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Magazine and On-line reviews for This Is ItSkin for Skin Reviews From Angelicworld.com Bride has been around the block musically throughout its three decades of existence. The band got its start with the goth-like heavy metal of its 1986 debut Show No Mercy before releasing the power metal and thrash influenced sounds of its follow up efforts Live To Die (1988) and Silence Is Madness (1989). The early nineties, however, saw Bride move in a bluesy hard rock direction with Kinetic Faith (1991), Snakes In The Playground (1992) and Scarecrow Messiah (1994), an era in which fans and critics alike agree that the band reached its creative and artistic pinnacle. The underrated acoustic laced Drop followed in 1995 before Bride recorded the more modern flavorings of The Jesus Experience (1997) and Oddities (1998). Bride even went so far as to experiment with rap core on Fist Full Of Bees (2001) only to return to its straightforward hard rock roots with the gritty This Is It (2003). Skin For Skin, the latest endeavor from Bride, finds the band moving in the same hard rocking direction of This Is It but heavier and with more attitude and all out raw energy. What we end up with is Bride’s most guitar driven effort in literally years, a work in which the band successfully captures much of the power and pure dynamism it exhibited on Snakes In The Playground. The album, for example, is built upon a foundation of catchy and groove laden hard rockers such as “Hard To Kick”, “Fuel & Fire”, “Bang Goodbye”, “Rise Above” and “Super Ego Star” that would not sound out of place on any of the bands early nineties releases. But when you go beneath the surface, however, you will find Bride drawing upon its sound from the eighties as well, reflected in the power metal lacings of “Skin For Skin” and “Inside Ourselves”, the only tracks here to feature double bass, in addition to the thrash feel that “Take The Medication” brings to the table. In the end, Skin For Skin can best be described as an effort which is directly influenced by just about every era in the bands career. Founding Bride members vocalist Dale Thompson and guitarist Troy Thompson continue to be a force to be reckoned with. Dale highlights the project with his trademark impassioned and raspy vocal style, adding an element of grit and gravel to his delivery on several tracks, most notably “End Of Days”, “Inside Ourselves” and “The Government”. Troy contributes the needed crunch on rhythm guitar in addition to showcasing his bluesy and at times soulful work on lead guitar. A special guest appearance is made by Steve Osborne on lead guitar – the bands former guitarist that contributed the monster lead work to its earlier efforts Show No Mercy and Live To Die – who does not disappoint, best adorning “Inside Ourselves” with his technical style of playing. Long term Bride bassist Lawrence Bishop anchors the albums low end with drummers Jason Lewis and Mark Gray. As for the albums production values? Well, all the necessary ingredients are here: The drums are pulsating, the rhythm guitar crashing and the lead guitar work fluid and clean. “The Calm” is a brief (:55) instrumental carried by a swirling blend of guitar and drums that fades in and out of the mix. “Skin For Skin” immediately kicks in to a double bass driven riff, storming ahead with an abundance of fury and fire before culminating for a catchy chorus delivered in perfect sublime fashion. A furious blend of rhythm and lead guitar reinforces an extended instrumental section. The albums title track can best be described as one of its more raucous and up-tempo numbers. A more modern feel is showcased on “End Of Days”, a heavy duty composition that moves forward to a bouncing guitar riff that almost brings to mind Marilyn Manson. A nice contrast is put in place, nevertheless, as a driving chorus in which Dale cuts loose with some coarse growling is followed by a slowly moving passage highlighted by light and airy backing vocals. A mind number assault of piercing riffs and cascading drums holds sway over a frenetic instrumental section. The thrash influenced “Take The Medication” invites a comparison to “Out For Blood” and “Fire And Brimstone”, two of the heavier tracks from Live To Die. The song begins ominously to an instrumental section shouldered by a driving and near doom-like guitar riff. Picking up in pace prior to reaching its first verse, “Take The Medication” gradually chops its way forward only to decelerate for a passage giving rise to a softer and gentler touch. This represents a literal calm before the storm, however, as the song regains its initiative for the hard hitting and forceful sounding chorus that follows. Troy shows off his abilities with a radiant display of lead guitar work. “Inside Ourselves” represents one of the albums finest moments. Introduced to a riff that comes across as tight as stink, the song moves through its first verse to an upfront mix of bass guitar before the rhythm guitar returns with an abundance of angst laden impetus. “Inside Ourselves” proceeds to forge ahead at an anthem-like