Black Tide
Oct 10, 2011
Formed in 2004, Black Tide is currently signed to Interscope Records. The band is composed of Gabriel Garcia (vocals and lead guitar), Austin Diaz (rhythm guitar and vocals), Zachary Sandler (bass and vocals), and Steven Spence (drums, percussion). They released their debut album, Light from Above, on March 18, 2008. The album was critically praised, with Dan Epstein of Revolver Magazine saying "Listening to the debut album from Miami's Black Tide is a little like stumbling across a cool late-80s metal record you'd completely forgotten about. A very promising debut." Light from Above debuted at number 73 on the Billboard 200, with 11,400 copies sold in its first week of sales. Black Tide has also won the Kerrang! Award for Best Newcomer.
In the summer of 2008, the band proceeded to tour on the Mayhem Festival, playing all around the U.S. The band opened for Bullet For My Valentine on their European tour in November 2008, alongside Lacuna Coil and Bleeding Through. The band also toured on the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour with Mindless Self Indulgence, Dir en grey, Bring Me the Horizon and In Case of Fire.
Their second album, Post Mortem, was released on August 23. The third and most recent single from the album, entitled "That Fire" was released on June 21. The song debuted at number 40 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but has since risen to 24. It is the first song by the band to debut on the chart since "Shockwave" in 2008.
