Eighteen Visions
Encyclopedia
Eighteen Visions was an American metalcore
band from Orange County, California
, United States
. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre. The band broke up in April 2007, less than a year after their major label debut was released through Epic
and Trustkill Records
.
, Dave Peters
, Billy Sisler, and Kenneth Floyd under the name "Macabre". The band wrote a bit of material and started to play shows, beginning at the "Koo's Cafe" in early 1996, in their local area. Soon after a second guitarist, Jeff Boullt (from Excessive Force), was added to the mix, and in March, Billy left the group and was replaced by Richie Taylor. Richie only lasted a short while, and Javier Van Huss soon took over the bass duties. Later in the year, Jeff also left the band, and Brandan Schieppati
was added to complete a first stable line-up.
Their debut release, Lifeless
was released on Life Sentence Records
in 1997. Shortly after, Dave Peters left the band to join Throwdown. Steve Parilla replaced him for the ep's tour, and rumors of the band breaking up started to circulate, but were soon halted when the first full length album, Yesterday Is Time Killed
was announced to be released on Cedargate Records
(the label of Zac Phelps, who was at the time a temporary bassist in the band) in February 1999. The band was brought to the attention Trustkill Records
, which was still in its early beginnings. The label released the No Time for Love
7" in October 1999. Keith Barney
then joined the band to replace Steve and ten months after the 7", their second full length Until the Ink Runs Out
was released. It became one of the label's best selling albums, which led to a lot of the band's earlier material getting bought out and going out of print. Javier was asked to leave the band after touring for the album, and was told he would be replaced by Mick Morris of the band xClearx
. Javier played two remaining shows with the band and went on to tour for Poison the Well
.
, the band re-recorded some of their earlier material, some of which was out of print, with the addition of a new song, "Motionless and White
". Trustkill and the band felt it would feel much more like a new record, rather than re-releasing the two previous albums on the label. Despite raw production where mistakes weren't always edited, the album was a vast improvement in production values. This would mark the beginning of the band's tentative approach to more melodic hardcore, rather than their older metalcore
approach.
They went on to record Vanity
in 2002, which, while still containing heavy breakdowns
, metal riffs and odd time signatures, featured better production work, and bits of melodic vocals in nearly all of the songs, complete with hints at balladry with the songs "Gorgeous
", an acoustic piece written and performed by then-drummer Ken Floyd
, and "Love in Autumn", the album's closer. While the fanbase grew after this release, this was the last album to feature guitarist
Brandan Schieppati
, who left the band in order to handle full time vocal duties in metalcore OC band Bleeding Through
. Eighteen Visions went on to tour for Vanity
as a four piece. A video was made for "You Broke Like Glass
," which played in heavy rotation on MTV2
's Headbangers Ball
.
After touring, they went into the studio
to record Obsession
with producer
Mudrock
. Material was equally written by Keith Barney and Ken Floyd, who not only played drums
, but also played guitar on a fair amount of songs. Dramatically changing styles, the album showcased a new sound that was much more accessible to a wider audience, featuring hard rock
riffs, but also a good punk
feel to it, with less complex song structures and a much more diverse and melodic range of vocals.
The band then went on a worldwide tour as a supporting act for bands like HIM, Lostprophets
and Killswitch Engage
, with Ken Floyd switching to second guitar, and Jason Shrout
(later replaced by Trevor Friedrich) being added to the band's line-up for all drumming duties. The songs "Waiting for the Heavens
," "Tower of Snakes
," and "I Let Go
" were released as singles on USA and UK pressing and had videos made for them. The album went on to sell a disappointing 200,000 copies, which is twice what the previous record had sold, but was still not enough to break the band into the mainstream.
Obsession went on to be the band's last album for Trustkill Records, after they signed a contract with major label Epic Records
for their next effort. Obsession would become Eighteen Visions's most successful album and would give them their new sort of depressive
/apathetic
image, which would prove hard to be rid of.
Machine and 32 demos to work on. On July 18, 2006 they released their self-titled major label debut, which featured slick production, anthemic choruses à la Def Leppard
, dark industrial
electronic programming and all-melodic vocals reminiscent of the then-current hard rock trend successfully embraced by fellow OC band Avenged Sevenfold
. Although a video and a promotional ad campaign had been made for the radio friendly song "Tonightless
" (which was a leftover from the previous album writing session), the band decided to scrap it all in order to go with the more hard-rocking "Victim
," supposedly against the record label's will. Still, a video
was made for "Victim
," with little effort from Epic to promote it, even though the song was featured in the WWE
Vengeance (2006)
pay-per-view
event.
