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Refimprove|date=October 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Blessed by a Broken Heart| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = BBABH, Blessed| origin = Montreal , Quebec , Canada| genre = Post-hardcore , glam metal , metalcore , deathcore (early)| years_active = 2003–present| label = Century Media Records|Century Media , Blood and Ink Records|Blood and Ink , Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail ( United States|US ), Rude Records (Europe)| associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.blessed.mu/| current_members = Tony Gambino "Shred" Sean Maier Tyler Hoare Slater Sam Ryder| past_members = Hugh Charron Matt Kirk Jon Cline Joel Sauvé Robbie Hart Casey Jones Simon Foxx Rex Krueger Frank ShooflarBlessed by a Broken Heart is a Canadian metalcore band from Montreal , Quebec . Formed in 2003, the band's lineup currently consists of vocalist Tony Gambino, lead guitarist "Shred" Sean Maier, bassist Tyler Hoare, rhythm guitarist Sam Ryder, and drummer Slater. They have released three albums, the most recent of which, Feel the Power , was released by Tooth & Nail Records and made Billboard's Christian Albums and Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums charts.
History
Origins and All Is Fair In Love and War (2003-2007)
The band was formed as a concept band in 2003 by Hoare. Their first release, All Is Fair In Love and War , on Blood and Ink Records in 2004, was in the metalcore genre.Citation needed|date=October 2011 In 2005, they added a shred guitar|shred -style guitar player, Shred Sean, from Long Island , New York , and began to evolve toward a more 80's hair metal / pop music|pop sound. The next year, they toured in the United Kingdom on a sold-out headlining tour with Enter Shikari . http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=29919 "Blessed by a Broken Heart Post Studio Video Update", April 17, 2007.
Century Media Records and Pedal to the Metal (2007-2011)
In January 2007, after the addition of vocalist Tony Gambino, they signed with Century Media Records , http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=24372 "Blessed By A Broken Heart Comment On Signing and New Singer", Feb 12, 2008. who sent them into the recording studio. The band spent April at The Farm (recording studio)|The Farm in Vancouver, British Columbia with producer Garth Richardson|Garth "GGGarth" Richardson and engineer Ben Kaplan recording their second studio album Pedal to the Metal (Blessed by a Broken Heart album)|Pedal to the Metal . The rest of 2007 was spent touring the US with The Devil Wears Prada (band)|The Devil Wears Prada , A Day To Remember and Mychildren Mybride ; http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=25568 "Blessed by a Broken Heart Post Studio Video Update", April 17, 2007. before joining Kittie , It Dies Today , Silent Civilian , and Bring Me the Horizon for another US tour.
In mid-January 2008, they returned to Europe, again touring with Bring Me the Horizon , as well as Maroon (band)|Maroon and Architects (British band)|Architects . http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=29919 "Bring Me The Horizon Announce European Dates", Oct. 25, 2007. They finished up that tour with a string of headlining dates in the UK with Azriel and Dividing The Line. After that tour, longtime members rhythm guitar player Robbie Hart and keyboard player Simon Foxx were kicked out of the band.
They spent the summer of 2008 on the first annual Scream the Prayer Tour , joined by Sleeping Giant , Impending Doom , and War of Ages .Citation needed|date=October 2011 Pedal to the Metal (Blessed by a Broken Heart album)|Pedal To The Metal was released sixteen months after the recording of the album by Century Media in Europe in August, 2008 and the US in September, 2008. A headline tour in Europe and the UK was booked for November and December 2008 with support from I Am Ghost and Devil's Gift. Upon completion of the 2008 European tour Frank Shooflar, called it quits to pursue his career as a record producer and songwriter.Citation needed|date=October 2011 In May 2009 the band toured Japan with Maximum The Hormone and Bring Me The Horizon . In September 2009 the band embarked upon a headlining tour of Australia , this included a stop off in Hobart , Tasmania - a location not played by many Canadian/American bands. In October the band played the famous Loud Park Festival at Makuhari Messe hall in Chiba, Chiba|Chiba , Japan with Megadeth , Judas Priest and Steel Panther to name a few. Citation needed|date=October 2011 Later in the year the band announced their relationship with Century Media Records had come to a mutually-agreed end.Citation needed|date=October 2011 In Summer 2010, the band again took part in Scream the Prayer, this time with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster , For Today (band)|For Today , A Plea for Purging , The Color Morale , and several others. However, they had to cut the tour short due to bus problems and the passing of Hoare's grandmother. They played their last show of the tour at the Christian rock festival Heavenfest .Citation needed|date=October 2011 In 2010, keyboardist Rex Krueger left the band to pursue other ventures. Sam Ryder (then a member of The Morning After (band)|The Morning After ) played rhythm guitar on the band's European tour while Casey Jones stayed home to be present for the birth of his first child. Ryder has since become the band's official rhythm guitarist.Citation needed|date=October 2011
Tooth & Nail Records and Feel the Power (2011-2012)
On June 24, 2011, Tooth & Nail Records released a video officially welcoming Blessed by a Broken Heart to the label's roster, in which the band announced that they were recording a new album. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WFU2_mDaVu0 The video contained an teaser clip of "Holdin' Back For Nothin'".
On September 30, the band announced that a song called "Deathwish" would be released on October 17, 2011 for the cost of a twitter|tweet , and would be the first single from the new album entitled Feel the Power , which was at the time planned for release on January 24, 2012 (it was ultimately released a day earlier. The album artwork was also shown in a video featuring Tony Gambino.cite web|url= http://deathwish.blessed.mu |title=Blessed By A Broken Heart / DEATHWISH |publisher=Deathwish.blessed.mu |date= |accessdate=2011-10-01 Second single "Forever" was released on December 6, 2011, with an accompanying video premiering on January 17, 2011.Citation needed|date=February 2012
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