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Bloodlined

North Carolina · Metalcore

About Bloodlined

Bloodlined is a masked metalcore project from North Carolina built around testimony, spiritual warfare, and the resurrection imagery of Ezekiel 37. The idea arrived when Disciple 13 passed a church sign that read, ‘the enemy cannot cross the bloodline.’

The members perform under the names Disciple 13, Disciple 14, and Disciple 17, keeping their identities behind skull-like masks so the message remains larger than the personalities delivering it. Their listeners are known as the Army of the Awakened, and even the band’s dog-tag merchandise extends that identity. Bloodlined makes music for people who may never enter a traditional church but will still listen to a heavy song about Christ.

The three masked members of Bloodlined standing before stained glass

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Christian Metal in Skull Masks

A church sign on the way to work read: the enemy cannot cross the bloodline. By the time Disciple 13 finished reading it, he had the whole band.

He was not in church at the time. August 2023, driving to work, and a sign he passes every day had just been changed. "As soon as I read that, that's when the Lord spoke to me and gave me the vision for this and to use the name." Skull masks, numbers instead of names, Ezekiel 37. He says it took two to three minutes, start to finish. Then he had to go home and explain it to his wife, who asked how that was going to work.

Bloodlined is a masked metal band out of North Carolina. Disciple 13 plays guitar and started it after a minister of music told him at fourteen to stop playing in the church band. Disciple 14 plays drums, came in to track one session as a hired hand, then called back and asked if there were more songs. Disciple 17 sings, and he is not in this one. The lore is Ezekiel 37, the valley of the dry bones. Their fans are the Army of the Awakened, the merch is dog tags, and they have four singles out, starting with a Mary Did You Know cover that first got them noticed.

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