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Blessthefall (stylized as blessthefall prior to 2013 or BLESSTHEFALL since 2013) is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Rise Records.
The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, and bassist and vocalist Jared Warth. Their debut studio album, His Last Walk, with original vocalist Craig Mabbitt, was released November 7, 2006.
Mabbitt left the band in 2007 and would replace Ronnie Radke in Escape the Fate. In 2008, the band announced Beau Bokan as their permanent new vocalist. Their second studio album, Witness, and first with Bokan, was released on October 6, 2009.
Their third studio album, Awakening, was released on October 4, 2011. Their fourth studio album, Hollow Bodies, was released on August 20, 2013. To Those Left Behind is the band's fifth studio album, released on September 18, 2015. Their sixth studio album, Hard Feelings, was released on March 23, 2018. Following Traynor's departure, Warth became the band's only remaining original member. In May 2023, the band returned from a brief hiatus with the release of "Wake the Dead", their first song in five years.
Blessthefall toured with Escape the Fate, LoveHateHero, Before Their Eyes, and Dance Gavin Dance on the Black on Black tour during September and October 2007. They were also part of the Underground Operations Tour and Loathing Tour 2007, opening for Protest the Hero and All That Remains, along with fellow opening bands, Threat Signal and the Holly Springs Disaster. They were a part of From First to Last's fall headlining tour, starting November 1 with A Skylit Drive and Vanna. The band also completed the entire 2007 Warped Tour circuit nationwide.
While on their first European tour (with Silverstein) in late 2007, Craig Mabbitt left the band during the United Kingdom portion to spend more time with his family. For the remainder of the tour, Jared Warth filled in for vocals while playing keyboards. Mabbitt joined Escape the Fate, and recorded the album This War Is Ours with them. When asked to rejoin Blessthefall, he declined. The last song the band recorded featuring Mabbitt "I Wouldn't Quit If Everyone Quit", was released on the reissue of the His Last Walk album. On September 26, 2008, the band announced that they had made Beau Bokan the new lead singer and keyboardist. Bokan joined the band after leaving Take the Crown.
On June 3, the band announced via MySpace that they were officially finished with the recording of their new album and that it was to be released in the autumn. They also had a mid-year tour with August Burns Red and Enter Shikari. In July, Blessthefall released a song clip on their MySpace page titled "God Wears Gucci", released on iTunes for download on August 11, 2009. In September 2009, the band uploaded another track on their MySpace page titled "What's Left of Me". Witness was released on October 6, 2009.
In June 2010, Blessthefall toured New Zealand in support of Saosin, and in Australia in support of Story of the Year and Saosin. Blessthefall played across Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
After the release of Witness, the band co-headlined the Atticus Fall Tour with Finch, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, and Vanna from October 10, 2009, through to November 19. Other bands on the tour included Of Mice & Men and Let's Get It.
In October 2009, the band announced on YouTube that they were working on a music video for "What's Left of Me", which was released December 14, 2009, on MySpace Metal.
In 2009, the band took home the Best Noise/Screamo Band Award, as well as the Best Hardcore Band Award at the 2009 Arizona Ska Punk Awards. One year later, the band was once again awarded the Best Hardcore Band Award at the 2010 awards ceremony.
In April 2010, the band was featured on the Punk Goes Classic Rock album, covering "Dream On" by Aerosmith.
Their song "To Hell and Back", released on Witness, was released on the soundtrack to Ubisoft's . The game trailer was released on April 9, 2010.
Blessthefall joined Emmure, Alesana, Motionless in White and other bands on the All Stars Tour. The band headlined the Fearless Friends tour with The Word Alive, Motionless in White, Tonight Alive, and Chunk! No Captain Chunk!. They released the official video of "Promised Ones" on November 11, 2011, which starts with the intro song of the album titled Awakening. According to a video interview with Lambert and Bokan, Blessthefall planned on entering the studio in February to record an EP with Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying. Later Matt Traynor confirmed that this was not true.
Three singles were released, including "You Wear a Crown But You're No King", "Déjà Vu" and "See You on the Outside".
The band toured in the Warped Tour 2013, alongside Motion City Soundtrack, Big D and the Kids Table, Five Knives, Itch, Echosmith and Goldhouse.
On January 17, 2014, the band announced their upcoming North American tour to promote Hollow Bodies.
On December 10, 2014, the band was announced as part of Warped Tour 2015.
On September 28, 2016, the band announced they were touring with Crown the Empire, New Years Day, and Too Close to Touch. The band was announced on March 22, 2017, to be playing on Warped Tour 2017. On January 26, 2018, they announced they have signed a new record deal with Rise Records. Their sixth studio album, Hard Feelings, was released through Rise Records, on March 23. On August 17, 2018, drummer Matt Traynor announced he would be departing from the band after their headlining Hard Feelings tour with The Word Alive, citing his family as the main reason.
After a ten year anniversary tour for Witness in the latter half of 2019, the band ceased to update their social media accounts, with the last tweet being posted on January 9, 2020. In December 2022, the four remaining members removed the band from their personal social media profiles, implying the band had come to a quiet end.
On August 22, 2024, the band released the single, titled "Drag Me Under" featuring the band, Alpha Wolf, on their YouTube channel through Rise Records.
On June 17, 2025, the band released another single, "Mallxcore", along with the official announcement of the album Gallows, which was released on September 5, 2025.
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