Witnessing album sales not taking off and dropping off the Billboard
200 after only one week, the band embarked a variety of tours to promote the record, as a supporting act again. They played opening slots for Avenged Sevenfold
, Coheed and Cambria
, Hinder
, and Bullet for My Valentine
, among others.
Even though the catchy power ballad "Broken Hearted
" was released to radio stations and managed to get some airplay, no video was made, and the album ended up as a commercial flop. Even though the number of total sales has not been made official, it is widely rumored to have ended below the 100k bar.
and posting daily MySpace
bulletins asking fans to request "Broken Hearted
" on the radio, band coverage, press and blog updates started decreasing considerably, leading fans to believe the band had been dropped by Epic Records, though no official word on that has been released. This also led to break-up
rumors, which were soon confirmed. On April 9, 2007 bassist Mick Morris confirmed the band's breakup on MySpace through this statement:
"After several years of touring and quite a few album releases we have decided that it is time to go our separate ways. We have been a band for a very long time and feel good about everything we were able to accomplish. At this point in our lives and our careers we feel its time to move on to something fresh and new. Whether it be music, touring or just being at home to live and enjoy life. We would like to thank all of our fans, friends and families for all of the great support over the years. We would also like to thank all of the bands we have shared the stage with and everyone who has ever worked with the band, opened a door or reached out a hand. We will be playing our final two shows in April. One in San Diego and one in Orange County. Come rock with us one more time."http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=8681http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70204
While the break-up might have appeared somewhat abrupt, frontman James Hart
stated on his MySpace
blog that this was not the case on July 13, 2007: "18V had been a band for 10+ years, [...] it just got to the point where we all had different goals and ideas for the band on a musical and touring basis. We all felt it was time to move on to something fresh and new."
on guitar. He also drums for the industrial acts Imperative Reaction
and Combichrist
.
Keith Barney also recently joined hardcore band Monument to Thieves. He also joined California hardcore band Love Thyne just before they officially disbanded.
Ken Floyd
is currently working on a new wave band called Hi-Deaf.
Mick Morris is currently on tour as a tech for Hatebreed
. He's also busy launching his own clothing line, Dethless Clothing, and holds a popular weekly updated eBay store, selling metalcore
band shirts and other related items. He also models for several clothing lines. Morris has also stated that he would be willing to have an Eighteen Visions reunion if the other members were willing to.
James Hart
has been working with former Nixons frontman Zac Maloy on a project named Burn Halo
. Maloy's previous collaborations include songwriting credits for Chris Daughtry
and Bowling for Soup
, among others. Keith Barney and Avenged Sevenfold
lead guitarist Synyster Gates
appear to have also contributed to the project, which has evolved from a solo project into a full band. Burn Halo
signed to Island Records, but after the album was completed in early 2008, Island elected not to release Burn Halo’s debut, leaving Hart with the tough job of finding a new home for his project. Burn Halo’s manager, Bret Bair, formed his own label through Warner Music Group, Rawkhead Rekords, to release the record. Burn Halo played their first ever live show, opening for Avenged Sevenfold on December 9, 2008 at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, MD. The band released their debut record on March 31, 2009. Burn Halo's first single, Dirty Little Girl, is available on iTunes
, courtesy of Synyster Gates. Burn Halo's second CD was released in 2011.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band from Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre. The band broke up in April 2007, less than a year after their major label debut was released through Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
and Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
.
Beginnings
Eighteen Visions was founded in October 1995 by James HartJames Stephen Hart
James Stephen Hart is the lead singer of the band Burn Halo and was the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Eighteen Visions.-Eighteen Visions:...
, Dave Peters
Dave Peters
Dave Peters was the original guitarist for the band Eighteen Visions, and a guitarist in Throwdown. He is now the vocalist for Throwdown. He did guest vocal for the song "Unleash" by alternative metal band Soulfly and for the song "Feel as though you could" by Demon Hunter. He is straight edge.-...
