Editing Bleeding Through (section)

=== ''Declaration'' and record label issues (2008–2009) ===
In March 2008, Bleeding Through announced ''[[Declaration (Bleeding Through album)|Declaration]]'' as the title of its fifth studio release, a [[concept album]] about the rigors of being away from home.<ref name="Concept Revealed">{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93848|title=Bleeding Through: New Album Title, Concept Revealed|date=March 29, 2008|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|access-date=July 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215041039/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93848|archive-date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> The band's frontman and lyricist [[Brandan Schieppati]] explained to ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' in the magazine's May 2008 issue, "There are definitely places when we're traveling where every time we go there, we're like, 'Fuck, why do we have to be here?' Like, we'll be in France and all of a sudden we'll feel totally insignificant. You get the feeling that people's eyes are just burning a hole through you."<ref name="Concept Revealed" /> The group recorded ''Declaration'' in [[Vancouver]] with producer [[Devin Townsend]].<ref name="BWDeclarationRelease">{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through to release Declaration September 30th |url=https://bravewords.com/news/bleeding-through-to-release-declaration-september-30th |website=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |access-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218144550/https://bravewords.com/news/bleeding-through-to-release-declaration-september-30th |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |date=July 21, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Ryan Wombacher Barcelona 2009.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Ryan Wombacher performing live in [[Barcelona]], 2009]]

On June 6, 2008, the band released a blog on MTV's [[Headbangers Ball]] website, addressing numerous disappointments the band had with [[Trustkill Records]]. These disappointments included unpaid royalties, lack of funding for ''Declaration'', and an unapproved re-release of ''The Truth'' titled ''The Complete Truth''. Despite Trustkill's website saying that the new album, ''Declaration'' would be released August 2008, the band stated that they did not intend to hand over the [[master recording]] of the album until they were paid the minimum fees required to pay back Townsend, the band's management, and Schieppati's father who loaned the band money for recording.<ref name="Headbangersblog.mtv.com">{{cite web|title=Guest Blog: Bleeding Through Reveal Truth About Trustkill Records, Announce Song Titles For New Album|website=[[MTV Networks]]|url=http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/06/06/guest-blog-bleeding-through-reveal-truth-about-trustkill-records-announce-song-titles-for-new-album/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915183017/http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/06/06/guest-blog-bleeding-through-reveal-truth-about-trustkill-records-announce-song-titles-for-new-album/ |archive-date=2008-09-15 |author=Bleeding Through |access-date=October 7, 2008|date=June 6, 2008}}</ref> According to the statement, the band had suggested their own vision of an extended re-release of the album over a year prior, but Trustkill owner Josh Grabelle rejected the idea. However, when Trustkill ran into financial difficulties, Grabelle pushed for the re-release without any input from the band in an effort to stabilize.<ref name="Headbangersblog.mtv.com" /> In a follow-up blog on their [[MySpace]] page, Bleeding Through stated that "Trustkill Records delivered the funds necessary to complete the album and to compensate everyone who had loaned [us] cash."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103062 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907193817/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103062 |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through: New album 'is the one that makes us feel the most proud' |date=August 18, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 }}</ref> According to Schieppati, Trustkill was only able to deliver these funds because they had borrowed the money from one of their distributors.<ref name="LGinterview2009">{{cite web |last1=Braden |first1=Devin |title=Bleeding Through interview |url=https://lambgoat.com/features/interviews/134/bleeding-through-interview |website=Lambgoat |access-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603113556/https://lambgoat.com/features/interviews/134/bleeding-through-interview |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |date=September 3, 2009}}</ref>

Following the recording of ''Declaration'', the group returned to the United Kingdom for [[Download Festival]], which was held from June 13–15, 2008 at Donington Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99045 |title=Bleeding Through interviewed at 'Download Festival' |date=June 14, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615215732/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99045 |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref> During the festival, vocalist Brandan Schieppati spoke to ''[[Rock Sound]]'' TV about the group's dispute with its record label. During the conversation, Schieppati revealed that Bleeding Through had been contacted by a number of other record companies since the band went public with its Trustkill feud.<ref name="BM-Download08">{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through frontman discusses Trustkill dispute, video available |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-frontman-discusses-trustkill-dispute-video-available |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=January 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102221204/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-frontman-discusses-trustkill-dispute-video-available |archive-date=January 2, 2025 |date=June 21, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2008, the band signed a European distribution deal with [[Nuclear Blast]] for the release of ''Declaration''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101713 |title=Bleeding Through signs European deal with Nuclear Blast Records |date=July 28, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813011528/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101713 |archive-date=August 13, 2008 }}</ref>

