Witness (Blessthefall album) explained

Witness
Type:	studio
Artist:	Blessthefall
Cover:	ALBUM Btf witness cover.jpg
Genre:	Metalcore post-hardcore
Length:	41:00
Label:	Fearless
Producer:	Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Prev Title:	His Last Walk
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Awakening
Next Year:	2011

Witness is the second studio album by American metalcore band Blessthefall. It was released on October 6, 2009, through Fearless Records. It is the band's first album with Beau Bokan on lead vocals and final album with original guitarist Mike Frisby. The album was co-produced with There for Tomorrow drummer, Christopher Kamrada. This album includes a post-metal entrance, "2.0", and some songs without any screams or death growls.

The song "God Wears Gucci" was released in MySpace and the iTunes Store on Tuesday, August 10, 2009, and is the third song released off the album, along with "To Hell & Back" and "We'll Sleep When We're Dead", although these were demonstrations to the album versions. On September 9 the band uploaded a new track to Myspace: "What's Left of Me". The entire album was streaming on their MySpace page until October 6, 2009. The album was released for sale in the US on October 6, 2009, with a European release date of the October 26 scheduled, ahead of their first ever European headline tour in support of the album. Witness sold 11,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 56 on Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the Top Independent Albums chart.^[1]

The song "Hey Baby, Here's That Song You Wanted" has been released as downloadable content for Rock Band on the Xbox 360.The song "To Hell & Back" was included on the soundtrack to Ubisoft's Splinter Cell: Conviction. The song and the game trailer was released around the start of April 2010.The songs "God Wears Gucci" and "To Hell & Back" are downloadable tracks in the iOS game Tap Tap Revenge 4.

Personnel

Blessthefall

• Beau Bokan – clean vocals
• Eric Lambert – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Frisby – rhythm guitar
• Jared Warth – bass guitar, unclean vocals
• Matt Traynor – drums, percussion

Production

• Michael "Elvis" Baskette – mixing, production
• Dave Holdredge – engineer, mixing
• Jef Moll - digital editing

Charts

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US ^[2]	US Alt ^[3]	US Heat ^[4]	US Hard Rock ^[5]	US Indie ^[6]	US Rock ^[7]	AUS ^[8]
2009	Witness Released: October 6, 2009 Label: Fearless Format: CD, digital download	56	13	—	9	6	25	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Notes and References

1. Billboard.com
2. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Billboard 200}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200 ]. . February 7, 2012.
3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Alternative Albums}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Albums ]. Billboard . February 7, 2012.
4. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Top Heatseekers ]. Billboard . February 7, 2012.
5. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Hard Rock Albums}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Top Hard Rock Albums ]. Billboard . February 7, 2012.
6. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Independent Albums}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Top Independent Albums ]. Billboard . February 7, 2012.
7. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blessthefall|chart=Rock Albums}} Blessthefall Album & Song Chart History – Top Rock Albums ]. Billboard . February 7, 2012.
8. Web site: ARIA Albums: Lana Del Rey 'Honeymoon' Tops Australian Chart. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. September 26, 2015. September 26, 2015.