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Formed in 2007, Westerville, Ohio quintet the Crimson Armada found themselves on a meteoric rise through the extreme metal world. The band, consisting of Saud Ahmed (vocals/keyboards), Dan Hatfield (guitar), Josh Jardin (guitar), Chris Yates (bass/vocals), and David Puckett (drums), got together with the goal of creating metal that touched all the varied subgenres of extreme music while embedding a spiritual message in its lyrics, opting to veer away from the obsession with gore and blasphemy common in death/black metal. After a fruitful first year of recording demos and playing shows with acts like <a href="spotify:artist:4xTDPgk4jHCF0qui3dH6BS">the Black Dahlia Murder</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2nkVhQKD6oAszXeYi9S6cc">It Prevails</a>, the group went on hiatus. In 2008, after some urging from the local music scene, the band made its return, recording the EP Behold the Architect and signing to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Metal+Blade%22">Metal Blade</a>. In July of 2009, the Crimson Armada released their full-length debut, Guardians, on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Metal+Blade%22">Metal Blade</a>. In 2011, they signed on with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Artery+Recordings%22">Artery Recordings</a>, which released their second album, the more metalcore-influenced Conviction, later that same year. A year later, Saud Ahmed announced that he would be shifting his focus to his side project the Holy Guile, and that the Crimson Armada were disbanding. ~ Gregory Heaney, Rovi

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