rock Festival, Bass In The Dust, Bass In The Grass, Destroy Music, Homebake Festival, Trackside Festival and an abundance of intimate clubs shows."[5]
Behind Crimson Eyes played at the Big Day Out 2008, alongside Rage Against the Machine, Grinspoon, Björk, Enter Shikari and Silverchair.[1] They were also the main support for giant heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. Opening three shows on the Australian leg of their 'Somewhere Back In Time World Tour'.[5] At their three appearances, the band did a cover of Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades'. They played with Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine on their Australian tour in May 2008.
In September 2008 they opened shows for Disturbed on their Australian tour along with P.O.D. and Alter Bridge.[6]
On 21 January 2009, Kevin Orr announced that he was no longer able to continue playing for BCE. Along with this, Cam Gilmour decided to leave BCE. Dan Kerby was announced as the replacement drummer.
In 2010 Behind Crimson Eyes uploaded a new demo to their myspace titled, "I'm Gunning For T.G". Also, they uploaded a teaser video to youtube saying "Behind Crimson Eyes are back, heavier than ever". According to the trailer, the new album is due out mid 2010.[7]
Behind Crimson Eyes recently announced that instead of an album they are going to be doing a three-part EP series titled "See You In Hell" with the first chapter to be released by the end of the year. The band are currently writing demos for the EP.
Behind Crimson Eyes released their debut album A Revelation For Despair on 18 November 2006, through their deal with Roadrunner Records Australia.[8] They broke into the Top 50 ARIA Chart for the first time, with radio support only from Triple J. A Revelation For Despair peaked at #43 after entering the chart on 3 December 2006 – 2 weeks after being released.[9]
The 2006 debut album spawned three singles, including "Shakedown", "You've Had Your Chance" and the final one, "The Bonesmen". All 3 had music videos created.[5][10][11][12]
A Revelation For Despair was Behind Crimson Eyes' attempt at a more mainstream direction compared to their previous two EP releases. Featuring rock mixed with elements of the mainstream idea of post-hardcore and pop punk.
Through late 2007 the band were taking some time to write their follow up to A Revelation For Despair. The band announced on their website blog on 6 December 2007, that they had "3 or 4 songs pretty much done".[13] "Behind Crimson Eyes" was released on 20 March 2009.[14] It marked a shift in sound from previous releases, with vocalist Josh Stuart dropping the screaming elements present on previous releases.
Instead of writing a new album, Behind Crimson Eyes have decided to do a three-part EP series entitled "See You In Hell" which is expected to be similar to their old EP's and Demo CD. This decision came about because the band wanted to " do something different, something grand and something that will be more in line with the times."[15]
"We realise that people don't want to have to wait 12 to 18 months to hear new material. This method will enable us to get back to our roots and constantly deliver new music to our fans." - Josh Stuart
The first of chapter of these EP's is expected to be released by the end of the year with the subsequent EP's to follow a few months later.
Two songs expected to be on "See You In Hell" are "I'm Gunning For T.G." (the band released a demo of this on their myspace) and "Hell On Earth" (which the band has been playing live recently).
The band recently played a new song entitled "Fallen Angels" at the Another World Festival in Melbourne.
| Released | Title | Label | Format | Australian Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 2006 | A Revelation For Despair | Boomtown Records/Road Runner Records | LP | 43[9] |
| 20 March 2009 | Behind Crimson Eyes | Roadrunner Records | LP |
| Released | Title | Label | Format | Details | Australian Peak |
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| 26 March 2007 | Scream Out Your Name To The Night | Boomtown Records/Road Runner Records | CD/DVD | All songs from unreleased demo, Prologue and Pavour Nocturnus |
| Released | Title | Label | Format | Other information |
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| 2004 | Demo | Self Released | Demo | |
| 2005 | Pavour Nocturnus | Boomtown Records | EP | |
| Prologue: The Art of War/Cherry Blossom Epitaph | EP | Received Take 40 radio play[3] | ||
| 2006 | Shakedown | Roadrunner Records | Single | |
| 2007 | You've Had Your Chance | Single | ||
| The Bonesmen | Single | |||
| 8 November 2008 | Addicted | Single | ||
| 2009 | Fighting For Our Lives | Single |