The Blue Letter

The Blue Letter is an American hardcore/metal band, where they primarily play a emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore styles of music, while they claim to be a "down tempo screamo" group. They come from Richmond, Virginia. The band started making music in 2003. The band released, a studio album, When Will These Barricades Fall, in 2004, with Reactivation Media. They released, a split-extended play, Splitsville, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, on Guevara Entertainment, in 2005. Their subsequent release, also an extended play, Prima Facie, was released in 2007, with Blood & Ink Records. The latest release, Love Is Not Control, was released by Init Records, in 2012.

Background
The Blue Letter is a hardcore/metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Their members are guitarist and vocalist, Dan Shebaylo, bassist and vocalist, Brendan Artz, and drummer and vocalist Silas Zdybel. A former member, Chad Seely, a bassist and vocalist, left the band after the Prima Facie release.

Music history
The band commenced as a musical entity in 2003, with their first release, When Will These Barridcades Fall, a studio album, that was released in 2004, from Reactivation Media Company. Their second release, a split-extended play, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, Splitsville, released in 2005, by Guevara Entertainment. The subsequent release, Prima Facie, was an extended play, that was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2007. Their latest release, a studio album, Love Is Not Control, was released by Init Records, in 2012.

Members

 * Current members
 * Dan Shebaylo - guitar, vocals
 * Brendan Artz - bass, vocals
 * Silas Zdybel - drums, vocals
 * Former members
 * Chad Seely – bass, vocals (2003-2007)
 * Blake Merwin - guitar, vocals (2002-2004)

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * When Will These Barricades Fall (2004, Reactivation)
 * Love Is Not Control (2012, Init Records)
 * EPs
 * Prima Facie (2007, Blood and Ink)