, Billy Sisler, and Kenneth Floyd under the name "Macabre". The band wrote a bit of material and started to play shows, beginning at the "Koo's Cafe" in early 1996, in their local area. Soon after a second guitarist, Jeff Boullt (from Excessive Force), was added to the mix, and in March, Billy left the group and was replaced by Richie Taylor. Richie only lasted a short while, and Javier Van Huss soon took over the bass duties. Later in the year, Jeff also left the band, and Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through. He is Straight Edge and lives in Orange County with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos out of high school, around 1998...
was added to complete a first stable line-up.
Their debut release, Lifeless
Lifeless (EP)
-Track listing:# "Of Pain" # "Mental Repression" # "Patricide" # "Life's Blood" # "Slipping Through the Hands of God" # " Murder" -Trivia:...
was released on Life Sentence Records
Life Sentence Records
Life Sentence Records was a metalcore-based record label that focused on straight edge releases.-Catalog:- Featured Bands :* Aftershock* Spearing Jocasta* Clear* Deadwait* Decontaminate* Eighteen Visions* Excessive Force* Focal Point...
in 1997. Shortly after, Dave Peters left the band to join Throwdown. Steve Parilla replaced him for the ep's tour, and rumors of the band breaking up started to circulate, but were soon halted when the first full length album, Yesterday Is Time Killed
Yesterday Is Time Killed
Yesterday Is Time Killed was the first full length album by Eighteen Visions. It was also their last indi-signed record. Five of these songs were later re-recorded for The Best of Eighteen Visions compilation...
was announced to be released on Cedargate Records
Cedargate Records
Cedargate Records was a record label that was founded in the late 1990s by Zac Phelps . The label is noted for having released the now-rare Eighteen Visions album Yesterday Is Time Killed....
(the label of Zac Phelps, who was at the time a temporary bassist in the band) in February 1999. The band was brought to the attention Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
, which was still in its early beginnings. The label released the No Time for Love
No Time for Love
No Time for Love was the first release on Truskill Records by Eighteen Visions.Vinyl releases were as follows:* 5 Test Press* 100 Black/Yellow Swirl* 100 Translucent Yellow* 1795 Black...
7" in October 1999. Keith Barney
Keith Barney
Keith Barney is best known as the original singer of Throwdown and the guitarist of Eighteen Visions. Hailing from Laguna Niguel, CA, he began his career as a musician by playing guitar in Adamantium. While a member of Adamantium, he formed Throwdown, and played guitar for Death By Stereo...
then joined the band to replace Steve and ten months after the 7", their second full length Until the Ink Runs Out
Until The Ink Runs Out
Until The Ink Runs Out is the second full length album released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It is often considered to be the bands' finest release by much of the older fans, as well as the record that gathered national attention for the band, due to the rising of Trustkill Records.The album...
was released. It became one of the label's best selling albums, which led to a lot of the band's earlier material getting bought out and going out of print. Javier was asked to leave the band after touring for the album, and was told he would be replaced by Mick Morris of the band xClearx
Clear (band)
Clear was a vegan straight edge hardcore group from Utah in the mid-late 90s, known for its heavy metallic hardcore sound, similar to Culture and Morning Again. The band broke up in 2000, and has made only one reunion show since, on February 16, 2007. Mick Morris went on to Eighteen Visions, and...
. Javier played two remaining shows with the band and went on to tour for Poison the Well
Poison the Well (band)
Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...
.
Rise of success
For their next album, The Best of Eighteen VisionsThe Best Of Eighteen Visions
The Best of Eighteen Visions is a compilation album by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It compiles two songs from their first EP Lifeless, five songs from their full length album Yesterday Is Time Killed and the three songs from the 7-inch record No Time for Love, as well as a newly written song...
, the band re-recorded some of their earlier material, some of which was out of print, with the addition of a new song, "Motionless and White
Motionless and White
"Motionless and White" is a song by Eighteen Visions, and was the final single from The Best of Eighteen Visions. "Motionless and White" became a popular underground hit in parts of the UK and Western Australia, but undoubtedly the most successful in California, it ended up peaking #98 on the US...
". Trustkill and the band felt it would feel much more like a new record, rather than re-releasing the two previous albums on the label. Despite raw production where mistakes weren't always edited, the album was a vast improvement in production values. This would mark the beginning of the band's tentative approach to more melodic hardcore, rather than their older metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
approach.
They went on to record Vanity
Vanity (album)
Vanity is the third full length studio album to be released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was their first album to feature a music video, which was for "You Broke Like Glass". It was the last album to feature guitarist Brandan Schieppati as he left immediately after the recording of the...
in 2002, which, while still containing heavy breakdowns
Break (music)
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece....
