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Black Tide is an American Heavy metal band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band is currently signed to Interscope Records. The band is currently composed of Gabriel Garcia (vocals and lead guitar), Austin Diaz (rhythm guitar and vocals), Zachary Sandler (bass and vocals), and Steven Spence (drums, percussion). The current line-up has toured with many bands, including Avenged Sevenfold, All That Remains, Bullet for My Valentine, Disturbed, Slipknot, Trivium, Escape the Fate, Bring Me the Horizon, Mindless Self Indulgence and many more. They released their debut album, Light from Above, on March 18, 2008, through Interscope Records. The band's second self titled studio album will be released in February 2011.

Black Tide

History

Formation and signing to Interscope Records (2004–2007)

Black Tide was founded in Miami, Florida in 2004 under the name Radio by guitarist Gabriel Garcia and his older brother Raul Garcia. Raul recruited second guitarist Alex Nuñez. At the time, Gabriel Garcia was 11 years old and Nuñez was just 13 years old.[1] Garcia and Nuñez recruited bassist Zachary Sandler and drummer Steven Spence, after Raul's departure from the group.[1] This completed the band's lineup. The band started playing local shows, eventually gaining the attention of record labels due to the members' young age and talent. Winder Marin, the former drummer was dropped and a replacement was brought in to keep the young image of the band. In 2005, Black Tide signed a demo deal with Atlantic Records [1] as Radio. The deal lasted for only a year, before the band was spotted by a record executive for EMI, who notified Interscope Records of the band. By mid 2007, now named Black Tide (named so by one of the label's staff), they were signed to Interscope.[1] They're influenced by classic metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, AC/DC and Pantera.

Light from Above (2007–2008)

The band started touring and gained a position on the second stage of Ozzfest, but were kicked off the tour because the stage was sponsored by Jägermeister and all of the members of Black Tide were under the legal drinking age.[2] Although the band was no longer appearing on the second stage, Black Tide was able to be the opening act on the main stage in some areas, opening for Lordi, Static-X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne.[2] After Ozzfest, the band toured with Avenged Sevenfold and All That Remains.[3][4] They are well known partly due to their age. They are all under the age of 21, two members are still in High School, and the lead singer is still 17.

In early 2007, half a year before playing Ozzfest, Black Tide entered the studio in Chicago, Illinois with producer Johnny K. The band recorded 12 new tracks which included a cover of Metallica's first written song, "Hit the Lights", which originally appeared on Kill 'Em All.[5] The resulting album, Light from Above, was released on March 18, 2008. The album was critically praised, with Dan Epstein of Revolver Magazine saying "Listening to the debut album from Miami's Black Tide is a little like stumbling across a cool late-80s metal record you'd completely forgotten about. A very promising debut" and Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net stating the album contains "Big, sometimes pop-based, melodies meets crunchy, guitar-driven metal that falls somewhere between thrash/traditional metal and the dirtier end of '80s glam/hair metal."[6][7] Light From Above debuted at number 73 on the Billboard 200, with 11,400 copies sold in its first week of sales.[8] Black Tide has also won the Kerrang! Award for Best Newcomer.

On March 27, 2008, the band performed on the late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live on the ABC television network in the United States and Citytv in Canada.[9] In the summer of 2008, shortly before the Mayhem Festival guitarist Alex Nuñez left the band and was replaced by Austin Diaz. Austin "Panix" Diaz subsequently left his former hardcore/d-beat band The Panix for Black Tide. In an odd turn of events Alex Nuñez joined The Panix and is currently an active member. The band proceeded to tour on the Mayhem Festival, playing all around the U.S. The band opened for Bullet For My Valentine on their European tour in November 2008, alongside Lacuna Coil and Bleeding Through. Black Tide also supported Bullet for My Valentine on their US tour in September.[10] The band toured on the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour with Mindless Self Indulgence, Dir en grey, Bring Me the Horizon and In Case of Fire. They have started performing "Prowler," an Iron Maiden cover, on this tour, which was formally recorded for Kerrang! Magazine's Iron Maiden Tribute CD, Maiden Heaven.

Touring in support of Light from Above

The band debuted on British television on January 17, 2009, on the BBC show SOUND.

