Blood and Ink Records

{{Short description|American independent record label}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Blood & Ink Records

| founded = {{start date|2002}}

| founder = David Villalpando, Jamie Nester

| distributor = INgrooves, Universal

| genre = Christian punk Christian hardcore, Christian metal

| country = United States

| location = Richmond, Virginia

| website = {{URL|bloodandinkrecords.com}}

}}

Blood & Ink Records is an American independent record label that specializes in Christian punk and Christian hardcore music. The label was founded in Richmond, Virginia, in the spring of 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2010/02/08/sean-patrick-rhorer-director-of-a-r-at-blood-ink-records/ |title=Interview with Director of A&R Sean Patrick Rhorer |publisher=IndieVisionMusic |date= 9 February 2010|accessdate=2012-04-07}} The label has worked with such bands as Soul Embraced,{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132634 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910070923/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132634 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-10 |title=Blabbermouth.net - Soul Embraced |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=2012-04-07 }} as well as helping launch careers for Blessed by a Broken Heart, Burden of a Day[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10CAEA8E71BCC5D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Christian Band Burden of a Day Blessed With Early Success]. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, September 16, 2005. and With Blood Comes Cleansing.[http://www.smnnews.com/2008/01/17/jeremy-simms-with-blood-comes-cleansing-guitar/ With Blood Comes Cleaning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815045216/http://www.smnnews.com/2008/01/17/jeremy-simms-with-blood-comes-cleansing-guitar/|date=2010-08-15}}, SMN News, January 17, 2008.

In July 2010, they re-released Strongarm's 1995 album, Atonement, the first time on vinyl.{{cite web |url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/06/strongarms-atonement-album-to-be-re-released-on-vinyl/ |title=Strongarm's Atonement album to be re-released on vinyl |publisher=HM Magazine |accessdate=2012-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402011111/http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/06/strongarms-atonement-album-to-be-re-released-on-vinyl/ |archive-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=dead }}