, metal riffs and odd time signatures, featured better production work, and bits of melodic vocals in nearly all of the songs, complete with hints at balladry with the songs "Gorgeous
Gorgeous (song)
"Gorgeous" is a song by Eighteen Visions. It was written and performed entirely by then-drummer Ken Floyd. "Gorgeous" was very different from the rest of the tracks featured on the record, which was composed of heavy metal riffs, melodic choruses and vicious screams, it was instead a melodic ballad....
", an acoustic piece written and performed by then-drummer Ken Floyd
Kenneth William Floyd
Ken Floyd is an American musician mostly known from his time in the hardcore band Eighteen Visions which he founded in 1995 as the drummer, and became 2nd guitarist in 2004. He has also played drums for several tours with the band Throwdown...
, and "Love in Autumn", the album's closer. While the fanbase grew after this release, this was the last album to feature guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through. He is Straight Edge and lives in Orange County with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos out of high school, around 1998...
, who left the band in order to handle full time vocal duties in metalcore OC band Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
. Eighteen Visions went on to tour for Vanity
Vanity
In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant futility. The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for vanity, but...
as a four piece. A video was made for "You Broke Like Glass
You Broke Like Glass
You Broke Like Glass was Eighteen Visions' first single and music video. It was directed by Christopher Sims, and got much airplay of MTV's Headbangers Ball, which got the band started to their now stardom, and can be credited for making Trustkill Records a semi-major label. The video was...
," which played in heavy rotation on MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
's Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
.
The era of Obsession
Studio
A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television...
to record Obsession
Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)
Obsession is an album by Eighteen Visions. The album was their most commercial to date, and featured three music videos. Some editions of this album come with a DVD that features a 'making of' the album. The album has sold 200,000+ copies in the U.S.The album peaked at #4 on the top Heatseekers...
with producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Mudrock
Andrew Murdock
Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres.He is best known for producing Godsmack's Godsmack and Awake albums...
. Material was equally written by Keith Barney and Ken Floyd, who not only played drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, but also played guitar on a fair amount of songs. Dramatically changing styles, the album showcased a new sound that was much more accessible to a wider audience, featuring hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
riffs, but also a good punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
feel to it, with less complex song structures and a much more diverse and melodic range of vocals.
The band then went on a worldwide tour as a supporting act for bands like HIM, Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...
and Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...
, with Ken Floyd switching to second guitar, and Jason Shrout
Jason Shrout
Jason Shrout is an American drummer from Kansas City, Missouri. Jason has played drums for Orange County, California's Eighteen Visions , as well as Kansas City metallic hardcore band Saved by Grace , and Kansas City hardcore punk bands Nervous Wreck , and Black Mark...
(later replaced by Trevor Friedrich) being added to the band's line-up for all drumming duties. The songs "Waiting for the Heavens
Waiting for the Heavens
"Waiting For The Heavens" is a song by Metalcore band Eighteen Visions, which was the band's second single, and second music video. It was the first single from their most successful album, Obsession. This music video is the only one to feature drummer Jason Shrout....
," "Tower of Snakes
Tower of Snakes
"Tower of Snakes" was Eighteen Visions second single from the album Obsession, and is often regarded as one of their most popular songs.One of the very few songs that were finished by the time they went to studio to track down the record, it was written by then-drummer Ken Floyd while he was still...
," and "I Let Go
I Let Go
"I Let Go" is the third and final single from the Eighteen Visions album Obsession. The CD single was only released in the UK, though it was a popular import in America. It features the hit single, as well two b-sides from the album session. At the time of its release the band had parted with...
" were released as singles on USA and UK pressing and had videos made for them. The album went on to sell a disappointing 200,000 copies, which is twice what the previous record had sold, but was still not enough to break the band into the mainstream.
Obsession went on to be the band's last album for Trustkill Records, after they signed a contract with major label Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
for their next effort. Obsession would become Eighteen Visions's most successful album and would give them their new sort of depressive
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
/apathetic
Apathy
Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical or physical life.They may lack a sense of purpose or meaning in...
image, which would prove hard to be rid of.
