{{Short description|American hardcore/metal band}} {{about|the American band|the Fleetwood Mac song|Blue Letter|the Wonho EP|Blue Letter (EP)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Blue Letter | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Richmond, Virginia | genre = Metallic hardcore, metal, emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, screamo | years_active = {{start date|2003}}–present | label = Blood and Ink, Guevara Entertainment, Reactivation, Init Records | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|facebook.com/theblueletter}} | current_members = Dan Shebaylo<br>Brendan Artz<br>Silas Zdybel | past_members = Chad Seely }}
'''The Blue Letter''' is an American hardcore/metal band. They primarily play emo, hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore music, and describe their style as "down tempo screamo.” <ref name="Facebook About"/> They come from Richmond, Virginia. The band started making music in 2003. The band released, a studio album, ''When Will These Barricades Fall'', in 2004, with Reactivation Media. They released, a split-extended play, ''Splitsville'', with The Gospel Is a Grenade, on Guevara Entertainment, in 2005. Their subsequent release, also an extended play, ''Prima Facie'', was released in 2007, with Blood & Ink Records. The latest release, ''Love Is Not Control'', was released by Init Records, in 2012.
==Background== The Blue Letter is a hardcore/metal band from Richmond, Virginia.<ref name="Facebook About">{{cite web |author=The Blue Letter |title=About |url=https://www.facebook.com/theblueletter/info?tab=page_info |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=July 23, 2015}}</ref> Their members are guitarist and vocalist, Dan Shebaylo, bassist and vocalist, Brendan Artz, and drummer and vocalist Silas Zdybel.<ref name="Facebook About"/><ref name="Website About">{{cite web|author=The Blue Letter |title=About |url=http://thebluelettermusic.com/ |publisher=The Blue Letter |accessdate=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525200030/http://thebluelettermusic.com/ |archivedate=May 25, 2012 }}</ref> A former member, Chad Seely, a bassist and vocalist, left the band after the Prima Facie release.<ref name="Sputnikmusic">{{cite web |author=Sputnikmusic |title=The Blue Letter - Prima Facie members |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/25756/The-Blue-Letter-Prima-Facie/ |publisher=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=July 23, 2015}}</ref>
==Music history== The band commenced as a musical entity in 2003, with their first release, ''When Will These Barridcades Fall'', a studio album, that was released in 2004, from Reactivation Media Company.<ref name="Christ Core Review">{{cite web |first=Bryce |last=Cooley |title=When Will These Barridcades Fall Review|url=http://www.christcore.net/reviews/album-reviews/when-will-these-barridcades-fall-4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723181359/http://www.christcore.net/reviews/album-reviews/when-will-these-barridcades-fall-4/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |publisher=Christ Core |accessdate=July 23, 2015 |date=January 1, 2003}}</ref> Their second release, a split-extended play, with The Gospel Is a Grenade, ''Splitsville'', released in 2005, by Guevara Entertainment.<ref name="Indie Vision Music Review">{{cite web |first=Eric |last=Pettersson |title=Review : the Blue Letter/ The Gospel Is a Grenade – Splitsville |url=https://www.indievisionmusic.com/2007/04/20/the-blue-letter-the-gospel-is-a-grenade-splitsville/ |publisher=Indie Vision Music |accessdate=July 23, 2015 |date=April 20, 2007}}</ref> The subsequent release, ''Prima Facie'', was an extended play, that was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2007.<ref name="Punknews Review">{{cite web |author=Brian |title=The Blue Letter - Prima Facie |url=http://www.punknews.org/review/6687/the-blue-letter-prima-facie |publisher=Punknews.org |accessdate=July 23, 2015 |date=September 21, 2007}}</ref><ref name="The Phantom Tollbooth Review">{{Cite journal|author=thecannyshark |title=Blue Letter, The - Prima Facia (EP) |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2009/reviews/blue.html |journal=The Phantom Tollbooth |accessdate=July 23, 2015}}</ref> Their latest release, a studio album, ''Love Is Not Control'', was released by Init Records, in 2012.<ref name="Website About"/>
==Members== ;Current members<ref name="Website About"/> * Dan Shebaylo - guitar, vocals * Brendan Artz - bass, vocals * Silas Zdybel - drums, vocals ;Former members * Chad Seely – bass, vocals (2003-2007) * Blake Merwin - guitar, vocals (2002-2004)
==Discography== ;Studio albums * ''When Will These Barricades Fall'' (2004, Reactivation) * ''Love Is Not Control'' (2012, Init Records) ;EPs * ''Prima Facie'' (2007, Blood and Ink)
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==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/theblueletter/ Facebook profile] * [http://www.bloodandinkrecords.com/site/artists/alumni/blueletter/ Blood and Ink Records] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150516025320/http://www.christcore.net/interviews/the-blue-letter/ Christ Core interview]}}
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