Black Tide was founded in Miami, Florida in 2004 by guitarist Gabriel Garcia and his older brother Raul Garcia. Raul recruited second guitarist Alex Nuñez. At the time, Gabriel Garcia was 11 years old and Nuñez was just 13 years old. Garcia and Nuñez recruited bassist Zachary Sandler and drummer Steven Spence, after Raul's departure from the group. This completed the band's lineup. Originally known as Radio, the band's name was changed to Black Tide by Interscope records soon after its inception. The band started playing local shows, eventually gaining the attention of record labels due to the members' young age and talent. In 2005, Black Tide signed a demo deal with Atlantic Records as Radio. The deal lasted for only a year, before the band was spotted by a record executive for EMI, who notified Interscope Records of the band. By mid 2007, Black Tide was signed on to Interscope.
Black Tide recorded a single, "Shockwave", which gained rotation on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and is also available as downloadable content on the video game Rock Band. The band started touring and gained a position on the second stage of Ozzfest, but were kicked off the tour because the stage was sponsored by Jägermeister and all of the members of Black Tide were under the legal drinking age. Although the band was no longer appearing on the second stage, Black Tide was able to be the opening act on the main stage in some areas, opening for Lordi, Static-X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne. After Ozzfest, the band toured with Avenged Sevenfold and All That Remains. They are well known partly due to their age. They are all under the age of 21 and two members are still in High School.
In late 2007, Black Tide entered the studio in Chicago, Illinois with producer Johnny K. The band recorded 12 new tracks which included a cover of Metallica's first written song, "Hit the Lights", which originally appeared on Kill 'Em All. The resulting album, Light From Above, was released on March 18, 2008. The album was critically praised, with Dan Epstein of Revolver Magazine saying "Listening to the debut album from Miami's Black Tide is a little like stumbling across a cool late-80s metal record you'd completely forgotten about. A very promising debut" and Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net stating the album contains "Big, sometimes pop-based, melodies meets crunchy, guitar-driven metal that falls somewhere between thrash/traditional metal and the dirtier end of '80s glam/hair metal." Light From Above debuted at number 73 on the Billboard 200, with 11,400 copies sold in its first week of sales. Black Tide has also won the Kerrang! Award for Best Newcomer.
On March 27, 2008, the band performed on the late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live on the ABC television network in the United States and Citytv in Canada.
The band will be opening for Bullet For My Valentine on their forthcoming November UK tour, alongside Lacuna Coil and Bleeding Through. Black Tide will also support Bullet For My Valentine on their US tour in September. The band is now touring on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival with Slipknot, Disturbed, and other bands. They have started performing Prowler an Iron Maiden cover on this tour, which was formally recorded for Kerrang Magazine's Iron Maiden Tribute CD, Maiden Heaven.
As of now, Nuñez is a former member of Black Tide. He left due to disagreement on which direction the band should go. Currently filling in for Alex is Austin Panix from the band, The Panix. The Panix also lists Alex as a member.
Black Tide has announced that "Shout" will be the next video.
They performed on the daily habit on the Feb 23
Black Widow
Black Tide Lyrics
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Give me your power to kill
I am the shadow
I will surrender my will
I kept the shadow
I kept the pain
I'll feast upon your venom
Black Widow
I'm your shadow
Black Widow
I'm your slave
I drink your poison
I took your power to kill
I drink your venom
Now I posses your will
Black Widow
I'm your shadow
Black Widow
I'm your slave
I'm your slave
Yea!
I've fulfilled my destiny
Your venom flows throughout my veins
I'll soon begin my quest for tyranny
I have become you; this evil life insane
Black Widow
I'm your shadow
Black Widow
I'm your slave
The lyrics to Black Tide's song 'Black Widow' are dark and sinister, portraying a hypnotic relationship between the singer and the titular creature. The first verse, "Give me your poison, give me your power to kill, I am the shadow, I will surrender my will" indicates that the singer is willingly giving themselves over to the power of the black widow, desiring to become one with its venomous nature.
As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer has become enthralled and enslaved by the black widow, becoming its shadow and its slave. They drink its poison and possess its will, allowing it to flow through their veins and take control of their actions. The final verse, "I've fulfilled my destiny, your venom flows throughout my veins, I'll soon begin my quest for tyranny, I have become you; this evil life insane" shows that the singer has fully succumbed to the black widow's influence and is now set on a path of destruction, embracing their own madness and cruelty.
Overall, the lyrics present a chilling and unsettling portrayal of obsession and control, depicting the black widow as a seductive but ultimately dangerous force that can corrupt and destroy those who come too close.
Line by Line Meaning
Give me your poison
I want the harmful substance you possess
Give me your power to kill
I desire your ability to cause death
I am the shadow
I am a dark and unnoticeable presence
I will surrender my will
I will give up my own desires and be controlled by another
I kept the shadow
I held onto my hidden and unnoticed self
I kept the pain
I held onto my suffering and agony
I'll feast upon your venom
I will consume your poisonous substance
You are the black widow
You are the dangerous and manipulative woman
Black Widow
The dangerous and manipulative woman
I'm your shadow
I am closely following and imitating you
Black Widow
The dangerous and manipulative woman
I'm your slave
I am completely under your control
I drink your poison
I ingest your harmful substance
I took your power to kill
I acquired your ability to cause death
I drink your venom
I consume your poisonous substance
Now I posses your will
I now have control over your desires and intentions
I'm your slave
I am completely under your control
I've fulfilled my destiny
I have achieved what was meant to be
Your venom flows throughout my veins
Your harmful substance now circulates in my body
I'll soon begin my quest for tyranny
I will soon start my journey to seize power and rule with cruelty
I have become you; this evil life insane
I have transformed into you, living a wicked and irrational existence
Black Widow
The dangerous and manipulative woman
I'm your shadow
I am closely following and imitating you
Black Widow
The dangerous and manipulative woman
I'm your slave
I am completely under your control
Contributed by Camden L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@GUTY605
2019 and still miss this old school sound...
@brancolezama285
Escuché ésta canción en 2009 cuando YouTube no tenía anuncios por doquier
@devontrouten155
Annoys the piss out of me that this song isn't on Spotify!
@leonardorenatolaunch7516
I saw these guys for free at hard rock café in México city back in 2008
@sXeBlackShadows
vendrán al vive latino,almenos eso dicen ojala si se cumpla :D
@waffles1634
They have done major changes but there still the best since the beginning! (: <3
@Grease-Goblin
Have you heard their second album? God damn shame what happened to them.
@terrancewellner5855
wat happened to them
@jonathandobey4093
@terrance wellner they went to absolute SHIT. As far as I could tell they decided they wanted to write music for chicks.
@dank3717
@Jonathan Dobey I actually like their second album quite a bit. The third one though, not so much