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Crimson Lake is an austrian rockband from Vienna. Formed in 2008 the band consists of lead singer Benny König, guitarist Martin Hafner, bassist Parsa Sarraf, keyboardist Balthasar Laussner and drummer Leon Schmutz. In this formation the band played several succesfull shows and was invited to big events, such as The Amnesty International Festival in France or the :kult: Festival in Freistadt.
In the year 2011 the band recorded their first single called Heart of My Flamingo and had their first airplay
on the radio. In 2013 Crimson Lake released their first album with the title They Come With the Sun.
The correspondent single sold worldwide copies and was played by the radio for several weeks.
The band is currently working on their second studio album.

Benny König: (born November 30,1995 in Berlin), known as Benny König is the lead singer and songwriter of Crimson Lake.He attended the Vienna Choir Boys school from 1999 to 2005, where he had his first musical impressions. In 2005 he switched to the Rudolf Steiner-school in Pötzleinsdorf wich led to the founding of Crimson Lake. At the age of 13 he started playing guitar, piano, drums, bass and trumpet.
In 2010 he was honoured The Artist of the Week by austrians magazine NÖN.
Since 2011 he has been making records with Crimson Lake and producing with various artists.

Martin Hafner: (born 13 September in Vienna) is guitarist and songwriter of Crimson Lake.
He attended the Rudolf Steiner-school in Pötzleinsdorf and started playing guitar at the age of six.
Since 2011 he has been making records with the band.
His biggest musical influences are Eric Clapton, Georg Danzer, Keith Richards and Bon Jovi.

Parsa Sarraf: (born 29 January, 1996 in Vienna) is the bassist of Crimson Lake.
He attended the Amerling school in Vienna and began playing bass at an early age.
His biggest musical influences are Muse and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Balthasar Laussner: (born 28 August 1994 in Vienna) is they keyboardist of Crimson Lake.
He attended the Rudolf Steiner-school in Vienna and started playing piano at the age of seven.
His biggest musical influences are Sunrise Avenue and Coldplay.

Leon Schmutz: (born 30 August in Vienna) is the drummer of Crimson Lake.
He attended the Rdolf Steiner-school and began playing drums at the age of 10.
His biggest musical influences are Coldplay, U2 and 30 Seconds To Mars.

 

George "Snaki" Lane: *Band Score 8.5/10* "Austria had two pleasant surprises for us this year, the first one was a Melodic Hard Rock one and came with Sergeant Steel, and the second one, now at the end of the year, is a Melodic rock one with CRIMSON LAKE! The samples we've been given are excellent and I believe that if they keep going on like this, an excellent career will be awaiting for them!"
For BeRock Radio Minizine (2013)
Post Date: 1st December 2013