The band performed in the No Fear Music Tour with [[Bullet for My Valentine]] across the US in August 2008. This included a stop in [[Mexico City]] in August as part of the [[Warped Tour]] with [[Underoath]] and [[MxPx]], which was Bleeding Through's first ever show in Mexico.<ref name="BT-MexRuss" /> On September 25, 2008, [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] frontman [[Robb Flynn]] joined the band on stage at [[The Warfield]] in San Francisco, and performed Bleeding Through's song "[[This Is Love, This Is Murderous|Revenge I Seek]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105817 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912152000/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105817 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |title=Machine Head frontman performs with Bleeding Through |date=September 29, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 }}</ref> The next day, ''Declaration'' was released in Europe by [[Nuclear Blast]], and a US release followed on September 30 through Trustkill. The album sold under 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106428 |title=Bleeding Through: 'Declaration' lands on Billboard chart |date=October 8, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215040935/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106428 |archive-date=December 15, 2008 }}</ref> debuting at number 104 on the ''Billboard''&nbsp;200 chart.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p529703/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bleeding Through > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|website=Allmusic|access-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref> The band then accompanied Bullet for My Valentine throughout Europe with [[Lacuna Coil]] in November and December. The European tour featured four headlining shows in Russia in December, the band's first performances there.<ref name="BT-MexRuss">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102157 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908131518/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102157 |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through announces dates in Russia, Mexico |date=August 4, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 }}</ref> 

Bleeding Through co-headlined the [[Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009|Thrash and Burn European Tour]] with [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]] between April and May 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112884 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909023556/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112884 |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through, Darkest Hour to team up for 'Thrash and Burn European Tour' |date=January 21, 2009 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 22, 2009 }}</ref> By the end of this tour, Bleeding Through had severed ties with Trustkill.<ref name="LGinterview2009" /> ''Declaration''{{'}}s main promotional tour, simply titled The Declaration Tour, began after Thrash and Burn. Bleeding Through was supported by [[As Blood Runs Black]], [[Impending Doom (American band)|Impending Doom]], and [[the Acacia Strain]].<ref name="No Fear Tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109141 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201220556/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109141 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through announces U.S. headlining tour |date=November 18, 2008 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 22, 2009 }}</ref> In late May 2009, Bleeding Through announced that Weinhofen would be leaving the band, and [[No Use for a Name]] guitarist Dave Nassie would replace him. Weinhofen cited that while he loved his time in Bleeding Through, he decided that he should leave the band and return home to Australia with his family and friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910003113/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121012 |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through parts ways with guitarist, announces replacement |date=May 29, 2009 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 23, 2009 }}</ref> The band then embarked on a special tour of the American west coast in August to celebrate their tenth anniversary. They were supported by [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]], [[Miss May I]], and [[Motionless in White]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122690 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910055035/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122690 |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through Announces 10-Year-Anniversary Tour |date=June 27, 2009 |website=Roadrunner Records |access-date=July 24, 2009 }}</ref> The band intended to conclude 2009 with a tour alongside [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]], [[Toxic Holocaust]], and [[Chthonic (band)|Chthonic]] in September and October.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satyricon, Bleeding Through, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic to team up for North American Tour |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/satyricon-bleeding-through-toxic-holocaust-chthonic-to-team-up-for-north-american-tour |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=January 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129153759/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/satyricon-bleeding-through-toxic-holocaust-chthonic-to-team-up-for-north-american-tour/ |archive-date=January 29, 2016 |date=July 30, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the band were forced to stop touring halfway through their North American trek and return home due to "some personal / family business that must be attended to immediately."<ref name="SatyriconDrop">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/bleeding-through-to-release-new-album-in-2010/ |title=Blog Archive » Bleeding Through To Release New Album In 2010 |website=Metal Hammer |date=October 13, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301165636/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/bleeding-through-to-release-new-album-in-2010/ |archive-date=March 1, 2012 }}</ref> Instead, the band joined [[Tiger Army]] on October 31 as a special guest for the closing night of their signature event, Octoberflame.<ref name="SatyriconDrop"/>

[[File:Zepper-Dave Nassie.jpeg|thumb|right|upright|Dave Nassie performing live in [[Bonn]] in 2009.]]