Randy Torres

Randy Torres is an American guitarist, percussionist, keyboardist and background vocalist from Seattle. He has previously played for the bands Project 86 and Crash Rickshaw. He has filled in as rhythm guitarist for the band Demon Hunter and as keyboardist, guitarist, percussionist and background vocalist for Anberlin on a recent tour. He is now a composer for film and TV. He currently is working on a project with Ryan Clark called NYVES (pronounced "knives"),

History Randy Torres began his musical career in 1996, when he formed Project 86, alongside vocalist Andrew Schwab, drummer Ethan Luck, and bassist Matt "Bean" Hernandez. However, Torres and Schwab quickly became the only original members, as Hernandez departed to play for Unashamed, while Luck went to play for The Dingees. The band would begin to take off after hiring Torres' longtime best friend Steven Dail and drummer Alex Albert, who had previously both been a part of Innermeans.

Torres was one of the band's key songwriters, during his tenure, alongside Dail. Between the two, a majority of the song structures were created for the next several records, including Truthless Heroes, Songs to Burn Your Bridges By...And the Rest Will Follow, and Rival Factions. However, in 2009, Torres would depart from the band, as it was no longer enjoyable. Following his tenure with the band, he continued to work with Sprinkle for a few years, as well as tour with Demon Hunter, until he became A&R at Tooth & Nail Records. As a side project to his main career, Torres formed the project known as NYVES, which featured him and Ryan Clark, a longtime friend of Torres' and the lead vocalist of Demon Hunter and Training for Utopia.

Bands

Current

NYVES (2014–present) The Celebrated Heroes (solo)

Former

Project 86 (1996-2009) Monstruos del mar Electric Legs Crash Rickshaw (2001–2008)

Touring

Demon Hunter - guitar (2009) Anberlin - rhythm guitar, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals (2010)

Session FM Static - guitars on Critically Ashamed (2006) Falling Up - engineering, guitars and bass on Captiva (2007) Capital Lights - engineering on This is an Outrage! (2008) Thousand Foot Krutch - guitars on Welcome to the Masquerade (2009)

Selected discography Project 86 Project 86 (1998) Drawing Black Lines (2000) Truthless Heroes (2002) Songs to Burn Your Bridges By (2004) ...And the Rest Will Follow (2006) Rival Factions (2007) The Kane Mutiny EP (2007) This Time of Year EP (2008) Picket Fence Cartel (2009; only writing)

Crash Rickshaw Crash Rickshaw (2001) The Unknown Clarity (2008)

NYVES Anxiety (2015) Pressure EP (2016)

Additional musician Stavesacre - How to Live With a Curse (2006; Keyboards) Falling Up - Captiva (2007; Bass and Guitars) Ruth - Secondhand Dreaming (2007; Guitars) Ruth - Anorak (2008; Guitars) Showbread - Nervosa (2008; Guitars and Keyboards) KJ-52 - Five-Two Television (2009; Drum Programming) Demon Hunter - The World Is a Thorn (2010; Backing Vocals) Fair - Disappearing World (2010; Guitars)

Production Critically Ashamed by FM Static (2006) Captiva by Falling Up (2007) Anorexia by Showbread (2008) Welcome to the Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch (2009) Dark Dungeons (2014, soundtrack) Exile by Demon Hunter (2022, soundtrack design for deluxe version)