BLEEDING THROUGH Signs European Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH has inked a European deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the release of the band's fifth full-length album, "Declaration".

Commented Nuclear Blast A&R representative Jaap Wagemaker: "For four albums BLEEDING THROUGH have established and continously evolved their own style that no one ever managed to adapt or achieve! We are very proud that BLEEDING THROUGH finally joined the Nuclear Blast family!"

Vocalist Brandan Schieppati stated about the deal: "BLEEDING THROUGH is very excited to be a part of the Nuclear Blast team in Europe. Nuclear Blast is a label that all of us have supported for a long time, who has shown a strong interest in our band, and who has a roster with many bands that we respect and listen to on a daily basis. We are quite pleased that Trustkill was able to come to an arrangement to license 'Declaration' to Nuclear Blast for Europe, which is an extremely important part of the world to us. We look forward to working very hard together with Nuclear Blast to make this album heard."

Due in Europe on September 26 via Nuclear Blast and September 30 in the U.S. via Trustkill, "Declaration" was recorded in Vancouver, Canada with producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, SOILWORK, DARKEST HOUR) and is said to be thematically the band's most diverse CD to date, addressing a variety of topics on tracks like "There Was a Flood", "Germany" and "Death Anxiety".

Frontman and lyricist Brandan Scheippati has written one last song based on his angry heartbreaking muse, "Sister Charlatan", which closes the album and features the first-ever vocal chorus contribution from virtuoso bass player Ryan Wombacher, who also co-wrote the experimental and dark "In Loving Memory of England". Keyboardist Marta Peterson is more present than ever throughout the music, including her directing of real strings and classical instrumentation. Guitarist Brian Leppke remains the groups primary songwriter along with Scheippati. Drummer Derek Youngsma has stepped up his game like never before while the band's newest member, Jona Weinhofen (who joined the band over a year ago after the breakup of his former group, I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN),adds pure shred to the proceedings.

According to Brandan Schieppati, "Declaration" is heavier than its predecessor. "I think it bridges the gap between [2006's] 'The Truth' and [2003's] 'This Is Love, This Is Murderous'," he told Revolver magazine. "The melodies are darker, the riffs are heavier. We just wrote a really aggressive record that encompasses everything we've ever tried to do as a band and then raised the bar a notch or two."

"Declaration" track listing:

01. Finis Fatalis Spei
02. Declaration (You Can't Destroy What You Can Not Replace)
03. Orange County Blonde and Blue
04. Germany
05. There Was a Flood
06. French Inquisition
07. Reborn from Isolation
08. Death Anxiety
09. Beneath the Grey
10. Seller's Market
11. Sister Charlatan

A new BLEEDING THROUGH track entitled "Death Anxiety" has been posted online at this location.

Photo taken by Scott Harrison of www.HarrisonPhotos.com on July 26, 2008 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas:

Capital Chaos has posted video footage (see below) of BLEEDING THROUGH performing at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA on July 24, 2008. Also on the bill were CANCER BATS, TAKE PRIDE and FIELD OF BLOOD.