Editing Bleeding Through (section)

=== ''The Great Fire'', disbandment announcement and final tours (2010–2014) ===
In a November 2010 interview, Wombacher stated Bleeding Through hoped to release their seventh album in the second half of 2011. The band planned to write and record their seventh studio album once they returned from touring for the self-titled album. At that point, the band had not yet chosen a recording studio, and they planned to self-produce the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Bleeding Through Ryan Wombacher|url=http://espyrock.com/interviews/interview-bleeding-through-ryan-wombacher|website=Espyrock|access-date=July 21, 2011|archive-date=August 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808115919/http://espyrock.com/interviews/interview-bleeding-through-ryan-wombacher|url-status=live}}</ref> After recording the album, Nassie stated in an interview that the recording process was much more comfortable than their last effort, describing it as "totally free-form", adding that "No one was afraid to change something, even down to the last minute. For this record, we were changing things down to the last day of mixing." He also described it as "our strongest record — super-brutal and over-the-top".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Castor |first1=Stephanie |title=Interview: Dave Nassie of Bleeding Through discusses Charvel Guitars and the band's new album, 'The Great Fire' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-dave-nassie-bleeding-through-discusses-charvel-guitars-and-band-s-new-album-great-fire |website=[[Guitar World]] |access-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725070310/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-dave-nassie-bleeding-through-discusses-charvel-guitars-and-band-s-new-album-great-fire |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |date=February 1, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> On November 24, 2011, it was announced that their album, ''The Great Fire'', was complete, though no release date was stated at that time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through to complete new album tomorrow |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-to-complete-new-album-tomorrow |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111164734/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-to-complete-new-album-tomorrow |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |date=November 24, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Produced by [[Anaal Nathrakh]]'s [[Mick Kenney]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through - The Great Fire |url=https://www.altpress.com/bleeding_through_the_great_fire/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=January 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250115181242/https://www.altpress.com/bleeding_through_the_great_fire/ |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |date=January 31, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> the album was released on January 31, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through announce new album |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/bleeding-through-announce-new-album/J7MzOzo9PD8/21-12-11 |website=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]] |access-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111165719/https://themusic.com.au/news/bleeding-through-announce-new-album/J7MzOzo9PD8/21-12-11 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |date=December 21, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was preceded by the release of the song "Faith in Fire" on December 20, 2011, at which point the track listing and cover art was also revealed,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sciaretto |first1=Amy |title=Bleeding Through reveal cover, track listing + song from 'The Great Fire' |url=https://loudwire.com/bleeding-through-track-listing-cover-song-the-great-fire/ |website=[[Loudwire]] |access-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202193214/https://loudwire.com/bleeding-through-track-listing-cover-song-the-great-fire/ |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |date=December 20, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the release of "Goodbye to Death" a month later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldenberg |first1=Matthew |title=Bleeding Through say "Goodbye to Death" |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/20/bleeding-through-say-goodbye-to-death/ |website=[[MetalSucks]] |access-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328181643/https://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/20/bleeding-through-say-goodbye-to-death/ |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |date=January 20, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album sold 3,000 copies in its first week to debut at number 193 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2012-02-08 |title=Bleeding Through: 'The Great Fire' First-Week Sales Revealed |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-the-great-fire-first-week-sales-revealed |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> The band supported the album with a six-date headlining tour between January and February 2012 with [[Upon a Burning Body]] and Suffokate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-06 |title=BLEEDING THROUGH / UPON A BURNING BODY / SUFFOKATE tour dates - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/bleeding-through-upon-a-burning-body-suffokate-tour-dates/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619105525/https://idioteq.com/bleeding-through-upon-a-burning-body-suffokate-tour-dates/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The band were due to embark on [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]]'s "[[True Defiance]] 2012" tour of North America alongside [[Cancer Bats]] and [[the Plot in You]] in July and August 2012, but were forced to drop out due to Schiepatti requiring emergency [[Orthodontics|orthodontic]] surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-31 |title=Demon Hunter / Cancer Bats / The Plot in You / Willows tour dates; Bleeding Through drops off [UPDATE] - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/demon-hunter-bleeding-through-cancer-bats-the-plot-in-you-willows-tour-dates/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425082810/https://idioteq.com/demon-hunter-bleeding-through-cancer-bats-the-plot-in-you-willows-tour-dates/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=July 29, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through frontman undergoes emergency orthodontic surgery |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-frontman-undergoes-emergency-orthodontic-surgery |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321023526/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-frontman-undergoes-emergency-orthodontic-surgery |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=July 30, 2012 |title=Bleeding Through drops off Demon Hunter tour |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-drops-off-demon-hunter-tour |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005100131/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-drops-off-demon-hunter-tour |url-status=live }}</ref> 
