Pavour Nocturnus is the first EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by the Australian hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Behind Crimson Eyes

Behind Crimson Eyes

Behind Crimson Eyes is a band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Their line up currently consists of vocalist Josh Stuart, bassist Garth Buchanan, guitarist/back up vocalist Aaron Schultz and Dan Kerby as drummer....

, released in 2005. It is the band's debut official release, as the only thing that came before this EP was a rare demo from 2004. Along with the demo and following EP Prologue: The Art of War/Cherry Blossom Epitaph

Prologue: The Art of War/Cherry Blossom Epitaph

"Prologue: The Art of War/Cherry Blossom Epitaph" is the second official release by Australian hard rock act Behind Crimson Eyes, released in 2005. It is also the band's third ever release, the first being a little-known demo from 2004 and second being the band's first EP, Pavour Nocturnus, also...

, Pavour Nocturnus saw re-release on the compilation album Scream Out Your Name To The Night

Scream Out Your Name to the Night

Scream Out Your Name to the Night is Behind Crimson Eyes' first compilation containing the tracks from their Demos and EPs.- Track listing :#The Art of War#Empty Promises#The Black Veil#Sorry Doesn't Cut It#Cherry Blossom Epitaph...

. The words "pavour nocturnus" roughly translate to "night terrors".

Track listing

1. Nightmare On Apparition, Pt.6 - 3:04
2. Game of Life - 3:18
3. The Black Veil - 3:01
4. Destruction is Incapable of Creation - 2:32
5. Empty Promises - 3:34
6. The Battle of Liege - 7:08