Blessthefall

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Blessthefall
blessthefall (2014)
blessthefall (2014)
General information
origin Scottsdale (United States)
Genre (s) Post-hardcore , metalcore
founding 2004
Website blessthefallmusic.com
Founding members
Keyboard, vocals
 Andrew Barr (until 2005)
Rhythm guitar
 Mike Frisby (until 2011)
Bass, vocals
 Jared Warth
Drums
 Matt Traynor (until 2018)
Lead guitar
 Miles Bergsma (until 2005)
Current occupation
Vocals, keyboard
 Beau Bokan (since 2008)
Vocals, bass (until 2007, since 2008) , keyboard (2005-2008)
Jared Warth
Lead guitar, background vocals (since 2008) , vocals (2007-2008)
Eric Lambert (since 2007)
Rhythm guitar, background vocals
 Elliott Gruenberg (since 2011)
former members
singing
 Craig Mabbitt (2004-2005)
bass
 Aiden Louis (2007-2008)

Blessthefall ( proper spelling blessthefall or BLESSTHEFALL ) is a post-hardcore / metalcore band from Scottsdale, USA, founded in 2004 .

history

2004–2007: foundation and debut album

The band Blessthefall was founded in 2004 in the American city of Scottsdale near Phoenix , the federal capital of Arizona , by rhythm guitarist Mike Frisby, lead guitarist Miles Bergsma, drummer Matt Traynor , bassist Jared Warth, keyboardist Andrew Barr and front singer Craig Mabbitt , when they were still attended high school . Andrew Barr left the group a year later, as did lead guitarist Miles Bergsma, who enrolled at Berklee College of Music in Boston . With Eric Lambert, who replaced Bergsma on lead guitar, the band recorded a three-track EP .

Through their local appearances with Greeley Estates and their open religious orientation, the group brought in good press, as well as a recording contract with the Warner subsidiary Science Records . This was followed by a tour with Alesana and Norma Jean through the United States and Canada. On April 10, 2007, the debut album His Last Walk was released , which meanwhile has sold almost 65,000 times in the USA. Between September and October 2007 the band toured with Escape the Fate , Dance Gavin Dance , LoveHateHero and Before Their Eyes . The band toured with Protest the Hero , All That Remains , as well as With From First to Last , A Skylit Drive and Vanna . In the summer of 2007 the group played for the first time on the full Warped Tour .

2007–2010: Change of singer, signature with Fearless Records and Witness

During their first European tour as the opening act for Silverstein in late 2007, singer Craig Mabbitt left the band while the group was performing in the UK to spend more time with the family. Bassist Jared Warth took over the position of singer during the tour. When Mabbitt tried to get back into the band, the other musicians refused his re-entry at blessthefall. Mabbitt then founded The Word Alive and joined the metalcore band Escape the Fate , who had recently thrown their lead singer Ronnie Radke out of the band. The management of the band tried to convince Mabbitt to rejoin the band, but this categorically declined a renewed activity with the band due to personal differences.

At the end of September 2008, a replacement for Mabbitt was found in Beau Bokan , the former singer of Take the Crown . Bokan released two EPs and one album with Take the Crown, but the group broke up due to the departure of two musicians, poor management and financial problems.

After their tour with Silverstein, Before Their Eyes and Norma Jean, the group with producer Michael Baskette moved into the studio to work on their second album. In the same month the band signed a record deal with Fearless Records . In the summer, the band toured with August Burns Red and Enter Shikari . The second studio album, Witness , was finally released in October . This was followed by a tour with Drop Dead, Gorgeous , Finch and Vanna. In June 2010 blessthefall played concerts for the first time in Australia and New Zealand , where they could be seen as the opening act for Saosin and Story of the Year .

2010–2017: Time at Fearless Records

In February 2011 Mike Frisby announced the exit from the band in order to be able to orientate himself elsewhere in life. Former Before Their Eyes guitarist Elliott Gruenberg took his place . In May, Beau Bokan announced that Blessthefall would not be on the Warped Tour and would instead work on a new album. Just a few days later, the musicians began work on their third album with Michael Baskette in Orlando , Florida . The album called Awakening was released in early October 2011. In the summer, the band played on the All Stars Tour with Emmure , Motionless in White and Alesana . This was followed by a tour with Tonight Alive , Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! and The Word Alive . In October 2012 it became known that the musicians had begun writing new pieces for their fourth album. Studio work began in mid-April 2012 and lasted about four weeks. Joey Sturgis was hired as a producer . Hollow Bodies , the band's fourth studio album, was released in August of the same year, sold almost 22,000 records within the first week of sales in the United States and thus entered the national album charts at number 15 .