{{quote box|width=25em|align=right|quote="We became a stepping-stone band; we lost respect from the media, our management, our booking agent…it was like people didn't take us seriously anymore."|source=—Brandan Schieppati, May 2018<ref name="APkms" />}}
On January 3, 2013, Bleeding Through announced their upcoming tour in Europe would be their last, leading to rumors that the band would be breaking up.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through To Embark On 'Final European Tour' In April |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-to-embark-on-final-european-tour-in-april |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> This was later confirmed by a statement to ''[[Blabbermouth.net]]'' from Schieppati, who said that they would disband following a final tour of North America, Europe and Australia. Schieppati reasoned that life events and personal ventures by each of the band members made it impossible to continue Bleeding Through.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramanand |first=Liz |date=January 4, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through Are Breaking Up |url=https://loudwire.com/bleeding-through-breaking-up/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=Loudwire |language=en |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720102807/https://loudwire.com/bleeding-through-breaking-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2013 |title=It's official: Bleeding Through to disband |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/it-s-official-bleeding-through-to-disband |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en |archive-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119084631/https://blabbermouth.net/news/it-s-official-bleeding-through-to-disband |url-status=live }}</ref> Demmel later elaborated that the band did not want to operate in a "part-time" capacity, and thus opted to put the band to an end.<ref name="NEMHC"/> Schieppati would also later expound upon his reasoning for the band's split years later, saying that from his perspective, Bleeding Through had lost the respect of the music industry.<ref name="APkms">{{cite web |title="I thought about killing myself": Bleeding Through return with a vengeance |url=https://www.altpress.com/bleeding_through_brandan_schieppati_interview_love_will_kill_all/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=January 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510092648/https://www.altpress.com/bleeding_through_brandan_schieppati_interview_love_will_kill_all/ |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> 

In February 2013, Bleeding Through announced that Danough would return to the band for the European leg of the tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=February 7, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through to be rejoined By original guitarist on final European Tour |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-through-to-be-rejoined-by-original-guitarist-on-final-european-tour |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> In November 2013, Bleeding Through embarked on a farewell tour of North America, supported by [[Winds of Plague|Winds Of Plague]], [[Oceano (band)|Oceano]], [[Gideon (band)|Gideon]] and [[Sworn In (band)|Sworn In]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasbani |first=Robert |date=September 6, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through announce farewell tour with Winds of Plague, Oceano, etc. |url=https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/bleeding-announce-farewell-tour-winds-plague-oceano-etc |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Metal Injection]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814015959/https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/bleeding-announce-farewell-tour-winds-plague-oceano-etc |url-status=live }}</ref> En route to the final show of the tour in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]—and almost ten years to the date of their van accident on the Pure Hatred tour—the band's van drove off the road and their trailer was totaled. Despite this, no one was injured and the band's performance in the city went ahead as planned.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2013 |title=Bleeding Through's trailer 'totaled' in road accident |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-throughs-trailer-totaled-in-road-accident |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617031104/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bleeding-throughs-trailer-totaled-in-road-accident |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=2013-11-25 |title=Bleeding Through's van crashes during farewell tour |url=https://loudwire.com/bleeding-through-van-crashe-farewell-tour/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> The band's first performance in 2014 was an appearance at New England Hardcore & Metal Fest at the [[Worcester Palladium]] on April 17; it was the band's final performance on the American East Coast.<ref name="NEMHC">{{cite web |title=Bleeding Through at NEMHC Fest |url=https://www.worcestermag.com/story/news/2014/04/17/bleeding-nemhc-fest/10932097007/ |website=[[Worcester Magazine]] |access-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320153248/https://www.worcestermag.com/story/news/2014/04/17/bleeding-nemhc-fest/10932097007/ |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May, the final nine West Coast dates were announced with Winds of Plague and Scars of Tomorrow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2014 |title=Bleeding Through announce final West Coast tour dates |url=https://www.altpress.com/bleeding_through_announce_final_west_coast_tour_dates/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The band's final performance came on August 3, 2014, at Chain Reaction in [[Anaheim, California]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=Bleeding Through say goodbye |url=https://idioteq.com/bleeding-through-say-goodbye/ |website=Idioteq |access-date=January 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815064711/https://idioteq.com/bleeding-through-say-goodbye/ |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>