mid-tempo pace, not coming to a head until reaching an energy-laden chorus with a huge, catchy hook. And in case you missed it, Osborne makes his presence felt with his skillfully done work on lead guitar. A churning blend of rhythm guitar and drums drives “Hard To Kick” forward from the start. Tapering off to a pronounced bass line upon reaching its first verse, momentum is gained as a muscular rhythm guitar kicks in and drives the song to a deep and resounding groove flavored chorus. I like how this one combines a near foreboding feel with a good, catchy hook. After “Fuel And Fire” jumps out of the gate at a romping upbeat tempo, a bristling wall of rhythm guitar that bounces in and out of the mix compels the song through its verse portions strong and steady. Picking up further in pace, an electrified setting is put in place as “Fuel And Fire” transitions to a vibrant chorus delivered with an abundance of hook-laden ambition. The tempo slowly decelerates throughout an instrumental section carried by a bluesy guitar solo. The catchy “Breathless” moves the album in a commercial hard rock direction. The song opens slowly to a few seconds of open air rhythm guitar, evening out to a smooth sounding mid-tempo pace for its first verse prior to gaining force for a chorus with one of those infectious hooks that will refuse to leave your head. The melody here is quite pronounced and has that “play me on the radio and I’m guaranteed to dominate” feel. “Prodigious Savant” is a short (:33) piano based instrumental. A crunchy rhythm guitar highlighted by a throaty growl from Dale gets the driving hard rocker “Bang Goodbye” underway. Moving through its verse portions with just the right amount of choppy impetus, the song escalates in intensity until breaking out in a spirited manner for a catchy chorus carried at an enticing upbeat tempo. Tapering off, “Bang Goodbye” reaches a slowly moving passage fortified by a trace of keyboards before regaining its momentum for a brief instrumental section buttressed by a rumbling rhythm guitar. The open air rhythm guitar at the start of “Rise Above” is soon joined by a blend of hammering drums and pulsating bass lines. Slowly driven through its verse portions by a grinding guitar riff, impetus is gained as the song moves ahead to a hard hitting chorus accentuated by a trace of swirling vocal harmonies. A very well done blues based guitar solo helps put the song over the top. “The Government” is jump started to a snappy guitar riff before Dale takes over on lead vocals. Buzzing ahead at a chugging mid-tempo pace, a time change is made as the song acquires a slowly moving and almost laid back chorus in which spoken word delivery bounces between the left and right channel. After “The Government” briefly breaks out in heavy duty, thrash flavored fashion, it moves on to an instrumental section sustained by a plodding rhythm guitar. The album moves back to a more up-tempo direction with “Super Ego Star”. Embarking to a quick drum solo, a crisp rhythm guitar carries the song forward in an energetic manner until it secures a non-stop and hook driven chorus with an overriding groove-laden feel. Troy adorns the scene with his blues laced work on lead guitar. Give Bride a great deal of credit for the abundance of sass and gritty attitude delivered here. “Hang On” is a soulful, blues heavy rocker that brings to mind “Sweet Louise” (off Kinetic Faith) and “I Miss The Rain” (from Snakes In The Playground). Advancing from the start to a graceful blend of acoustic guitar and piano, the song makes an even transition to an emotionally charged chorus shored up by just the right amount of lush backing vocals. Review by: Andrew Rockwell Track Listing: “The Calm” (:55) “Skin For Skin” (3:35), “End Of Days” (4:07), “Take The Medication” (5:23), “Inside Ourselves” (4:19), “Hard To Kick” (3:34), “Fuel And Fire” (4:48), “Breathless” (4:08), “Prodigious Savant” (:33), “Bang Goodbye” (5:32), “Rise Above” (5:34), “The Government” (3:49), “Super Ego Star” (3:41), “Hang On” (4:13) Musicians
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Christianmusic.suite101.com by Paul Landkamer Bride, the metal master, slams out another great album in "Skin for Skin." I’d never been a really huge fan of ‘80s metal, and since Bride came out in the late ‘80s and with the typical sound, I always listened to their stuff with hesitation. But Bride’s still around, and it’s not the ‘80s anymore! Bride is heavy. Bride is extreme. Bride is very well polished. And, no offense, Dale, Bride has toned down the high-pitched screaming, or wailing vocals, so I can drop my old desire to tag the vocals as gimmicky. OK, they’re growly, but most metal is. One thing I can say about lots of extreme metal is that it’s often a place to find the most obvious Christian lyrics in the industry. Though the lyrics didn’t come in "Skin for Skin"’s printed material, most of them come through understandably without having to read along. I’ve got to admit that some are thinking songs for me. Their theme didn’t jump right out at me. "The Calm" is a short electro-instrumental introduction, then "Skin for Skin" jumps