The band then supported Escape the Fate on their 2009 This War Is Ours Tour in February–March 2009. Other supporting acts included Attack Attack!, William Control, and Burn Halo. The band then supported Trivium between May 6, 2009–May 19, 2009 on the Japanese and Australian legs of Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour.[11] This followed a stint playing at the Warped Tour 2009, where the band started performing a new song entitled "Redefine".[12]

On December 6, 2009, while opening up for the All-American Rejects and Taking Back Sunday, the band played for the first time - 3 new songs.

Black Tide (2010-present)

In February 2010, it was confirmed that Black Tide was in the process of writing songs for their second album. In the May/June 2010 issue of Revolver magazine, it was confirmed that Black Tide has entered the studio with the intention of finishing recording by the end of June for a fall release. On the band's Facebook profile, Zack filmed many different 1-minute videos from the studio about the work in the studio.

On July 26, 2010, Black Tide announced that it will go on tour supporting Bullet for my Valentine and Escape the Fate on their US tour in September–October 2010.

On September 17, 2010, the first single from the upcoming album - "Bury Me" was released. The CD single also included a B-side entitled "Honest Eyes". Following the release of the single, the band announced that the new album will be released in early 2011, through Interscope Records.

On October 20, 2010, it was announced in an interview with frontman Gabriel Garcia that the new album will be self-titled, and is set to be released in February 2011.[13][14]

Influences

The band's influences include Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Pantera, Guns N' Roses and Ozzy Osbourne. They have also covered Iron Maiden and Metallica with the songs "Prowler" and "Hit The Lights".

Tours

  • July–August 2007: Ozzfest '07
  • October 2007-July 2008: Light from Above Tour (In this time also Toured With Avenged Sevenfold for their first trip to the UK)
  • July–August 2008: Mayhem Festival 2008 (w/ solo dates)
  • August–November 2008: Light from Above Tour (part of No Fear Music Tour w/ Bullet For My Valentine)
  • January 2009: Light from Above Tour (part of Kerrang! Tour)
  • February–March 2009: Light from Above Tour (part of The War Is Ours Tour w/ Escape The Fate)
  • March 2009: Light from Above Tour (part of Into The Mouth Of Hell We Tour w/ Trivium)
  • Summer 2009: Vans Warped Tour '09

In other media

The band's singles "Shockwave," "Show Me the Way," and "Warriors of Time" were made available as downloadable content in the rhythm-based video game Rock Band. "Shockwave" is also featured on the video game Skate 2 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

"Show Me the Way" is in MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, an all vehicle racing game for the PlayStation 3, and has also appeared on Rock Band Unplugged as a master track for PlayStation Portable.

"Warriors of Time" is also featured as the title theme in NHL 09 and is occasionally played during Ice Hockey matches in the NHL.

"Shout" is featured on the soundtrack for the racing game Colin McRae: Dirt 2.

"Warriors of Time", "Shockwave", "Light from Above", "Black Abyss" and "Shout" are featured as downloadable content for the iPod Touch and iPhone music game "Tap Tap Revenge 2".

"Shockwave" is featured as the final song in Guitar Hero: Modern Hits.

Discography

For a more comprehensive list, see Black Tide Discography.
Studio albums

Members

Current members

Former members

  • Alex Nuñez - rhythm guitar (2004–2008)
  • Raul Garcia - drums, percussion (2004–2006)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bienstock, Richard (2008). "Youth Gone Wild". Revolver Magazine. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b "Black Tide members talk about playing this year's Ozzfest". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  3. ^ "Black Tide preparing for Avenged Sevenfold tour". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  4. ^ "Black Tide added to All That Remains tour". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  5. ^ "Black Tide: "Shockwave" EP now available". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ Epstein, Dan (2008). "Reviews – Black Tide Light From Above". Revolver Magazine. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "CD reviews – Light from Above". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  8. ^ "Black Tide debuts on Billboard chart". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  9. ^ "Black Tide To Perform On Jimmy Kimmel Live!". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  10. ^ http://www.bulletformyvalentine1.com/news.php
  11. ^ http://www.blacktidemusic.com/news/default.aspx?nid=20442
  12. ^ http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/bands.asp Warped Tour Band List
  13. ^ http://www.facebook.com/#!/posted.php?id=5716128015&share_id=168518013165189&comments=1#s168518013165189
  14. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM-H21dLxEo

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