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Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. Their current line-up consists of Brandan Schieppati (vocals), Brian Leppke (guitar), Jona Weinhofen (guitar), Ryan Wombacher (bass), Derek Youngsma (drums) and Marta Peterson (keyboards). Bleeding Through were a fairly underground group when they signed with Trustkill Records in 2003 and released two well-regarded albums in 2004's This Is Love, This Is Murderous and 2006's The Truth.

In 2003, Spin called Bleeding Through an "artist to watch". In 2004, Revolver magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future Of Metal" cover story. Bleeding Through latest album, The Truth was named "one of the four most important hard rock albums of 2006" by Billboard magazine.

A new album is in the works, according to frontman Brandan Schieppati, they already have 9 songs (in a raw version), and Bleeding Through'll continue writing new material in July, but due to the Slayer and Marilyn Manson summer tour and more forthcoming tour dates the Bleeding Through will probably not going to enter studio until February


Bleeding Through came together during the summer of 1999 in Orange County, CA. The formative steps would be taken under the banner of Breakneck; consisting of Brandan 'Sheep' Schieppati (Eighteen Visions / Throwdown), Javier Van Huss (Eighteen Visions / The Mistake / Enewetak), guitarist Scott Danough alongside bass guitarist Chad Tafolla and drummer Troy Born of the band Taken. Line-up changes, witnessing the departure of Van Huss and the recruitment of Marc Jackson (Throwdown / Cold War) to cover bass whilst Tafolla reverted to guitar, pushed the band into a sharper edged death metal feel and with that shift the new band name of Bleeding Through was duly adopted (after playing only one show as Breakneck). The origin of Bleeding Through'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."

Their 2000 Demo was followed by a full length album through Prime Directive Records entitled Dust to Ashes in April 2001. Just prior to entering the studio, Vijay Kumar (of Roundhouse and Cat Burglar) took the bass position and Molly Street enrolled as keyboard player. Just as the album was issued Born quit Bleeding Through but a quickfire substitute was located in Derek Youngsma of Cast in Stone repute.

Severing ties with both Eighteen Visions and Throwdown, Schieppati opted to pursue Bleeding Through as a priority upon completion of the Indecision Records 2002 offering Portrait of the Goddess. At this juncture Bleeding Through comprised the guitar pairing of Scott Danough and Brian Leppke, bassist Ryan Wombacher, keyboard player Marta and drummer Derek Youngsma. This record was far superior in engineering and production than Dust to Ashes, and Brandan's vocals were more diverse as opposed to the earlier death metal screaming. Also, the addition of keyboard was quite odd for a metalcore act as it brought some black metal influences into the music.

After these two relatively unrecognized albums, Bleeding Through signed to Trustkill Records in 2003, releasing their third full length album in the same year. Promoting the Ulrich Wild produced This is Love, This is Murderous Bleeding Through embarked upon US nationwide touring in fall pitched in with AFI and Hot Water Music.

The following year kicked off with Bleeding Through's "Mutilation Tour", which culminated in a triumphant soldout performance near their Orange County home that was captured on a live DVD, and from there saw them land a coveted spot on Ozzfest 2004, sharing the second stage alongside headline act Slipknot and fellow supports Unearth, Lamb of God, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil and Atreyu. They earned the direct support position on MTV2's third "Headbanger's Ball: The Tour" after that, with the videos for "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" and "On Wings of Lead" remaining in healthy rotation. In an unexpected move, Bleeding Through also donated their rendition of "Rocket Queen" to the Guns N' Roses tribute album Bring You to Your Knees released by Law of Inertia Records in March 2004.

Bleeding Through's latest album The Truth was released on January 10, 2006 through Trustkill Records. It was produced by Rob Caggiano, lead guitarist of Anthrax. They decided to rebuild their sound from the ground up, quoting to Alternative Press as "Taking out the Metalcore, and then adding the metal into hardcore, if that makes any sense." (--Scott Danough, guitarist). "I don't think this album sounds like anything else out there right now. We're very proud of that fact." says guitarist Brian Leppke.

Promoting The Truth, the band opened 2006 with US dates throughout February and March backed by Every Time I Die, Between the Buried and Me and Haste the Day. Bleeding Through also put in a significant appearance on the second stage at the Tool and Metallica headlined Download Festival in Castle Donington, UK on June 9.'Ozzfest' loomed for the 2006 summer touring season, Bleeding Through sharing the festival stages with Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil, Disturbed, DragonForce, Black Label Society, Unearth, Atreyu, Norma Jean, A Life Once Lost, Strapping Young Lad, The Red Chord, Full Blown Chaos, Walls of Jericho, All That Remains and Between the Buried and Me.

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