The Blue Letter


The Blue Letter is an American hardcore/metal band. They primarily play emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore music, and describe their style as "down tempo screamo.” 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.

Background

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

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. Their second release, a split-extended play, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, Splitsville, released in 2005, by Guevara Entertainment. The subsequent release, Prima Facie, was an extended play, that was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2007. Their latest release, a studio album, Love Is Not Control, was released by Init Records, in 2012.

Members

;Current members
  • Dan Shebaylo - guitar, vocals
  • Brendan Artz - bass, vocals
  • Silas Zdybel - drums, vocals
;Former members
  • Chad Seely – bass, vocals
  • Blake Merwin - guitar, vocals

Discography

;Studio albumsWhen Will These Barricades Fall Love Is Not Control
;EPs
  • ''Prima Facie''