Mainstream success
Now a solidified 5-piece band, Eighteen Visions went into pre-production with producerRecord producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Machine and 32 demos to work on. On July 18, 2006 they released their self-titled major label debut, which featured slick production, anthemic choruses à la Def Leppard
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...
, dark industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
electronic programming and all-melodic vocals reminiscent of the then-current hard rock trend successfully embraced by fellow OC band Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
. Although a video and a promotional ad campaign had been made for the radio friendly song "Tonightless
Tonightless
"Tonightless" was the first single from Eighteen Visions self titled album. The CD was not released as a single, but rather as a promo, for radio, and collectors, along with an accompanying music video.-Charts:...
" (which was a leftover from the previous album writing session), the band decided to scrap it all in order to go with the more hard-rocking "Victim
Victim (Eighteen Visions song)
"Victim" was the second single from Eighteen Visions self titled album. The song was featured as the theme song to WWE Vengeance, and has had much airplay on the radio stations...
," supposedly against the record label's will. Still, a video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
was made for "Victim
Victim (Eighteen Visions song)
"Victim" was the second single from Eighteen Visions self titled album. The song was featured as the theme song to WWE Vengeance, and has had much airplay on the radio stations...
," with little effort from Epic to promote it, even though the song was featured in the WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
Vengeance (2006)
Vengeance (2006)
Vengeance was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on June 25, 2006 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the sixth annual Vengeance event. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
event.
Witnessing album sales not taking off and dropping off the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
200 after only one week, the band embarked a variety of tours to promote the record, as a supporting act again. They played opening slots for Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
, Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York. Formed in 1995, the group incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, metal and post-hardcore....
, Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...
, and Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck , Michael Paget , Jason James , and Michael Thomas . They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana...
, among others.
Even though the catchy power ballad "Broken Hearted
Broken Hearted
"Broken Hearted" was the third single from Eighteen Visions self titled album and the band's last single. The song was released as a radio single so far, with no music video as of now. The CD was not released as a single, but rather as a promo, for radio, and collectors.-Charts:...
" was released to radio stations and managed to get some airplay, no video was made, and the album ended up as a commercial flop. Even though the number of total sales has not been made official, it is widely rumored to have ended below the 100k bar.
Break-up
In 2007, while still playing a few shows in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and posting daily MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
bulletins asking fans to request "Broken Hearted
Broken Hearted
"Broken Hearted" was the third single from Eighteen Visions self titled album and the band's last single. The song was released as a radio single so far, with no music video as of now. The CD was not released as a single, but rather as a promo, for radio, and collectors.-Charts:...
" on the radio, band coverage, press and blog updates started decreasing considerably, leading fans to believe the band had been dropped by Epic Records, though no official word on that has been released. This also led to break-up
Break Up
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rumors, which were soon confirmed. On April 9, 2007 bassist Mick Morris confirmed the band's breakup on MySpace through this statement:
"After several years of touring and quite a few album releases we have decided that it is time to go our separate ways. We have been a band for a very long time and feel good about everything we were able to accomplish. At this point in our lives and our careers we feel its time to move on to something fresh and new. Whether it be music, touring or just being at home to live and enjoy life. We would like to thank all of our fans, friends and families for all of the great support over the years. We would also like to thank all of the bands we have shared the stage with and everyone who has ever worked with the band, opened a door or reached out a hand. We will be playing our final two shows in April. One in San Diego and one in Orange County. Come rock with us one more time."http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=8681http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70204
While the break-up might have appeared somewhat abrupt, frontman James Hart
James Stephen Hart
James Stephen Hart is the lead singer of the band Burn Halo and was the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Eighteen Visions.-Eighteen Visions:...
stated on his MySpace
MySpace
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blog that this was not the case on July 13, 2007: "18V had been a band for 10+ years, [...] it just got to the point where we all had different goals and ideas for the band on a musical and touring basis. We all felt it was time to move on to something fresh and new."
Post-Eighteen Visions
Trevor Friedrich was hired by Eleven Seven recording artist Sixx Am for the "Accidents Can Happen" video. He is now the drummer in the band Never Enough with Eighteen Visions' Keith BarneyKeith Barney
Keith Barney is best known as the original singer of Throwdown and the guitarist of Eighteen Visions. Hailing from Laguna Niguel, CA, he began his career as a musician by playing guitar in Adamantium. While a member of Adamantium, he formed Throwdown, and played guitar for Death By Stereo...
on guitar. He also drums for the industrial acts Imperative Reaction
Imperative Reaction
Imperative Reaction is an electro-industrial band founded in 1996 by Ted Phelps and David Andrecht from the remains of the band D.N.A.-History:...
and Combichrist
CombiChrist
Combichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua based in Atlanta.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE...
