Editing Vendetta Red (section)

===Major label years (2003–2006)===
After finishing recording with the late [[Jerry Finn]],<ref name="AMG"/> the group's first major label album ''[[Between the Never and the Now]]'', which was preceded by the EP ''Cut Your Noose'',<ref name="Seattle Weekly">{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2003-07-02/music/bleeding-hearts|title=Bleeding Hearts :: Vendetta Red rock for the kids, not the scene.|work=[[Seattle Weekly]]|date=July 3, 2003}}</ref> was released in June 2003 and charted at No. 1 on the [[Billboard charts|Billboard]] [[Top Heatseekers]] and No. 101 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="BTNATN Billboard"/> The album's single, ''Shatterday'', peaked at No. 16 on the [[Alternative Songs|Billboard Alternative Songs]] chart.<ref name="Shatterday Billboard"/> The album included reworked songs from their previous release, ''White Knuckled Substance''.<ref name="Seattle Weekly"/> The band supported the album with a North American tour,<ref name="AMG"/> which included a stint on the [[Warped Tour]].<ref name="Vendetta Red Interview"/><ref name="Seattle Weekly"/> The song ''The Long Goodbye'', from the album ''White Knuckled Substance'', was included on the ''Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Warped-Tour-2002-Compilation/release/601320 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |work=[[Discogs]] |title=Various - Warped Tour 2002 Compilation|date=June 18, 2002 }}</ref>

After opening for [[AC/DC]] at the [[New York City|New York]] [[Roseland Ballroom]],<ref name="Vendetta Red Interview"/><ref name="Seattle Weekly"/> singer Zach Davidson said that the fans during the show were acting "blatantly homophobic":

{{cquote|"It was scary how blatantly homophobic a lot of that crowd is. AC/DC's music, whether you like it or not, is not socially conscious. You wanna drink, fuck, and smoke weed when you listen to AC/DC... and eat steak. Fuckin' American dream. I can handle anything, but I didn't really like it when, before you play a fucking note, the minute you go onstage, people are yelling 'Faggot!' That, of course, made me have to go down there and start kissing boys."<ref name="Vendetta Red Interview"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13342 |date=July 5, 2003 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net|Blabbermouth]] |title=VENDETTA RED Singer Says AC/DC's Fans Are 'Blatantly Homophobic'}}</ref>}}

They continued to tour, playing with the likes of [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]] and [[MxPx]].<ref name="Vendetta Red Interview"/>

The group entered the studio in 2004 with the producer [[Howard Benson]] to record the follow-up to ''Between the Never and the Now''. For the album, Childres switched to keyboards with Burke Thomas added to the group to record drums. The drummer from [[Street Drum Corps]],  Bobby Alt, contributed [[theremin]] to the album while Phil Perrone contributed backing vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6923248/a/Sisters+Of+The+Red+Death.htm |access-date=March 29, 2010 |work=CD Universe |title=Vendetta Red Sisters Of The Red Death CD}}</ref> The album, titled ''[[Sisters of the Red Death]]'', was released in 2005<ref name="AMG"/> and charted at No. 21 on the Top Heatseeker's Chart.<ref name="SOTRD Billboard"/>

Late in 2004, Chapman and Childres left the group and the guitarist Leif Andersen of Common Heroes and Pris joined the band on lead guitar and keyboards. In late 2005 Vermillion left the band and bass guitarist [[Jeff Rouse (musician)|Jeff Rouse]], of [[Alien Crime Syndicate]] and [[Loaded (band)|Loaded]] was added to the group.