Line in the Sand (Bleeding Through song)
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"Line in the Sand" is the third single
by Orange County
metalcore
band
Bleeding Through
from their 2006 album
The Truth
. It was released in 2007 through Trustkill Records
.
It is the only slow song on the album, described by frontman Brandan Schieppati
as "dark, moody and very emotional, it's the ballad on the album".
According to Schieppati, the song is about a relationship he was in with someone who made him feel "ugly and empty".
" and "Love in Slow Motion
", the music video for "Line in the Sand" is not story-driven, it is simply the band playing the song. It was shot in Los Angeles
and directed by Dan Dobi and Shane Drake
. "We love the other videos from this album," Schieppati
explained. "But we hadn't made a cut-loose-and-destroy performance video in a while, not since 'Love Lost...' from the last album, so we went for it."
The video debuted on Music Choice
. It was exclusively broadcast April 16 through April 22.
The music video version of the song has fully re-recorded vocals and the guitar solo
also differs from the one heard on the album version. It also features keyboards highly similar to the theme song Lux Aeterna
, the theme song from the film Requiem for a Dream, composed by Clint Mansell
.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
by Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
from their 2006 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
The Truth
The Truth (Bleeding Through album)
The Truth is the fourth album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through, as well as their second album released through Trustkill Records. The album was released on January 10, 2006, produced by Rob Caggiano, lead guitarist of Anthrax....
. It was released in 2007 through Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
.
It is the only slow song on the album, described by frontman Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through. He is Straight Edge and lives in Orange County with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos out of high school, around 1998...
as "dark, moody and very emotional, it's the ballad on the album".
According to Schieppati, the song is about a relationship he was in with someone who made him feel "ugly and empty".
Music video
Unlike the videos for "Kill to BelieveKill to Believe
"Kill to Believe" is a single by Orange County metalcore band Bleeding Through released in 2006 by Trustkill Records. It is the first from their 2006 album The Truth....
" and "Love in Slow Motion
Love in Slow Motion
"Love in Slow Motion" is the second single by American metalcore band, Bleeding Through, from their 2006 album, The Truth.-Music video:The music video shot for the song was directed by Zach Merck and Kevin Leonard and filmed in the California desert. It is the sequel to the band's previous video...
", the music video for "Line in the Sand" is not story-driven, it is simply the band playing the song. It was shot in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and directed by Dan Dobi and Shane Drake
Shane Drake
Shane C. Drake is an American music video director originally from Redding, California. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights and...
. "We love the other videos from this album," Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through. He is Straight Edge and lives in Orange County with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos out of high school, around 1998...
explained. "But we hadn't made a cut-loose-and-destroy performance video in a while, not since 'Love Lost...' from the last album, so we went for it."
The video debuted on Music Choice
Music Choice
Music Choice is a United States company that programs music and produces music-related content for digital cable, cell phones, and cable modem subscribers in the US. Music Choice programs dozens of audio music channels for digital cable subscribers, as well as programs and produces music-related...
. It was exclusively broadcast April 16 through April 22.
The music video version of the song has fully re-recorded vocals and the guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
also differs from the one heard on the album version. It also features keyboards highly similar to the theme song Lux Aeterna
Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream)
"Lux Aeterna" is a composition by Clint Mansell, the leitmotif of a movie from 2000, Requiem for a Dream, and the penultimate piece in the Requiem for a Dream score...
, the theme song from the film Requiem for a Dream, composed by Clint Mansell
Clint Mansell
Clinton Darryl "Clint" Mansell, is an English musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of the band Pop Will Eat Itself....
.