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As Blood Runs Black
12+ albums
deathcoremetalcoreMelodic Death Metaldeath metalhardcore
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As Blood Runs Black is an American deathcore band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2003. The band was formed from a band called Broken Stems by vocalists Louie Ruvalcaba and Enrique "Ricky" Martin, Bassist Richard Reyes, and guitarists Bjorn Roybal and Kyle Hasenstab, with the drummer, Brian "Animal" Matute leaving and being replaced by Hector "Lech" De Santiago. Before releasing their highly acclaimed debut album, Allegiance, they released 3 demos, with the first demo featuring Hester Prynne and In Dying Days. It also had a hidden rap song after a few minutes of silence on the track Before The Break Of Dawn. The second demo featured the same 2 songs that'd be featured on Allegiance amongst others, and the final demo had demos of popular songs like My Fears Have Turned Into Phobia and Strife (Chug Chug). They were then signed to Mediaskare Records on which they released their highly acclaimed debut album, Allegiance on June 6, 2006. Their album, along with extensive touring in the United States, brought considerable success making the band a well-known act. During 2007's The Summer Slaughter Tour, drummer Lech was kicked out of the band due to personal differences with the other members. He was replaced by Ryan Thomas from the band The Serpent Son. This event led to some serious online bashing from fans, as Lech was their only remaining founding member who recruited the other members of the Allegiance lineup, and wrote much of Allegiance's material beforehand. This a
