Blakfish was a mathcore band, also described as 'death pop' by the NME, The band from Birmingham, England[1] formed in the year 2000 after meeting and becoming friends at school, contrary to their frequent fabricated claims that they all met in juvenile prison.

In 2010 they achieved a support slot on the Biffy Clyro European tour,[3] which ultimately led to the demise of the band, which they announced on their Myspace blog.

[4] The band split up mid-tour following the departure of guitarist and vocalist Sam Manville.

After this they signed to Big Scary Monsters, and in 2008 their fourth EP, See You in Another City, was released, to a largely positive reception.

[6] The track "Jeremy Kyle Is A Marked Man" featured on the computer game Colin McRae: Dirt 2,[7] and the polish movie Suicide Room as well as receiving airplay from 4 different presenters on BBC Radio 1.

2009 saw the release of their one and only album, Champions, recorded by Chris Common at the Redroom Studios Seattle.

[10] In February 2010, Blakfish were touring Europe with Biffy Clyro, playing shows in Germany, Switzerland and Spain.

In Bilbao, Sam announced he felt he could no longer continue as a member of Blakfish, and left the band with immediate effect.

Guest performers included Toby Hayes of Shoes And Socks Off and Meet Me in St. Louis, Steven Bachelor and Richard Buckley of Shapes, and members of Soni~Quella and The James Cleaver Quintet Jack Saunders (vox) Jimmy Diego (bass) Maud E Licious (guitar) Mackerel Skarrington (drums).

Fifty screen prints of the poster for the show were made available, as was a re-issue of See You in Another City containing nine additional tracks of b-sides and rarities.

[12] At the final show, Thom, Rich and Wiz debuted a track named "You're A Guy", the first public performance of their new material for a new three-piece band.

"[14] with Toby Hayes (Meet Me in St. Louis, Shield Your Eyes, Shoes And Socks Off), Alex Wiezak (Youves) and Bob D'Mello (Super Tennis) and a two-piece named "†Hymns†" with former SOS drummer Peter Reisner.

†Hymns† released their debut double album Cardinal Sins/Contrary Virtues in January 2012 on Big Scary Monsters.

[16] In 2010, Rob played drums on a project with On the Might of Princes guitarist and singer, Jason Rosenthal.

On 24 August 2012, marking three years to the day since the release of Champions, Leeds-based magazine Musical Mathematics celebrated the first ever Blakfish Day, encouraging fans to celebrate the band's music and career.

[18] Sam Manville reinvented himself as an electronic, house and garage producer under the pseudonym FTSE[19] and has worked with MØ, Shola Ama, Burnaboy and Peking Duk releasing on labels including Ministry of Sound[20] and Rinse.

[21] In 2019 Manville released an acoustic solo album of covers entitled Somebody Else's Songs under the moniker S.T.

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