The Blue Letter

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The Blue Letter
Origin Richmond, Virginia
Genres Metallic hardcore, metal, emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, screamo
Years active2003 (2003)–present
Labels Blood and Ink, Guevara Entertainment, Reactivation, Init Records
MembersDan Shebaylo
Brendan Artz
Silas Zdybel
Past membersChad Seely
Website facebook.com/theblueletter

The Blue Letter is an American hardcore/metal band, where they primarily play a emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore styles of music, while they claim to be a "down tempo screamo" group. [1] They come from Richmond, Virginia. The band started making music in 2003. The band released, a studio album, When Will These Barricades Fall, in 2004, with Reactivation Media. They released, a split-extended play, Splitsville, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, on Guevara Entertainment, in 2005. Their subsequent release, also an extended play, Prima Facie, was released in 2007, with Blood & Ink Records. The latest release, Love Is Not Control, was released by Init Records, in 2012.

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Background

The Blue Letter is a hardcore/metal band from Richmond, Virginia. [1] Their members are guitarist and vocalist, Dan Shebaylo, bassist and vocalist, Brendan Artz, and drummer and vocalist Silas Zdybel. [1] [2] A former member, Chad Seely, a bassist and vocalist, left the band after the Prima Facie release. [3]

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2003, with their first release, When Will These Barridcades Fall, a studio album, that was released in 2004, from Reactivation Media Company. [4] Their second release, a split-extended play, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, Splitsville, released in 2005, by Guevara Entertainment. [5] The subsequent release, Prima Facie, was an extended play, that was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2007. [6] [7] Their latest release, a studio album, Love Is Not Control, was released by Init Records, in 2012. [2]

Members

Current members [2]
Former members

Discography

Studio albums
EPs

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