[1] After the change of vocalist to Karsten Brill, the music started to go more into the direction of punk rock and heavy metal.

In the same year, Red Aim released their cover of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper".

After signing a deal with American label Metal Blade Records, the band changed their line-up.

Bassist Thorsten Erbel was replaced with David Vogt and Christian Jost joined as a keyboardist.

On 6 December 2003, Stefan Gemballa got badly injured by a drum monitor that hit him in the head during a concert in Saarbrücken.