First Blood | |
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) First Blood at With Full Force 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Genres | hardcore |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
First Blood is an American hardcore band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2002.
Background
First Blood released their debut record, an eponymously titled EP, in 2003. Then, the following year, they released a split EP with Blacklisted titled The Dead Man's Hand. Finally, in 2006, the band released their debut full-length album, Killafornia, on Trustkill Records. First Blood also went on tour that year with Ignite, Comeback Kid, The Red Chord, Sick of It All, Stretch Arm Strong, and others, and appeared at the New England Metal Fest on April 29. The band then toured extensively in 2007 with the likes of Full Blown Chaos, Since the Flood and Death Before Dishonor.
In 2010 they released their second album, Silence Is Betrayal, on Bullet Tooth Records.
On February 10, 2017, First Blood released its third studio album Rules, the first in seven years, produced by Will Putney on Pure Noise Records.[1][2] The lyric video of "Rules of Conviction" was premiered in January of that year, and the video of "Rules of Conviction" featuring Jesse Barnett of Stick to Your Guns and Kobayashi Hiroyuki of Loyal to the Grave in June.[1][3]
Lineup
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- Carl Schwartz – vocals (2002–present)
- Joe Kenney – guitar (2019–present)
- Robert Rozendaal – bass (2019–present)
- Tiago – drums (2019–present)
Former
- Eddie Virgil – drums (Alcatraz)
- Anthony Pizzarelli – bass (Alcatraz)
- Manuel Peralez – guitar
- Kyle Dixon – guitar
- Doug Weber – guitar
- Brandon Thomas – drums (on record, not officially part of the band)
- Mike Orris Jr. (helped with the first tours, not officially part of the band)
- Ryan Brooks – drums (filled in on tour when the band was seeking a full-time drummer)
- Daniel Fletcher – guitar
- Joe Ellis – bass
- Marc Strömberg – bass (filled-in on tour 2012)
- Jakob Arevärn – guitar (filled-in on tour 2013)
- Sebastian Sahin – bass (filled-in on tour 2013)
- Rhett Hornberger – drums
- AJ Borish – drums, bass (filled in on tour 2012, 2013)
- Bobby Blood – drums
- John Torn – bass (2013–2015)
- AJ Worrell – drums (filled in on drums and guitar in prior years) (2016–2017)
- Johan Vesters – guitar (2014–2019)
- Lordninnaum – guitar (2012–2019)
- Daiske Shibamori – bass (2017–2019)
- Joel Heijda – drums (2017–2019)
Discography
- First Blood EP - 2003, Bridge 9 Records
- Dead Man's Hand 03 - 2005, Deathwish Inc. (Split record with Blacklisted)
- Killafornia – May 2, 2006, Trustkill Records
- Silence Is Betrayal – November 9, 2010, Bullet Tooth Records
- Rules - February 10, 2017, Pure Noise Records (peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart[4])
References
- ^ a b "First Blood Detail New Album "Rules", Debut "Rules of Life"". Theprp.com. 2017-01-06. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "First Blood 'Rules' album stream". Lambgoat. 2017-02-01. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "First Blood Premiere "Rules of Conviction" Music Video". Theprp.com. 2017-06-13. Archived from the original on 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "First Blood Rules Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-11-28.