Blindside (band)

Blindside
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Christian metal[1] alternative metal alternative rock post-hardcore nu metal[2][3]
Years active	1994–present
Labels	DRT Tooth & Nail Solid State Elektra INO
Members	Christian Lindskog Simon Grenehed Tomas Näslund Marcus Dahlström
Website	www.blindsideonline.com

Blindside is a Swedish rock band from the southern suburbs of Stockholm.^[4] They formed in Stockholm in 1994 as Underfree. In 1996, they changed their name to Blindside and released the Blindside album in 1997 through Swedish independent record company Day-Glo Records. Another album, A Thought Crushed My Mind, came out in 2000. The group received greater attention in 2001 when they toured with P.O.D., resulting in a contract with Elektra. In 2002 they released the album Silence and in 2003 they toured in support of Hoobastank. A 2004 headlining tour suffered equipment theft but then Blindside released About a Burning Fire. In 2004, Time Warner sold Warner Music to a group of private investors. As a cost-cutting maneuver, the new owners of Warner Music Group merged Atlantic Records with its sister, Elektra Records, to form The Atlantic Records Group. Blindside's label ceased to exist, & the next year they released The Great Depression independently, and they put out the DVD Ten Years Running Blind.^[5]

Blindside independently released another EP in 2007 – The Black Rose EP – but then they went on hiatus from most band activity until 2011, when they released With Shivering Hearts We Wait. In 2019 they released a new single Gravedigger. Since then, they have played to a packed crowd^[6] at Furnace Fest 2022.