Behind Crimson Eyes

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 Kirby as drummer.

Band History

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 April 20 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 Jan 21, 2009, Kevin Orr announced that he was no longer able to continue playing for BCE.

In 2009 also, Cam Gilmour has decided to leave BCE.

Albums

A Revelation for Despair (2006)

Behind Crimson Eyes released their debut album A Revelation For Despair on 18 November 2006, through their deal with Roadrunner Records Australia^[7]. 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.^[8]

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.^{[9][10][11][5]}

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.

Behind Crimson Eyes (self-titled) (2009)

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 December 6 2007, that they had "3 or 4 songs pretty much done".^[12] The new album was set to be released in October 2008 after BHC wrapped up the Big Day Out and their Somewhere Back in Time tour.^[5] However the release has been pushed back to March 20th 2009.^[13]

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Demos, EPs and Singles

References

External links

• Official website
• MySpace Site
• Behind Crimson Eyes at Pure Volume
• News.com.au Gig Guide