The Bloodline
| The Bloodline | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Dirge Within (2007–2013) |
| Origin | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Genres | Metal, Rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Associated acts |
Soil Divine Heresy |
| Members |
Shaun Glass Chuck Wepfer Frankie Harchut Travis Neal |
The Bloodline (previously known as Dirge Within) is a Rock band from Chicago, Illinois which formed in 2007.
History
Formation
Dirge Within formed in January 2007, originally calling themselves Dirge, composed of former guitarist of the bands Broken Hope and SOiL, Shaun Glass, having just departed the latter band at the time of formation In March 2007, after the band recorded a three song demo which included the songs “Forever the Martyr”, “Complacency Strain”, and “Ties that Bind”,Glass{All Guitars & Bass} Jerms{Vocals} & Jimmy Knight{Drums} recorded the bands debut demo at Mercenary Studios in Zion, Illinois with Scott Creekmore. The demo was mixed and mastered by James Murphy of Testament and Death. The band then asked bassist Paz (March 2007) and lead guitarist Matt Szlachta (July 2007) to join as the band was writing material for what would become their debut album Force Fed Lies via Eone.
Early touring and success
The first show that Dirge Within played was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at The Rave in July 2007. In November 2007, the band also was sponsored by ESP Guitars, Line 6, EMG Electronics, DunlopJagermeister music. The several sponsorships signified a bright future and early positive recognition for the band.Their live show was highly praised showing up many acts on most bills.
In the beginning of 2008, Dirge Within recorded another song entitled “The Last Goodbye” with engineer Chris Wisco in Racine, Wisconsin. James Murphy mixed and mastered the song at Safehouse Productions. In April 2008,On July 28, 2008 the band released a demo version of the song “Confession”. The song was co produced by Edsel Dope of the band Dope, with James Murphy(Testament,Death) mixing and mastering.
Force Fed Lies and name change (2009–present)
In May 2009, Dirge Within signed with E1 Entertainment On July 26, 2009 Dirge Within was the Jägermeister band at the Chicago date for the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. They shared the stage with God Forbid, All That Remains, and Trivium.
On September 1 of 2009, the band released their first full-length album entitled Force Fed Lies. The album was recorded at Belle City Sound with Chris "Wisco" Djuricic. Vocals were co produced by Edsel Dope. The album was produced by Dirge Within, Edsel Dope & Chris Djuricic also helped co-produce the album. The album was mixed by Jeff and Ginge(Bullet for My Valentine) at Not In Pill Studios in Wales.
Dirge Within has toured with bands such as Trivium, DevilDriver, Whitechapel, Chimaira, Static-X, and Darkest Hour. In support of their album, the band is currently touring with Fear Factory from March 22-May 15, 2010 and will tour with GWAR from June 1–26, 2010. Dirge Within also opened for Korn on the Minneapolis stop of their Ballroom Blitz tour on May 17, 2010. October 2010 the band will be part of Greenbay, Wi Savage Fest as well as special show with Five Finger Death Punch in Milwaukee, Wi at The Rave. The band continued touring in 2011 with Kittie to support the digital ep of Absolution via Big Time Records. The band has signed to Rocket Science Ventures who will release their Second studio album entitled "There Will be Blood" April 10, 2012.The band has done many high profile shows since the release as well as a recent addition on the summer radio event 95.1 FM Will Rock Fest set to take place August 11, 2012.October the band announced a new singer will be joining after "Jerms" left the band due to his lack of dedication. Jeremy "Jerms" Genske later said in a prepared statement to blabbermouth.net that he had been unfairly bashed by guitarist Shaun Glass saying: "The band's 'unofficial' statement about me came as a shock. And when I say 'the band's,' I really mean [that of guitarist Shaun] Glass. To me, and [to] anyone [else] with a brain, it came off as a drama-filled, fact-less rant designed to make me look like the bad guy. A bunch of 'facts' twisted and molded to his benefit. Which is fine, and not at all unexpected if you know his history. The truth of the matter is our debut album, 'Force Fed Lies', came out a little over three years ago, and in that small time, five members total and all four original members have left the band. Only one constant remains, and it's not very hard to figure out where the problem truly lay."[1] In October 2012 it was announced that the new lead singer is Travis Neal of Divine Heresy. November 2012 the band gave out a free re recorded version of the track "Without You" with new singer Travis Neal via SoundCloud, and YouTube. The track has begun to pick up momentum on several active rock stations, as well as various specialty shows beating out acts like Black Veil Brides and Clutch with no real radio team behind them. As of 2013, Dirge Within has begun writing for a new album.
In September 2013, the members announced the birth of a new band The Bloodline and were leaving the history and band Dirge Within behind.
After the birth of The Bloodline
The Bloodline was signed to Another Century/Century Media in 2014. The Bloodline has recorded their debut release "We Are One" to be released in May 2015 through Another Century/Century Media.
Band members
- Travis Neal - vocals
- Shaun Glass - guitar
- Frankie Harchut - drums
- Chuck Wepfer - lead guitar
Discography
- We Are One (5/5/2015)