In 2013 and 2015 the group played on the full Warped Tour . In May 2015, the musicians announced that they were working on their fifth studio album. To Those Left Behind was released in September of the same year. In September 2016 it was announced that the band would go on tour with Crown the Empire , New Years Day and Too Close to Touch . In the summer of 2017 , the band toured again on the Warped Tour.

Since 2018: Signature with Rise Records

At the end of January 2018, the group signed a record deal with Rise Records and announced their sixth studio album, Hard Feelings, for March of the same year. In April and May 2018 the band can be seen supporting Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria .

  • Beau Bokan (2014)

  • Elliott Gruenberg (2014)

  • Eric Lambert (2014)

  • Jared Warth (2014)

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Witness
  US 56 October 24, 2009 (2 weeks)
Awakening
  US 32 10/22/2011 (2 weeks)
Hollow bodies
  US 15th 07.09.2013 (2 weeks)
To Those Left Behind
  US 23 10/10/2015 (1 week)
Hard feelings
  US 54 04/07/2018 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2007: His Last Walk (Science Records / Record Collection)
  • 2009: Witness (Fearless Records)
  • 2011: Awakening (Fearless Records)
  • 2013: Hollow Bodies (Fearless Records)
  • 2015: To Those Left Behind (Fearless Records)
  • 2018: Hard Feelings (Rise Records)

EPs and demos

  • 2005: Black Rose Dying (EP) (in-house production)
  • 2006: Blessthefall (EP) (Science Records)
  • 2008: I Wouldn't Quit If Everyone Quit (Single) (Science Records)
  • 2011: Promised Ones (Single) (Fearless Records)

Web links

Commons : Blessthefall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stewart Mason: blessthefall . AllMusic . February 1, 2007. Retrieved on February 22, 2018: "A Christian-oriented screamo quintet with some hip-hop and nu metal influences, blessthefall started ..."
  2. ↑ EastValleyTribune.com: Young blessthefall members focus on Jesus. Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b PluginMusic.com: Bless The Fall To Release Debut Full-Length "His Last Walk" On April 10th. Retrieved October 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b BLESSTHEFALLS Signs With FEARLESS RECORDS . Blabbermouth . May 14, 2009.
  5. ^ Hot Topic's "Black on Black" Tour . Via headphones. July 31, 2007. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013.
  6. ^ All That Remains / Protest The Hero Tour . AbsolutePunk . April 20, 2007.
  7. ↑ Oh No They Didn't! : Blessthefall Lead Singer Leaves Band
  8. ↑ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Ronnie Radke vs. Escape The Fate: the scene's biggest feud and what we learned from it
  9. ↑ Alternative Press: Podcast # 37 . In: Audio Podcast . Alternative press. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ Blessthefall announce Beau Bokan (ex-Take The Crown) as new vocalist, post song . Alternative press. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ WE BROKE UP ... read this . Take the crown. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  12. ↑ Tours: Silverstein / Norma Jean / Blessthefall / Before Their Eyes . Punk news. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013.
  13. ↑ Blabbermouth.net: August Burns Red: US Headlining Tour Announced. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Atticus Tour - Page 1 . October 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ BTF news February 15, 2011 . February 15, 2011. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  16. ↑ Beau Bokan's Formspring: question regarding Warped Tour 2011 and new album . November 2010. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
  17. ↑ Tyler Common: Blessthefall to enter the studio May 17th . In: Alternative Press , April 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2018. 
  18. ^ The 2011 Fearless Friends Tour . Fearlessfriendstour.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  19. ↑ Blessthefall finish new album . Alternative press. May 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  20. ^ Brian Kraus: Blessthefall recording new album with Joey Sturgis . Altpress.com. April 6, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  21. ↑ BLESSTHEFALL Reveals Album Artwork and Track Listing for New Album 'Hollow Bodies' "News" . Puregrainaudio.com. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  22. ↑ Alternative Press | News | Motion City Soundtrack, blessthefall, Big D and the Kids Table, more announced for Warped Tour 2013 . Altpress.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  23. ↑ Blessthefall, Hundredth, Alive Like Me, more announced for Warped Tour 2015 . In: Alternative Press . Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  24. ↑ Blessthefall begin recording new album with joey sturgis . In: Alternative Press . Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  25. ^ Blessthefall to release new album, 'To Those Left Behind,' in September - Alternative Press . In: Alternative Press . Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  26. ↑ Natasha Heinz: Alternative Press : Blessthefall announce new album, release music video for “Melodramatic”
  27. ^ Maggie Dickman: Alternative Press : Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria extend North American tour
  28. ↑ billboard.com Blessthefall in the US charts