into some fast, precise guitar work backing a message of Satan’s deceitfulness. “End of Days” says to not fear because Jesus ultimately wins in the end, and features interesting bass work. It also includes a chorus of female vocalists who remind me somewhat of the chorus in Alice Cooper’s “Brutal Planet”. “Take the Medication” slows the tempo down a bit, but stays dark and plodding. Jesus is the only medication that cures what ails you. “Inside Ourselves” gives some catchy guitar and vocal hooks. If heavy metal was as popular now as it was in the late ‘80s, this one could be a potential hit. The songs points out that we’re stuck inside ourselves without Jesus to let us out. The next three tracks are similar in a traditional heavy metal style. “Hard to Kick” tackles the foolishness of racism, while “Fuel and Fire” gives the listener an analogy of Satan and a modified car. “Breathless” came across to me as a thinker, but my daughter sees it as about new Christianity, and seeing old pain through new light. “Breathless Savant” is an instrumental with renaissance flavorings to the harmonies. Little stuff sometimes impresses me, so I love the cowbell in “Bang Goodbye”. It’s a song of living without Christ, but knowing you need Him. “Rise Above” tells us that past, present and future, Jesus is God. I have an obvious bias toward “The Government”, since I’m retired military. Musically, the song is solid, well-executed heavy metal. While listening, I can’t help but ponder Romans 13:1-7, Exodus 15:3, Matthew 22:21 (and Mark 12:17 and Luke 20:25). Though the song makes some good points against war and government, the Bible’s pretty clear that God uses both to His purposes. “Super Ego Star” sings of ego eating away at a relationship with God. “Hang On”, the last and fourteenth song, is the album’s one ballad. I find it odd to have it placed at the end of the CD, but there it is. It’s an almost-soft country rock tune on suicide’s not being the answer to any problem. Overall, "Skin for Skin" is an excellent addition to the collection of anyone who’s into classic-style heavy rock. Bride’s got a reputation to uphold, and they don’t let their fans down on "Skin for Skin."
"Skin
For Skin" is a very powerful piece of work. Recorded at Waycross Studios
in Ohio the band was able to get away from all of the Nashville types and
concentrate on being themselves. Vocally Dale comes out screaming and finds
new vocal range in the lower register to induce and incite cold chills up ones
spine. Troy invents some of the most memorable and grove oriented metal licks
in his career. Lawrence Bishop on bass chops drives the bottom end like a
To read an interview with Dale in Christian Metal Mayhem posted on 11/6/07, go to http://www.christianmetalmayhem.com and follow the link. REVIEW FROM HM MAGAZINE THIS IS IT An appropriate title if there ever was one, as this self-released album comes at a “make or break time” for a band that’s weathered the better part of two decades. Heck, the pressure is on even for this reviewer, as HM will be one of the few magazines in the Christian rock scene that will review this important album (according to friends like Steve Rowe, a review in HM becomes all the more important simply because there’s not another mag that takes Christian hard music seriously). Another Fistful of Bees album probably wouldn’t fare this band too well. Thankfully, this quintet ditches the raprock stylings in favor of the straight-ahead rock-a-crunch sound that their fans have been clamoring for since Drop’s left turn in alterville. “Blow It All Away,” “To The Sky” and “More Than Human” come right out and chop the listener in the jaw. The aggressive riff opening “Head Lookin’ For A Bullet” is a classic, biting one that could’ve adorned any number of late 70s metal albums (AC/DC, Nugent), and the bridge and incessant rhythm keeps this standout song coming right at ya for a full four minutes. “Microphone” is another throwback to the days of giant power grooves that Bride is known for. “Evil Geniuses” is another tune that sticks out, with its direct and scathing commentary on music critics and message board slanderers. Wow. Dale Thompson doesn’t hide his feelings. But he does soften up with the evangelistic power ballad at album’s end – “White Elephant.” Bottom line? Bride has done exactly what they needed to do to survive, and that’s put out a rockin’ album that slaps you upside the head from four different directions. You’ve got to respect a band that brings the rock. [INDIE] DOUG VAN PELT
