Biography

The Red Shore was formed in 2004 by original members Richard Johnson, Jason Leombruni and Jamie Hope. The Red Shore draw their influences from bands such as Hate Eternal, Devourment, Decapitated and Behemoth. With this lineup they released the demo "The Beloved Prosecutors", containing early recordings of the songs, "Effigy of Death", "I Only Smile When You're Bleeding", and "I Threw My Conscious into The Path of Oncoming Traffic". Two of these also made their way onto their debut EP. They signed to Big Phat Adelaide Records and Modern Music in 2006 and released their first EP, Salvaging What's Left. During the recording of the EP producer and engineer Roman Koester began contributing material and eventually joined the band as a second guitarist. 
 Richard Johnson later left the band saying that he was unable to keep up with their more technical direction. He was soon replaced by Koester's friend, Jake Green, of Melbournes's The Ocularis Infernum. 
 On 19 December 2007, the band was on the Christmas Carnage tour supporting American band All Shall Perish. At around 7 am, The Red Shore's minibus veered off of the Pacific Highway just north of Coffs Harbour. The accident killed singer Damien Morris and driver/merchandiser Andy Milner. In the following days, fans flooded the band's MySpace page with tributes to the two.Morris was 27 at the time of his death, making him a member of the 27 Club.