2010–2011: Early years Beware of Darkness, named after
George Harrison's 1970 song "
Beware of Darkness," formed in 2010 after Kyle Nicolaides met Tony Cupito at one of Kyle's acoustic solo shows in downtown
Los Angeles at an RnB club called First and Hope. The two began playing shows with various bass players until they met Daniel Curcio, who was visiting
Santa Monica after finding out he had a long lost half brother living there. Their first show was at the
Roxy Theatre in LA. Not long after solidifying the lineup, they signed a record deal with
Bright Antenna Records and began opening up shows for rock legends such as
Social Distortion as well as touring with indie act
The Wombats.
2012–2014: Orthodox In 2012, Beware of Darkness were asked to open for
Tegan and Sara,
Stone Temple Pilots,
Bush,
Deftones and played at the 2012
SXSW Festival. They recorded their debut record Orthodox in Fall 2012 at Eagle Rock Studios,
The Village Recorder,
The Sound Factory, Hillside Studios and the Valley Recording Company. Four lyric videos for the tracks included on the band's initial
Howl EP were released April 16, 2012, on the website of
American Songwriter. The
music video for the band's debut single "
Howl" premiered on September 14, 2012, on
Fuse. The band's debut record, entitled
Orthodox, was released on May 7, 2013, in the
United States and was executive produced by
Dave Sardy (
LCD Soundsystem,
Oasis,
Band of Horses,
NIN,
Rage Against the Machine,
Gorillaz,
Jay-Z,
White Denim). In 2013 after playing at
SXSW, Beware of Darkness toured the UK for the 1st time which included an appearance at the famed
Reading and Leeds Festival and a tour across Europe as main support for
The Smashing Pumpkins The band have performed at several radio festivals and shows with
Cage The Elephant,
Alice in Chains,
AWOLNATION,
Thirty Seconds to Mars,
Soundgarden and
Jane's Addiction. In August 2013, they were nominated by the UK's
Classic Rock magazine for "Best New Band" along with
Deap Vally and
Walking Papers. The band's song "
Howl" has been featured in the video game soundtracks of
Saints Row IV,
Need for Speed: Most Wanted,
EA Sports UFC and
Gran Turismo. The song has been featured in several television and movie projects including
Stephen King's Under the Dome,
Red 2,
Monday Night Football and
Nitro Circus 3D. On May 15, 2013, the band performed "Howl" live on
Conan. The video of the band's second single "All Who Remain" was premiered by
Rolling Stone on December 24, 2013 and has appeared in
NBC's
Parenthood.
2015–2020: Are You Real? and break-up The band started recording their second studio album in fall of 2015. The band recorded 100 songs during the recording process of Are You Real. The album was released on September 16, 2016. On October 11, 2019, the band released a new single called "Bloodlines". On March 19, 2020, the band announced their break-up.
2021: Unreleased songs and new music On March 19, 2021, exactly one year after announcing the band's break-up, the band announced two new songs, titled "Millennials" and "Infinite In Your Arms", would be released on March 26, 2021. The post continued by saying, "They are a thank you for anyone who has supported the band over the years." In April 2021, Nicolaides also announced he is continuing to make music as Beware of Darkness and to expect new music and a new LP soon. ==Musical style==