The Blackout
Background information
Origin	Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, UK
Genre(s)	Post-hardcore, Screamo
Years active	2003–Present
Label(s)	Fierce Panda
Website	The Blackout
Members
Sean Smith (Vocals) Gavin Butler (Vocals) Matthew Davies (Lead guitar) James Davies (Guitar) Rhys Lewis (Bass) Gareth Lawrence (Drums)

The Blackout are a post-hardcore/screamo band from South Wales. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour with Dopamine they released their first mini-album The Blackout!The Blackout!The Blackout!. Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ... Approximate extent of South East Wales. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Fierce Panda Records is a London, England based independent record label. ... “Sean Smith” is a gay (born at The General Hospital,in Merthyr Tydfil on 29 December 1983) is best known for his work in the band The Blackout, for which he is the vocalist and a founding member. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lostprophets are a Welsh alternative metal/alternative rock band formed in 1997. ... The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout! is the debut mini-album by the post-hardcore/screamo band The Blackout which features six tracks. ...

Biography

The Blackout formed in 2003 in South Wales and drawing influences from across the board, they combine guitars, screams and drums and vocals.

The band has played shows in and around the UK with the likes of Lostprophets, Funeral for a Friend, Avenged Sevenfold, Reuben, The Used, Dredg, 18 Visions, Thrice and Hidden in Plain View as well as opening up 'Give It a Name Festival' in April 2006. They played on the main stage at The Full Ponty 2007 with the likes of Lostprophets, Reel Big Fish and The Automatic Lostprophets are a Welsh alternative metal/alternative rock band formed in 1997. ... For the Elton John song, see Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding. ... Avenged Sevenfold is an American metal/hard rock band. ... Reuben may refer to: People Ruben Zambrano,Basketball player for Houston Rockets]] Reuben, the first-born son of Jacob and the founder of the Tribe of Reuben mentioned in the Book of Genesis tried to save his brother. ... The Used is a rock band from Orem, Utah. ... dredg is a progressive alternative band from Los Gatos, California, USA. // History Their first studio album, Leitmotif, was released by the Universal music label on September 11, 2001. ... Eighteen Visions are a straight-edge metalcore band based in Orange County. ... Look up thrice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hidden in Plain View was a five-piece pop punk/post-hardcore band from northern New Jersey. ... The Full Ponty is a music festival first held in Pontypridd on the 27-28 May, 2006. ... Lostprophets are a Welsh alternative metal/alternative rock band formed in 1997. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... The Automatic otherwise known as The Automatic Automatic, in the USA and Canada[1], are a band who formed in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales but are now based in the capital, Cardiff. ...

They were also nominated at the 2006 Kerrang! Awards for Best British Newcomer but lost out to Bring Me the Horizon. Bring Me the Horizon (or BMTH as often referred to) is a deathcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. ...

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Currently the band are recording their debut album in Long Wave studio in South Wales. The album is expected to be released October 1st 2007. As of May 2007 known working titles for songs for the new album include 'I Know You Are! But What Am I?', 'Spread Legs Not Lies!', 'This Ain't No Seven Minutes I Ever Spent' and 'Prepare For A Wound' (P4AW). A demo of the latter used to be found on the band's Myspace.

The band's myspace background has recently changed to the theme of the next album.

On July 2 it was announced on the operation 4am myspace blog that the album would be released 24th September 2007 and also announced a 13 date UK tour starting 2nd October - Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth and finishing 17th October - Rescue Rooms - Nottingham stopping off in their home country for a date in Cardiff - Solus Bar - on the 16th October. On this tour they will be accompanied by other bands such as Flood of Red(for the whole of the tour) and Pierce the Veil. Also the band have been doing their own Studio and Album Diaries which are being posted on their youtube page. Flood of Red are a Scottish, post-hardcore Band with some screamo attributes. ... Pierce the Veil is an emo/post-hardcore rock band from San Diego, formed in December 1998. ...

According to the bands MySpace, the release date for 'We Are The Dynamite!' has been pushed back to 1st October, the day before their UK tour begins. The new single "beijing cocktail" will be released on the 24th September. We Are The Dynamite! is the third album, and the first full-length album, by Welsh band The Blackout. ...

Discography

Albums

• Pull No Punches [three track demo] (2004)
• The Blackout!The Blackout!The Blackout! [mini-album] (2006)
• We Are The Dynamite! (2007)

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Singles

• "Hard Slammin'" [taken from the album The Blackout!The Blackout!The Blackout!] (2006)
• "The Beijing Cocktail" [taken from the album We Are The Dynamite!] (2007)

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Videos

• Their first ever video, Beijing Cocktail was released on youtube on the 6th September 2007

Notability

• The Blackout were nominated for the Kerrang! Best British Newcomer award,^[1] and will also be playing on the Kerrang! New Breed launch show,^[2] The Blackout also have a song featured on the Kerrang! 'new breed', Hard Slammin'
• In December 2006 The Blackout won best new welsh act at the Pop Factory awards held in the Coal Exchange in Cardiff bay. The awards ceremony was televised on ITV1 Wales.
• The Blackout were main support for lostprophets on their "Liberation Transmission Phase One" tour, and were also opening support on the last four dates of the "Liberation Transmission Phase Two" tour.
• Singer Sean Smith does guest vocals on the song "Everyday Combat" on lostprophets' Liberation Transmission album (credited as "Sean Blackout").
• Ian Watkins, singer of lostprophets returned the favour by featuring on the track "It's High Tide Baby!".
• Ian Watkins, also joined the Blackout covering Bon Jovi's "Wanted, Dead Or Alive" in a special invite only Radio One acoustic show.
• The Blackout were mentioned in an issue of Kerrang! Magazine on the 'New Music heading your way' section of the magazine and have featured as interviewees in the magazine as well other well known rock magazines such as Rock Sound and Metal Hammer.
• Vocalist Sean Smith featured in the once highly popular band When Reason Sleeps along with now members of Jump The Underground, From Ruin and The Guns who have also supported lostprophets.
• The Blackout featured in the January 2007 issue of Kerrang! in "The Hottest New Bands On The Planet!" section which also featured bands such as Enter Shikari, Kids in Glass Houses, I Am Ghost and Cute Is What We Aim For.
• The band featured on the main stage of 2007's Full Ponty Festival alongside Reel Big Fish and fellow welsh acts such as headliners lostprophets.
• They recently covered Limp Bizkit's "My Generation" for the Kerrang! "Higher Voltage: Another Brief History Of Rock" CD.

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References

1. ^ Kerrang Awards nominations
2. ^ Kerrang! homepage on November 13, 2006

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External links

• The Blackout's Myspace
• Review on BBC Wales Music page
• The Blackout's official website