This is from Christian Metal Mayhem http://www.christianmetalmayhem.com Hard Rock To be published in Nor'Easter Mag #3 log 12.03 Album Reviews A Bride Review and Retrospective A new CD arrived at my office last week. I had been expecting it but with news of delays in its production and printing, I was not holding my breath. But there it was, the latest from the Christian hard rock veterans, Bride. This Is It was the title and the cover had a slightly scary picture of some sort of sculpture with broken eyes. Ahhh, Bride was back with a new recording. All is right with the world. I hastily opened the shrink wrap and put the disc into my computers CD-ROM drive. The opening chords of Blow it all Away washed over me and I was lost in sonic bliss. Bride was back. I mean the old Bride that I knew back in 1989 was back. I was happy. The first time I was exposed to Bride was at a local night club in Cincinnati called Bogarts. My date and I were rushing down from Dayton, Ohio to catch the great Christian heavy metal group, Bloodgood. We arrived just in time to hear the last two songs from Bride. They had just released their first album on the Pure Metal label and landed the opening spot for the Bloodgood tour. My impression of Bride at the time was one of extreme volume. They were cranked up to eleven and put on a very enthusiastic show. I bought that first album, Show No Mercy, on cassette and listened to it for a few days. I thought it showed a band of promise and would love to hear them with a decent recording budget and producer. The title track had the best hook, with the chorus of Dale Thompson screaming "Show No Mercy!!" at the top of his lungs just sticking in my head. I new this would be a band to watch. Live to Die came out a year later and again had the crunching guitar attack and shrieking vocals from the first record. The song writing had matured and some true standouts were put on this record. Hell No became the song I wouldn't let my parents hear, while In The Dark and Here Comes The Bride were the tunes I made all my friends listen to. Silence is Madness came out the same year I discovered another band named Dream Theater. I am somewhat of an obsessive when it comes to music. When I find a band I like, I quickly buy all their material and often will listen to nothing else for months on end. That is how Silence is Madness and Kinetic Faith slipped under my radar. I was on a progressive metal binge for three straight years and quite frankly lost track of Bride. It wasn't until I read a Cornerstone Magazine review of Snakes in the Playground that I decided to give Bride another listen. All I can say is WOW!!! Snakes is quite simply one of the best rock albums ever released in any market. It is an album where all notes and beats came together to form a rock tapestry of sound the never ceases to amaze and surprise the listener. This is the record that catapulted Bride from my list of "good" metal bands to one of the greats. Snakes should have been played on all radio stations everywhere and the fact that Bride was on a Christian label made that impossible. In 1992, Christian artists were ignored by mainstream rock radio and that kept this masterpiece from reaching the heights that it could have. This record has the same power and repeatability as AC/DC's Back in Black, Def Leppard's Pyromania, or Guns and Roses' Appetite for Destruction. Dale's singing avoids the shrieking of their first releases and Troy's guitar playing really comes into its own on this record. Most of all, the song writing is extremely solid. Not one song could be considered filler and even the ballads are beautiful. The mix is punchy and avoids the studio tricks found on many other albums from the time period. This album echoes many influences but remains strongly Bride. It is a real tragedy that this record was not heard on mainstream rock radio. It could have changed the musical landscape in much the same way Nirvana'a Nevermind did. I then bought Kinetic Faith and found what I had been missing. The seeds for the great Snakes album were sowed on Kinetic Faith. Bride seemed to make a conscientious decision to eschew the trappings of the "doom" metal from their first three releases and go for a more stripped-down, hard rock sound. If Snakes is their Pyromania then Kinetic Faith is their High and Dry. Great songs abound, such as Everybody Knows My Name and Hired Gun. This album finds Dale really coming into his own as one of the premiere vocalists in Rock and Roll. I then was really looking forward to see what this vastly underrated band was going to come with next. In 1994, they released Scarecrow Messiah. This would be the last release for StarSong and would find the producer duties switching from Plinky to the legendary Elefante brothers. Scarecrow picks up where Snakes left off. Crunching guitars coupled with a brutal attack from the rhythm section laid the perfect groundwork for Dale to perform his vocal acrobatics over. The production was first rate and mainstream radio missed another great record. I finally had the opportunity to see Bride in concert again, though I really did not know what to expect. They played at The Kings Place in Columbus, Ohio. The place was jammed and they put on one of the best shows I have ever seen. It was a rare two guitarist performance that saw Rick Foley back on base. This was not to last, however, as Rick and Bride soon went their separate ways. 1995 brought Bride's most underrated album. Drop was a stylistic turn into left field for the band as they introduced various instruments such as a banjo into their sound. This left the music stripped down without as much distortion as before but Bride's strength has always been in songwriting, not noise. Songs