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Members: Sean Smith, Gavin Butler, Matthew Davies, James Davies, Rhys Lewis, Gareth Lewis

The Blackout are a post-hardcore band from South Wales. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour with Dopamine they released their first mini-album The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!. As of October 2007 the band released their debut album, We Are The Dynamite. The band recently revealed in a MySpace blog that they were working on a new album.

The Blackout formed in 2003 in South Wales and drawing influences from across the board, they combine guitars, drums, screaming and melodic vocals. Members Sean Smith and Gavin Butler work to together to create both powerful and expressive vocals.

The Blackout released their debut mini album entitled The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout! on October 23, 2006 through Fierce Panda Records and the only single taken from it is Hard Slammin'.

The Blackout released their debut album, We Are The Dynamite, on October 1, 2007 through Fierce Panda records. The first single taken from it is entitled The Beijing Cocktail and was released a week before the album. We Are The Dynamite is the fastest selling album ever released on Fierce Panda.

The second single released from the album We Are The Dynamite was It's High Tide Baby (which features Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins) and was released via Fierce Panda on 11 February 2008. However, due to a pressing error, the a side of this single ended up being The Beijing Cocktail instead of It's High Tide Baby

The Blackout have an upcoming tour in the UK and will begin writing their new album afterwards.

The Blackout are the ultimate post-hardcore band. With their daring guitar riffs and powerful sound, The Blackout are the ultimate party!!!