Blood & Ink Records is a record label

Record label

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  founded in Richmond, VA

Richmond, Virginia

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 in the spring of 2002. The label has worked with such bands as Soul Embraced

Soul Embraced

Soul Embraced is a Christian Death Metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.-History:Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "Rocky" Gray from Shredded Corpse formed in 1997, the band dissolved after creating one song for a metal compilation in 1998...

, Foreknown, and TEN 33, as well as helping launch careers for xLooking Forwardx, Blessed by a Broken Heart

Blessed by a Broken Heart

Blessed by a Broken Heart, stylized as BBABH, is a post-hardcore and glam metal band, originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was formed in 2003. They are currently signed to Tooth & Nail records.-History:...

, Burden of a Day

Burden of a Day

Burden of a Day was a Christian post-hardcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in January 2000. They were formally signed to Rise Records before their breakup. Some of their influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, All That Remains. They recently had their last show in Sarasota on March 6...

 and With Blood Comes Cleansing

With Blood Comes Cleansing

With Blood Comes Cleansing was an American Christian deathcore band from Albany, Georgia.-History:With Blood Comes Cleansing started in February 2005. After touring, several member changes, and releasing a 6-song EP, With Blood Comes Cleansing signed on with Virginia-based Blood & Ink Records in...

. Blood & Ink Record's current roster of bands include Divide the Sea, Venia, Dependency

Dependency

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, Thin Ice

Thin Ice

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, Thirty Seven, and Debtor

Debtor

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 to name a few.

In July 2010, Blood & Ink Records released Strongarm

Strongarm (band)

Strongarm was a five-piece Christian metalcore band, formed in Pompano Beach, Florida.-Biography:Strongarm came from South Florida. The band was the result of several local bands who had similar tastes in music and who were all Christians. Jason Berggren started Ikthus which included Chris...

's, "Atonement" on vinyl. This was the first time this classic hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 record was released on vinyl

Gramophone record

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Artist list

The following artists either are performing or have performed under Blood & Ink Records.

Current

• Ironwill
• The Blue Letter
• Debtor
• Dependency
• Divide the Sea
• The Recession
• Thin Ice
• Thirty Seven
• Venia
• Jawbone
• Friends
  Friends
  Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  
• Strengthen What Remains
• Comrades

Former

• All In
• Besieged
• Blessed by a Broken Heart
  Blessed by a Broken Heart
  Blessed by a Broken Heart, stylized as BBABH, is a post-hardcore and glam metal band, originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was formed in 2003. They are currently signed to Tooth & Nail records.-History:...
  
  
• The Blue Letter
• Burden of a day
  Burden of a Day
  Burden of a Day was a Christian post-hardcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in January 2000. They were formally signed to Rise Records before their breakup. Some of their influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, All That Remains. They recently had their last show in Sarasota on March 6...
  
  
• The Culprits
• Enlow
• Foreknown
• The Gentleman Homicide
• xlookingforwardx
• Medford Drive
• Neshamah
  Neshamah
  Neshamah , is the title of the first solo recording by American guitarist Tim Sparks on the Tzadik Records label...
  
  
• No Innocent Victim
  No Innocent Victim
  No Innocent Victim, or N.I.V., is a christian hardcore punk band on Facedown Records. The band was created in 1992 in San Diego, California. They produced two successful albums on the market, and then toured with Agnostic Front. In 1998 they signed to Victory Records and recorded Flesh and Blood...
  
  
• Nourishtheflame
• Rapture of the Meek
• The Red Baron
• Saints Never Surrender
• Since Remembered
• Skylines
  Skylines
  Skylines is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Scott Liss, released under the moniker NightOnlyVisual in 2005. It was recorded from June through September 2004 at in Red Bank, NJ with producer John Noll and engineer Paul Ritchie...
  
  
• Soul Embraced
  Soul Embraced
  Soul Embraced is a Christian Death Metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.-History:Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "Rocky" Gray from Shredded Corpse formed in 1997, the band dissolved after creating one song for a metal compilation in 1998...
  
  
• Stars are Falling
• TEN 33
• Trust Be Known
• With Blood Comes Cleansing
  With Blood Comes Cleansing
  With Blood Comes Cleansing was an American Christian deathcore band from Albany, Georgia.-History:With Blood Comes Cleansing started in February 2005. After touring, several member changes, and releasing a 6-song EP, With Blood Comes Cleansing signed on with Virginia-based Blood & Ink Records in...
  
  
• Yours For Mine
  Yours For Mine
  - History :Yours For Mine is an experimental Christian indie-rock band from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Specifically Harrisonburg, Virginia. They officially started in late 2004 early 2005. Three members were formerly in a rock band called "The Red Letter Days" with long-time friend Tyler...
  
  

External links

• Official Blood & Ink Records site