Bleeding Through's successes in the past have been mainly built upon their Trustkill Records debut, "This Is Love, This Is Murderous." The album produced two music videos ( "On Wings Of Lead" and "Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire" ) with Spin Magazine calling them an "Artist To Watch", Revolver branding them part of "The Future Of Metal", multiple accolades from Metal Hammer and Kerrang, and the much love from Alternative Press.
AFI invited Bleeding Through to open for them shortly before the album was released, which was then was followed by the band's own Mutilation Tour, Ozzfest 2004, the third annual MTV2 Headbanger's Ball: The Tour (with Cradle Of Filth ), a headlining run on the 2005 Strhess Tour, Warped Tour 2005, and shows in Europe, Australia, and Japan.
"The Truth" is the band's defining album of 2006. Stripped to their core, laid bare, like the artwork suggests - putting everything on the table with such naked honesty and painful catharsis; their bodies threaten to fall apart from the weight of the boiling passion they've laid to record.
In early 2007, guitarist Scott Danough announced he would be leaving the band. He was replaced on tour by Jona Weinhofen from I Killed the Prom Queen. The band has not yet announced their plans for finding a permanent replacement.
In early 2008 the band entered Black Cat Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia to record their latest album Declaration. It was a sudden change of style and showed a different face of the band, dealing with misanthropia and violence and showing a darker, black metal influenced approach to their music. The album was well received but sold poorly, forcing the band to drop out of Trustkill.
As of 2009, Davie Nassie has joined the band and Bleeding Through has joined forces with Rise Records.
Bleeding Through relesed their self-titled album which continued Declaration's style but sold even less copies.
In early 2012 the band released The Great Fire. At the end of the year the band announced that they are splitting up stating that "Bleeding Through was starting to become a hobby, which is unacceptable." After a farewell tour in 2013 Bleeding Through will be splitting up.
On January 3, 2013 the band announced their upcoming tour in Europe would be their last, leading to rumors that the band would be breaking up. This was later confirmed by a post on the band's Facebook page that they would be finished at the end of the year.[68] The band also stated that they would like to set up an Australian tour during the summer and singer Brandan Schieppati stated in a reply to an Instagram comment that the band would have a final U.S. tour possibly starting in September. November 2013 the band announced final west coast dates will take place in 2014.
Former guitarist and founding member Scott Danough played with the band on the final tours in Australia, Europe and the U.S. He was added to the bands current lineup as of July 2014 on their Facebook page, which is lead to believe he has rejoined Bleeding Through. The first show to kick off 2014 was their final appearance at New England Hardcore & Metal Fest at the Palladium in Worcester Massachusetts on April 17. The line up was made up of Brandan Schieppati, Scott Danough, Ryan Wombacher, Marta Peterson, Derek Youngsma and Dave Nassie's final appearance with the band in 2014. In May, the final nine west coast dates were announced with Winds of Plague and Scars of Tomorrow. A majority of the shows the band played were sold out. It was later announced in June that the first three of the west coast dates would be the "This Is Love This Is Murderous" line up which included Brian Leppke on guitar since he hasn't toured with Bleeding Through since 2010. Leppke also played the last two shows at Chain Reaction. Sacramento, Portland and Seattle shows featured Declaration era ex member Jona Weinhofen on guitar. In July another show on August 2 was added at Chain Reaction because the August 3 show sold out fast. The final show was on August 3, 2014. Brandan Schieppati said something may come from the band in the future.
As of 2018, the band is back together and has released "Love Will Kill All."
Members:
Brandan Schieppati (vocals)
Marta Peterson (keyboards)
Scott Danough (guitar)
Dave Nassie (guitar)
Brian "Lefty" Leppke (guitar)
Derek "Deebo" Youngsma (drums)
Ryan Wombacher (bass)
The Devil and Self Doubt
Bleeding Through Lyrics
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About a lifestyle, so unforgivable
Your voice is so insincere
What have you done for them lately?
Whore yourself for no sacrifice?
Your belief in a fake sense of worth
Left you with nothing
Now you find yourself alone again
Reaching for your faith
Accept your fate
So much more you can claim to change
Erase this balance that made you invincible
Reality is turning cold
How much more can you claim to care
About a lifestyle, so unforgivable
Your voice is so insincere
Another breath you will waste for them
Another lie you will waste just for them
Your belief in a fake sense of worth
Left you with nothing
Soulless and alone
Now you find yourself alone again
Reaching for your faith
Accept your fate
In the song "The Devil and Self-Doubt" by Bleeding Through, the lyrics address the issue of individuals who claim to care deeply about a certain lifestyle or cause, but in reality, their actions and words are insincere. The song suggests that the person has sold themselves out for little to no sacrifice and believes that their existence has worth, despite the evidence of their soulless and isolated nature. The lyrics urge the person to accept their fate and reach for their faith, as that may be the only source of solace in this bleak situation.
The lines, "How much more can you claim to care / About a lifestyle, so unforgivable / Your voice is so insincere" indicate that the person's claims of caring are superficial and self-serving. The lyrics suggest that their actions have not only failed to help the cause they claim to care about, but have also left them empty and alone. The song concludes by stating that reality is turning cold, and that the person needs to erase the balance that made them invincible and accept their fate.
Overall, "The Devil and Self-Doubt" is a powerful critique of insincere activism and reminds listeners that true dedication requires personal sacrifice and a genuine desire to effect change.
Line by Line Meaning
How much more can you claim to care
You claim to care a lot, but how much more of that can you really do?
About a lifestyle, so unforgivable
The lifestyle you live is considered awful, no one can forgive it.
Your voice is so insincere
Your words are not sincere, they lack authenticity.
What have you done for them lately?
You haven't done anything for them for a while, what's with that?
Whore yourself for no sacrifice?
You're selling yourself short without even receiving anything in return. Why?
Your belief in a fake sense of worth
You believe in something that isn't true or valuable, it's all fake.
Left you with nothing
You have nothing left now because of that belief.
Soulless and alone
You've lost your soul and are left alone now.
Now you find yourself alone again
You are alone once more, no one to turn to.
Reaching for your faith
You are trying to hold on to your faith with everything you have.
Accept your fate
You need to accept the path you have taken and the consequences it has brought you.
So much more you can claim to change
You can change a lot more than you think you can.
Erase this balance that made you invincible
The balance you had that made you feel indestructible, it's time to erase it.
Reality is turning cold
The reality you're living in is becoming harsh, cold and unforgivable.
Another breath you will waste for them
You're taking another breath and wasting it for them, but it's not worth it.
Another lie you will waste just for them
You will tell another lie just to please them, but it's false and not worth it.
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AdriannaM
damn i used to listen to bleeding through back in highscholl 2004 and ive grown up..married with kids and they still fucking get me. sad its all over tho. glad the graced us with one more album!
Wes Sones
They're backkkkkk and their new album kicks ass
Matt Nigg
Come back! Their 2018 album decent
MetalJames1282
love this band!
Rejected by Life
One of my favourite of them
emperorofwonderland7
My new theme song for WWE'13. Thank you, Bleeding Through.
jsbhemi
Fucking love this song years later
Blake Bagnell
Opeth has clean vocals in their music are they Metalcore too?
Jeremy Allen
I have to say im a bigger fan of the last album. theres something about this album that just doesnt grab me. i really hate admitting that too:-(
Dead Gemini
Stfu and listen to it, its good!