First Blood (band)

First Blood is an American hardcore band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2002.

Background

First Blood released their debut record, an eponymously titled EP, in 2003. Then, the following year, they released a split EP with Blacklisted titled The Dead Man's Hand. Finally, in 2006, the band released their debut full-length album, Killafornia, on Trustkill Records. First Blood also went on tour that year with Ignite, Comeback Kid, The Red Chord, Sick of It All, 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 Pure Noise Records. 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.

Former

First Blood EP – 2003, Bridge 9 RecordsDead Man's Hand 03 – 2005, Deathwish Inc. Killafornia – May 2, 2006, Trustkill RecordsSilence Is Betrayal – November 9, 2010, Bullet Tooth RecordsRules – February 10, 2017, Pure Noise Records