Black Tide

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Miami, Florida (2004 – present)

Black Tide is an American heavy metal band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band is currently signed to Interscope Records. The original band comprised Gabriel Garcia (vocals and guitar), Alex Nuñez (guitar), Zachary Sandler (bass and vocals), and Steven Spence (drums). Black Tide has toured on Ozzfest, and with Avenged Sevenfold and All That Remains. They also played the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. The band released its debut album, Light From Above, on March 18, 2008.

Black Tide was founded in Miami, Florida in 2004 by guitarist Gabriel Garcia and his older brother Raul Garcia. Raul recruited second guitarist Alex Nuñez. At the time, Gabriel Garcia was 11 years old and Nuñez was just 13 years old. Garcia and Nuñez recruited bassist Zachary Sandler and drummer Steven Spence, after Raul’s departure from the group. This completed the band’s lineup. Originally known as Radio, the band’s name was changed to Black Tide by Interscope records soon after its inception. The band started playing local shows, eventually gaining the attention of record labels due to the members’ young age and talent. In 2005, Black Tide signed a demo deal with Atlantic Records as Radio. The deal lasted for only a year, before the band was spotted by a record executive for EMI, who notified Interscope Records of the band. By mid 2007, Black Tide was signed on to Interscope.

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Warriors Of Time (Live)
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Top Tracks

1	Shockwave	778
2	Warriors of Time	604
3	Shout	453
4	Hit The Lights	377
5	Let Me	353
6	Give Me A Chance	337
7	Prowler	328
8	Show Me The Way	314
9	Black Abyss	307
10	Live Fast Die Young	282
11	Enterprise	278
12	Light From Above	223
13	Black Widow (Bonus)	101
14	Black Widow	58
15	Shockwave (Edited Version)	57

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gioedge wrote:
Friday afternoon

that's rock motherfuckers.

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olzzy wrote:
Tuesday evening

lol Alex Nuñez lefft the band

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MiltonMendes wrote:
Tuesday morning

Holy fuck good band from hell!!

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bgtaM wrote:
Monday evening

good new band! \m/

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hippiedrow wrote:
last week

Fixed the wiki page.

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elliemehta wrote:
last week

OMG! When i first heard this song i honestly thought that they were well older than they actually are.Shockkking!!1

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ViKing503 wrote:
last week

I almost puked after reading that fucking artist summary thing.

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ViKing503 wrote:
last week

More plastic than they are metal, I hope they grow some balls and kill their producer in the future, cause they could be pretty damn good.

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UponDoom wrote:
last week

Thrash Metal Headbangers UNITE!

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hantupochong wrote:
last month

mmm,there have good talent around this age, but comparing with other great band, you have long way to go kid! carry on!

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GenderConfusedJ wrote:
last month

The Artist write up is one of the least accurate I have ever read, they are really nothing special.

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marieis666 wrote:
last month

from my hometwown, i go to the school they went :)

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Nintenrule wrote:
last month

I love this band. THE best band to come out of the 2000s I reckon. Although that is a tall order. Velvet Revolver are pretty good...

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d3x_Dark wrote:
last month

I don't know, about the amount of the potential in this band... you can't judge that by just one album, but I gotta say, this is by far the best debut album, I've heard in a long time... And the Prowler song from Kerrang's Maiden Heaven is a great cover... So they're off with the right foot...

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Ztek wrote:
last month

Helt sanslöst att dessa grabbar kan åstadkomma så magnifik 80-tals-anda till rocken igen! Keep up the good work and come to Sweden with a gig!!

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lessthanfamous wrote:
last month

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aoi666 wrote:
last month

guys, you're a w e s o m e! come back soon to Italy!

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slimcontrol wrote:
last month

Death Angel........Similar to this crap? NO WAY!

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rafanew7 wrote:
last month

Hit The Lights!

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zeeky-zami wrote:
last month

These guys are pretty amazing =] but they have the talent to get much bigger and better =]=]=]

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