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Black Tide is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Thin Lizzy, DIR EN GREY, Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Tide arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hellyeah, Airbourne, Roadrunner United, Bullet for My Valentine and Corey Taylor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Escape the Fate and Kaoru, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Black Tide, reaching back through Thin Lizzy and forward to Escape the Fate. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Black Tide is an American heavy metal band from Kendall, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band last consisted of Gabriel Garcia, Austin Diaz and Cody Paige (drums). They released their debut album, Light from Above, in 2008 through Interscope Records when Garcia was 15 years old. Their second album, Post Mortem, was released in 2011. Black Tide's EP Bite the Bullet was released in 2013 by InnerCat Music Group, a Miami-based boutique label. In 2015, the band released their last album Chasing Shadows. In July 2016, Garcia announced that the band is over and he is concentrating on his solo project. In January 2026, the band reunited, teasing new original music and old projects.
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Black Tide connections
Black Tide grew out of Thin Lizzy, DIR EN GREY, Megadeth and Metallica, shares an orbit with Hellyeah, Airbourne, Roadrunner United and Bullet for My Valentine, went on to shape Escape the Fate and Kaoru. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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