First Blood

First Blood

First Blood is an American hardcore and metalcore group from San Francisco, active since 2002. The band is associated with beatdown hardcore, metalcore and tough guy hardcore, and is also described as a straight edge act. Its line-up includes Joe Ellis, Manuel Peralez, Carl Schwartz, Kyle Dixon, Joe Kenney, Brandon Thomas and Doug Weber, and it records on Trustkill Records.

Style and background

The group plays heavy, direct music with an overtly political and confrontational tone. Its sound is placed alongside bands such as Hatebreed, Thick As Blood and early Throwdown.

Recordings

First Blood issues one demo and three studio albums: Killafornia, Silence Is Betrayal and Rules.

Disambiguation

There is also a thrash metal band from Kent in the UK with the same name, which is a separate act.