First Blood is an American

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band from

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, formed in 2002.

Background

First Blood released their debut record, an eponymously titled EP, in 2003. Then, the following year, they released a

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with

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titled ''The Dead Man's Hand''. Finally, in 2006, the band released their debut full-length album, '' Killafornia'', on

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. First Blood also went on tour that year with Ignite, Comeback Kid,

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, 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

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. 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.

Lineup

*Carl Schwartz vocals (2002–present) *Robert Rozendaal bass (2019–present) *Johan Vesters – guitar (2014–2019, 2022-present) *Bobby Blood drums (2003-2016, 2022-present) Former *Eddie Virgil drums (Alcatraz) *Anthony Pizzarelli bass (Alcatraz) *Manuel Peralez guitar *Kyle Dixon guitar *Doug Weber guitar *Brandon Thomas drums (recorded drums on "Killafornia".) *Michael Orrisdrums (first touring drummer in support of the release of "Killafornia" - toured on and off up to 2018.) *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) *John Torn bass (2013–2015) *AJ Worrell drums (filled in on drums and guitar in prior years) (2016–2017) *Lordninnaum – guitar (2012–2019) *Daiske Shibamori – bass (2017–2019) *Joel Heijda – drums (2017–2019) *Joe Kenney guitar (2019–2022) *Tiago drums (2019–2022)

Discography

* ''First Blood'' EP - 2003,

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* ''Dead Man's Hand 03'' - 2005, Deathwish Inc. (Split record with

) * '' Killafornia'' – May 2, 2006,

* '' Silence Is Betrayal'' – November 9, 2010, Bullet Tooth Records * ''Rules'' - February 10, 2017,

(peaked at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart)

References

External links

First Blood label profileOfficial websiteHeavy Street interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:First Blood (Band) Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups from San Francisco Deathwish Inc. artists Hardcore punk groups from California Pure Noise Records artists Trustkill Records artists