.
Keith Barney also recently joined hardcore band Monument to Thieves. He also joined California hardcore band Love Thyne just before they officially disbanded.
Ken Floyd
Kenneth William Floyd
Ken Floyd is an American musician mostly known from his time in the hardcore band Eighteen Visions which he founded in 1995 as the drummer, and became 2nd guitarist in 2004. He has also played drums for several tours with the band Throwdown...
is currently working on a new wave band called Hi-Deaf.
Mick Morris is currently on tour as a tech for Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
. He's also busy launching his own clothing line, Dethless Clothing, and holds a popular weekly updated eBay store, selling metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band shirts and other related items. He also models for several clothing lines. Morris has also stated that he would be willing to have an Eighteen Visions reunion if the other members were willing to.
James Hart
James Stephen Hart
James Stephen Hart is the lead singer of the band Burn Halo and was the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Eighteen Visions.-Eighteen Visions:...
has been working with former Nixons frontman Zac Maloy on a project named Burn Halo
Burn Halo
Burn Halo is a hard rock band, originating from Orange County, California and Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was formed by James Hart, former lead singer of Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions.-Formation and self-titled debut album :...
. Maloy's previous collaborations include songwriting credits for Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
and Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup is an American pop-punk band which originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994...
, among others. Keith Barney and Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
lead guitarist Synyster Gates
Synyster Gates
Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. , better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known for being the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.-Early life:...
appear to have also contributed to the project, which has evolved from a solo project into a full band. Burn Halo
Burn Halo
Burn Halo is a hard rock band, originating from Orange County, California and Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was formed by James Hart, former lead singer of Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions.-Formation and self-titled debut album :...
signed to Island Records, but after the album was completed in early 2008, Island elected not to release Burn Halo’s debut, leaving Hart with the tough job of finding a new home for his project. Burn Halo’s manager, Bret Bair, formed his own label through Warner Music Group, Rawkhead Rekords, to release the record. Burn Halo played their first ever live show, opening for Avenged Sevenfold on December 9, 2008 at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, MD. The band released their debut record on March 31, 2009. Burn Halo's first single, Dirty Little Girl, is available on iTunes
ITunes
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, courtesy of Synyster Gates. Burn Halo's second CD was released in 2011.
Members
Final line-up- James Stephen HartJames Stephen HartJames Stephen Hart is the lead singer of the band Burn Halo and was the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Eighteen Visions.-Eighteen Visions:...
- lead vocals, lyrics - Kenneth William "K.Flo" Floyd - rhythm guitars, backing vocals (Used to play drums)
- Keith "Heavy K" Barney - lead guitars, backing vocals
- Mick "MickDeth" Morris - bass
- Trevor "TrevGnar" Friedrich - drums, percussion
Discography
Studio albums- Yesterday Is Time KilledYesterday Is Time KilledYesterday Is Time Killed was the first full length album by Eighteen Visions. It was also their last indi-signed record. Five of these songs were later re-recorded for The Best of Eighteen Visions compilation...
(1998) - Until The Ink Runs OutUntil The Ink Runs OutUntil The Ink Runs Out is the second full length album released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It is often considered to be the bands' finest release by much of the older fans, as well as the record that gathered national attention for the band, due to the rising of Trustkill Records.The album...
(2000) - VanityVanity (album)Vanity is the third full length studio album to be released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was their first album to feature a music video, which was for "You Broke Like Glass". It was the last album to feature guitarist Brandan Schieppati as he left immediately after the recording of the...
(2002) - ObsessionObsession (Eighteen Visions album)Obsession is an album by Eighteen Visions. The album was their most commercial to date, and featured three music videos. Some editions of this album come with a DVD that features a 'making of' the album. The album has sold 200,000+ copies in the U.S.The album peaked at #4 on the top Heatseekers...
(2004) - Eighteen VisionsEighteen Visions (album)Eighteen Visions is the eponymous fifth and final studio album by Eighteen Visions that was released on July 18, 2006. It was the band's only album released on Epic Records. It is also the bands only album to carry the "Parental Advisory" sticker. This album saw the band take a step away from its...
(2006)