Blind Witness is a Canadian deathcore

Deathcore

Deathcore is an extreme metal music genre that combines elements of death metal with elements of metalcore or hardcore punk, or both. It is defined by an "excessive" use of death metal riffs, blast beats and use of hardcore punk breakdowns...

 band from Granby, Quebec

Granby, Quebec

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...

. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Mediaskare Records

Mediaskare Records

Mediaskare Records is an American independent record label specializing in heavy metal and metalcore music. The label was founded by Baron Bodnar, with its offices located in Los Angeles, California. The labels prominent artists include As Blood Runs Black and Silent Civilian.In February 2008, it...

 and have released two full-length studio albums.

History

Blind Witness was founded in 2005, by vocalist Jonathan Cabana in Granby, Quebec along with friends guitarist Pier-Luc Desroches and drummer Kevin Desroches. They later added guitarist/vocalist Maxime Lacroix and bassist Miguel Lepage to the roster. In 2005, the band began performing in Montreal.

In 2007, the band was signed by Victory/Torque Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

. In 2007, the band released their first full-length album entitled Silences are Words.

While writing their follow up album, Blind Witness signed to heavy music label Mediaskare Records

Mediaskare Records

Mediaskare Records is an American independent record label specializing in heavy metal and metalcore music. The label was founded by Baron Bodnar, with its offices located in Los Angeles, California. The labels prominent artists include As Blood Runs Black and Silent Civilian.In February 2008, it...

 and entered the studio to record Nightmare on Providence Street. The album was met with positive reviews, with Absolute Punk scoring it 84 percent and the reviewer stating that "metal core is one of the most hated genre's of metal. I believe that Blind Witness can prove that wrong to a lot of different metal fans."

In 2009 they released their second album Nigthmare on Providence St.

On September 28, 2011, Blind Witness confirmed that they are in the studio writing their next record, hopefully for a spring 2012 release.

Band members

Current members

• Jonathan Cabana - lead vocals, (2005–Present)
• Olivier Roy - lead guitar (2011–Present)
• Nicolas Doiron- guitar (2011-Present)
• Eric Morotti - drums, percussion (2009–Present)
• Francis Beaupre - bass (2011–Present)

Former members

• Maxime Lacroix - lead guitar, backing vocals (2005–2011)(Still in the band for writing song)
• Pier-Luc Desroches – lead guitar, vocals, tallywhacker (2005–2009)
• Jon Campbell – guitar (2009–2010)
• Sonny Tremblay – drums (2008)
• Kevin Desroches – drums, percussion (2005–2008)
• Tim Burak – drums (2008)
• Miguel Lepage - bass (2006–2010)
• Samuel Langlois-guitar (2005)
• Maxime Desroches - bass (2005)

Discography

• Means (Split) (2007)
• Silences Are Words (2008)
• Nightmare on Providence Street (2010)