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, United States, that formed late 2005. In 2007 they signed with Translation Loss Records, releasing their debut record "EP" in July of the same year.

Biography

Bloodhorse was formed in late 2005 by bassist Matt Woods, guitarist Adam Wentworth, and drummer Alex Garcia-Rivera in

. All three members had previously played together in the

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band Bars. The three found a musical common ground of

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and

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at their first practices. The first four songs the band wrote were quickly recorded by the band in their practice space and self-released as a CD demo titled "Black Lung Rising" in April 2006. A year of playing shows throughout the Northeast lead to the band signing with Philadelphia-based label Translation Loss Records in 2007 to release an EP simply titled "EP". In 2009 they released the album Horizoner, while a year later Wentworth and Woods joined All Pigs Must Die. Since 2014, drummer Alex Garcia-Rivera has been releasing solo music under the moniker Chrome Over Brass and also plays in the band American Nightmare.

Current members

*Adam Wentworth –

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(2005–present) *Matt Woods –

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, vocals (2005–present) *Alex Garcia-Rivera –

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(2005–present)

Discography

*''Black Lung Rising'' CD (2006) – self-released *''EP'' CD (2007) – Translation Loss Records *'' Horizoner'' CD (2009) – Transition Loss Records

References

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