Influenced largely by hardcore punk and Swedish melodic death metal, the band was established by lead vocalist Brandan Schieppati as a personal project after leaving Throwdown.

The remainder of the band today comprises drummer Derek Youngsma, keyboardist Marta Demmel, and guitarists John Arnold and Brandon Richter.

Shortly after the album's release, the band receceived considerable media attention outside of the heavy metal community for their involvement in a van crash accidentally filmed on live television in December 2003.

The release of Declaration was marred by financial hardship and conflicts with Trustkill; following the completion of the touring cycle for the album, the band severed ties with the label and signed to Rise Records in 2009.

[19][20] Schieppati opted to pursue Bleeding Through as a priority after completion of Portrait of the Goddess,[4] amicably departing Eighteen Visions in July,[21] followed by Street's replacement with Marta Demmel (then Peterson).

[27][26][28] It was the band's breakthough album,[29] with the videos for "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" and "On Wings of Lead" becoming staples on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and on Fuse TV's Uranium.

[33] Traveling from Utah to a show in Colorado, the group's tour van hit black ice on the highway, spinning out of control and slamming into a truck that was already flipped over.

[36] Later that year, the band toured with Ozzfest, sharing the second stage alongside headline act Slipknot and fellow supports Unearth, Lamb of God, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil and Atreyu.

[38] Bleeding Through also contributed their rendition of "Rocket Queen" to the Guns N' Roses tribute album Bring You to Your Knees released by Law of Inertia Records in 2004.

[39] A 2005 re-issue of This Is Love, This Is Murderous added three bonus live tracks, "Revenge I Seek", "Rise" and "Our Enemies", two music videos and a ten-minute documentary.

[30] As This Is Love, This Is Murderous passed 100,000 sales the US,[42] further touring found the band headlining the second annual Strhess Fest in alliance with Darkest Hour, Zao, Misery Signals, and Fight Paris commencing early July.

[48] To promote the album, the band opened 2006 with US dates throughout February and March backed by Every Time I Die, Between the Buried and Me and Haste the Day.

[51] The group once again played on the second stage at the 2006 Ozzfest, now as part of the year's permanent lineup along with Black Label Society, Unearth, Atreyu and Norma Jean.

The band talked with the fans, signed autographs, posed for pictures and also asked the kids if there were any shows happening that night they could participate in.

[55] Danough was quickly replaced by Jona Weinhofen of I Killed The Prom Queen – one of several factors that led that band to disband.

[61] 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.

[61] 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.

[67] On September 25, 2008, Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn joined the band on stage at The Warfield in San Francisco, and performed Bleeding Through's song "Revenge I Seek".

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.

[75] 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.

[107] In November 2013, Bleeding Through embarked on a farewell tour of North America, supported by Winds Of Plague, Oceano, Gideon and Sworn In.

[112] In December 2015, Bleeding Through reunion rumors began to circulate after a new post surfaced from the band's official Facebook account,[113] which read "Nothing Is Over.

[114] This was a performance in February 2016 on the second night of Friends Fest, a two-day event at Chain Reaction to benefit the medical bills of the Ghost Inside following their tour bus accident.

[115] On January 1, SharpTone Records issued a teaser for music they were releasing in 2018 and some listeners apparently recognized vocalist Brandan Schiepatti's voice on their page.

[128] Work progressed slowly over the course of the next 14 months, but the band posted tentative song titles from the studio on their Instagram account in February 2022.

[144] While working on new material, the band appeared at the United Kingdom's Damnation Festival in February,[145] followed by the remaining two This Is Love... anniversary shows in the Pacific Northwest in March.

[146] On May 8, the band released the first song from their ninth studio album, titled "Our Brand Is Chaos";[147] they appeared at Big Texas Metal Fest in a few weeks later.

[155] On February 6, Wombacher announced his permanent departure from the band, citing multiple back injuries which led him to drop from the touring lineup the previous September.

[4] Danough said that he was influenced by metal and hardcore bands such as At the Gates, Slayer, Cradle of Filth, and Earth Crisis, in addition to Integrity.

[163] The keyboards presented by Marta Demmel incorporate industrial and gothic inspirations to the band's sound,[164] and this unconventional approach led to association with black metal influences.