Bleed the Fifth

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Bleed the Fifth

| type = studio

| artist = Divine Heresy

| cover = Bleed_The_Fifth_(2007).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover art by Joachim Luetke

| released = {{start date|2007|8|25}}

| recorded = February–June 2007

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

• Metalcore{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/d/fr/divineheresy-bringerofplagues.htm |title=Divine Heresy Bringer Of Plagues Review - Review of Bringer Of Plagues by Divine Heresy |publisher=About.com |date=July 28, 2009 |accessdate=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119132332/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/d/fr/divineheresy-bringerofplagues.htm |url-status=dead }}
• groove metal{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=21453 |title=Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth (album review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=September 23, 2007 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}
• technical death metal{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=39659 |title=Divine Heresy - Bringer of Plagues (staff review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date= |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}

| length = 38:49

| label =

• Century Media {{small|(US)}}
• Roadrunner {{small|(worldwide)}}

| producer = Logan Mader

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Bringer of Plagues

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Bleed the Fifth

| type = studio

| single1 = Failed Creation

| single1date = 2007

| single2 = Savior Self

| single2date = 2007

| single3 = Bleed the Fifth

| single3date = 2008

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Back cover

| type = studio

| cover = Divine-Heresy - Bleed the Fifth Back.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption =

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/divinehereseybl.htm |title=Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth Review |publisher=About.com |date=June 14, 2010 |accessdate=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123232655/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/divinehereseybl.htm |url-status=dead }}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1183429 |title=Bleed the Fifth - Divine Heresy |publisher=AllMusic |date=September 10, 2007 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}

| rev3 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1207 |title=Divine Heresy - Bleed the Fifth |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=October 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017154511/http://roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1207 |archivedate=October 17, 2007 }}

| rev4 = Live-Metal.net

| rev4score = {{Rating|7.5|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.live-metal.net/cdreviews_divineheresy.html |title=CD Reviews - Divine Heresy - Bleed the Fifth |publisher=Live-Metal.net |date=October 6, 2010 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}

| rev5 = Sea of Tranquility

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5564 |title=Review: 'Divine Heresy: Bleed The Fifth' - Sea of Tranquility - The Web Destination for Progressive Music! |publisher=Sea of Tranquility |date=August 20, 2007 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}

| rev6 = Sputnikmusic

| rev6score = 3.2/5

}}

Bleed the Fifth is the debut studio album by American metal band Divine Heresy, released in August 2007. It sold approximately 2,700 copies in its first week of release.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=80118 "ATREYU, SCORPIONS, HEAVEN AND HELL, QUEENSRŸCHE, OBITUARY First-Week Sales Revealed"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017154506/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=80118 |date=October 17, 2007 }}. Blabbermouth.net. Posted September 5, 2007. The album name is a play on the American judicial system Fifth Amendment (to plead the Fifth Amendment). It is the only album to feature original vocalist Tommy Vext who later departed from the band after an on-stage altercation.

"Failed Creation" served as the album's lead single. Its music video received airplay on MTV2's Headbangers Ball upon release.