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!
They were also nominated at the 2006 Kerrang! Awards for Best British Newcomer but lost out to Bring Me the Horizon.
In October 2007 the band released their debut album, We Are The Dynamite'. 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 Blackout joined the Taste of Chaos tour across Europe in November 2007 playing alongside, The Used, Rise Against, Aiden and Gallows.
The second single released from the album We Are The Dynamite was High Tide Baby (which featuring Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.
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