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Crimson Thorn is an American Christian metal band. According to Allmusic, they are "surely one of the world's most extreme-sounding Christian metal bands". Crimson Thorn has performed at Cornerstone Festival and Sonshine Festival.Van Pelt, Doug (June 2003). . HM Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. They have also been featured in HM Magazine.Krotzer, Bryan (June 2006). . Heaven's Metal. Retrieved on May 6, 2016.
After Quast left, Kevin Sundberg joined as the new drummer, and their style changed from thrash metal to death metal. Crimson Thorn was signed to Atomic Records and released their first full length CD, Unearthed, in 1994. Later, R.E.X. Records re-released Unearthed. Paul Jongeward left the band, and was replaced with Andy Kopesky before the release of Dissection in 1997 on the label Morphine Records. Little Rose Records re-released it in 1999. Purification, was later released after the band built their own studio in the basement of Kevin's home.
Crimson Thorn announced at Cornerstone Festival 2007 that they were working on a new album. They performed unreleased tracks, all of which had a much more melodic feel than their previous works. Despite this, the band assured fans that the rest of the upcoming album would be much heavier, like their previous works.
On July 6, 2019, it was announced that Crimson Thorn would be coming out of their unofficial hiatus to play a week worth of shows in March 2020, on the Hasten Revelation Tour, alongside Broken Flesh, Abated Mass of Flesh, Taking the Head of Goliath, and Cardiac Rupture. Due to health concerns, Broken Flesh dropped off the tour, being replaced by My Place Was Taken.
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| Luke Renno | bass (1992-2005) guitar, vocals (1991–present) | 1991-2007, 2019–present | Taking the Head of Goliath, Temple of Perdition, Sylvan Fortress, Axehead Inc., Obadiah |
| Steve Reishus | drums | 2003-2007, 2019–present | Taking the Head of Goliath |
| Miles Sunde | guitars, backing vocals | 1991-2007, 2019–present |
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