About Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. In 2004, Revolver magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future of Metal" cover story, and Spin called Bleeding Through an "artist to watch" in the magazine's February 2004 issue.

Bleeding Through was formed in 1999 in Woodlake, California. The band's roots can be traced back to 1998, when a band named Breakneck was founded by vocalist Brandan "Ohrly" Schieppati , guitarists Javier Van Huss and Scott Danough , bass guitarist Chad Tafolla and drummer Troy Born . Breakneck played their only show on October 30, 1998, at the Showcase Theatre in Corona, California, opening for Throwdown, Eighteen Visions, Adamantium, Give Until Gone and Swingset in June.

The band witnessed lineup changes, starting with the departure of Van Huss; he was briefly replaced by guitarist Dave Peters , before Tafolla switched from playing bass to guitar. Brandon Conway came in as new bassist until the subsequent recruitment of Marc Jackson . Jackson and Danough had previously played in the band Refuge together in the early 1990s.

They decided to expand their original hardcore sound by adding elements of black and death metal to their music. The origin of the band's name was explained in an interview as follows: "Well, it is summed up by the explanation that whether black, white, red, brown, yellow, religious preference, straight or gay, we all bleed the same, and we bleed through this life the same. Thus Bleeding Through."

In February 2000, Bleeding Through recorded five songs using a 4-track recorder in Born's bedroom, which were released as the band's demo. The demo was followed by their debut full-length album, Dust to Ashes, released through Prime Directive Records on March 20, 2001. Just prior to entering the studio, Vijay Kumar took the bass position and Molly Street enrolled as keyboard player. The addition of keyboards was an unconventional move for a metalcore act as it brought some black metal influences into the music.

Four months prior to the album being released, Born quit the band but a quickfire substitute was located in Derek Youngsma who had previously played in Cast in Stone, as well as in Daggers with Danough. Less than a month after Dust to Ashes was released, the band signed a two album and one EP contract with Indecision Records in April 2001. Tafolla left the band in August 2001, following the band's first tour and was replaced by Brian Lepke.

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