Shattered Sun

Shattered Sun
Shattered Sun performing in Chula Vista, CA during the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
Background information
Origin	Alice, Texas, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, metalcore
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Victory Records
Members	Joseph Guajardo Henry Garza Jessie Santos Robert Garza Daniel Trejo Marcos Leal

Shattered Sun is a six piece American metal band from Alice, Texas, United States,^[1] formed in July 2005. They are signed to Victory Records.^[2]

History

Originally formed in July 2005 by Daniel Trejo and Sebastian Ortiz. Bassist Steven King, drummer Nick Garcia and vocalist Clem Galindo were added later that year. Later Clem, Nick and Sebastian would be replaced by Steven Garcia, Rudy Leal and Marcos Leal in 2006. They put out their first EP "The Lost Cause" in December 2006. In 2007 Steven Garcia left the band and was replaced with drummer Robert Garza. In august they went to record with Ken Susi and put out "Endless Struggle". In 2009 Rudy and Steven King left the band. Also they recorded another EP "Through Ashes" late 2009. Robert Garza left in 2010 leading the band to be on hiatus. Marcos went on to join Caldera with included Joseph Guajardo and Hector Villareal. While Daniel took time off from the band. Robert returned december 2010 and talks about starting the band up again was in play. In early 2011 Shattered Sun officially re-formed in 2011 with the joining of Joseph Guajardo, Henry Garza and Hector Villareal. They went on to record "Confessions" EP with producer Robert Beltran at Precision Studios in 2011. They soon made a video for their song "Any Means" and thats when things took off for the band.^[3] After the release of Confessions on March 31, 2012^[4] the band played heavily promote it including an early 2012 tour with Memories In Broken Glass,^[5] immediately followed by a tour with Spineshank and Mureau.^[6]

In late 2013 Shattered Sun began working on their first full-length album, Hope Within Hatred.^[7] It was also the departure of guitarist Hector. He left to pursue a stable oilfield job. Daniel took main guitar duties but he wanted a lead guitar player. Jessie Santos heard about a slot opening and came to try out with the band mid recording the album. Once the band got Daniels approval, Jessie was soon in. His first recording was the solo on "The Ultimatum". In early 2014 the band signed with Breaking Bands LLC, a management team run by Jon Zazula and Chuck Billy of Testament.^[7][8][9]

On February 5 of 2015 Shattered Sun announced they had been signed to Victory Records, along with the April 21 release date for their debut full length Hope within Hatred, and a lyric video for the title track from the album.^[2] Just two days later the band announced via social media they would be playing the 2015 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.^[10] On February 17'th they announced that they would be touring North America with Testament and Exodus.^[11]

On April 14, 2015 it was announced that Shattered Sun would be playing the entirety of the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, performing on the Victory Records stage.^[12]

Shattered Sun will accompany Soulfly on their 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour. Soilwork & Decapitated will also join the tour. The tour is scheduled for a 27 concert trek starting on September 30 & ending in Albuquerque, NM on October 30.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Band members

• Joseph Guajardo - Bass guitar
• Henry Garza - Keys/Vocals
• Jessie Santos - Guitar/Vocals
• Robert Garza - Drums
• Daniel Trejo - Guitar
• Marcos Leal - Lead vocals

Discography

Studio albums

• Hope Within Hatred (2015)

EPs

• Lost Cause (2006)
• Endless Struggle (2007)
• Through Ashes (2009)
• Confessions (2012)

Singles

• "Hope Within Hatred" (2015) No.35 US Mainstream Rock Songs

References