such as Personal Savior and Mama brought Dales voice to the forefront and the interesting instrumental choices really added a texture that has never been heard on a Bride album before. Sadly, a lot of Bride fans accused them of wimping out and going soft. I was not one of these, as the pure energy of Mama still has me bobbing my head. I just wish they would play more of these songs in concert. I would love to hear this music with Bride's new rhythm section. Bride responded to the criticism of the Drop album by putting out one of their hardest hitting records titled The Jesus Experience. If Drop had texture, this had brute force. The first single, The Worm, showed a shift to alternative metal and had some of the most thought provoking lyrics Dale has ever written. This album shows a Bride not willing to rest on past successes but a Bride that is trying to stay relevant and reach as many people as possible. The Jesus Experience was a hit and miss record for me, as I am not a big fan of the whole Seattle Grunge sound. Luckily, the band threw in some real throwbacks to their earlier sound with the Zeppilinesque The End and the crunchy staccato attack of I Live For You. In 1998 Bride released Oddities. This was easily Bride's most varied album to date. All sorts of styles and tempos permeate this recording. If you do not like the aural assault of the first two tracks, then If I Told You It Was The End Of The World sneaks up on you and slows things down a bit. It is this variance in tempo that keeps this CD very intriguing. They successfully keep one foot planted in the alternative metal scene they explored in the previous album while stomping the other foot down in traditional hard rock. Songs like Spirit and I Found God threaten to snap my neck from banging it back and forth while Under The Blood and God's Human Oddities give my strained neck some relief and allow me to take a breath. Oddities just oozes high production values and intelligent songwriting. This record gave me no hint as to what I was going to be hit with when their next CD was released. At a concert on the Oddities tour, I had a chance to talk with Troy. I asked him what the next album was going to be like. He said that they were experimenting with some very different rhythms and sounds and he could say no more, as they wanted it to be a surprise. I have three kids, with the oldest two being boys who love hard rock music. They had recently discovered the band P.O.D. and while I was resistant to the whole rap thing, P.O.D.'s music is so good that I found myself really enjoying it and really digging this new genre of hardcore rap. I had no idea that Bride was about to put out the best Rap and Roll album I had ever heard. Fist Full of Bees was delivered to my office complete with the band's signatures. I ripped open the package and noticed how young the new drummer looked. Mike Loy really impressed me when I saw him play in concert, but I couldn't see him that well. Well I guess his youthfull energy and the addition of the band's good friend Lawrence Bishop Jr. really infused Bride with renewed vigor and energy. I noticed that Plinky was back in the producer's chair so I was ready for Snakes in the Playground Part II. Boy was I surprised. I put the disc in and it never left my CD player for three straight weeks. Dale can rap! Who knew? He actually hinted at it on Jesus Experience on the song I Live For You. But a whole album of great modern hardcore rap. Whoa! But again, the listening public never got chance to hear it. Bride was on a small label that had no market penetration. This is another real tragedy. My kids, who really like bands like P.O.D., Pillar, and Linkin Park all think Fist Full of Bees is better than any of those band's CDs. The opening track, Too Tire for All of That finds Troy playing the most muscular guitar he has played in years and the sound of Mike playing his kit and Lawrence slapping his bass really show the band in rare form. Then, track after track, builds on the one before, and like Snakes there is not one filler song or throw away tune in the whole mix. Fist Full of Bees should've been a top 40 hit, if only the right people would have heard it and got behind it. So Bride decided to go it on their own. They quit their label, holed up in Louisville and started writing tunes for their next CD. Never to be a band that likes to be predictable, they went back to the hard rock roots of Snakes and Scarecrow to find inspiration for the latest Bride CD. This is It sounds like it was recorded live with a young band putting microphones in front of their amps in their garage and just wailing away. This is not negative criticism in any way shape or form. Where Bees was slickly produced in an almost Mutt Lange manner, this CD is stripped down to the raw ingredients of Rock and Roll. Dale sounds older and his voice has a bit of a weathered feel to it; however, this gives it more depth and his tonal range seems to have increased a bit. His vocals are punched way up in the mix and his lyrics can be heard clear as day. Troy sounds like he has plugged his epiphone into Ted Nugent's stack of marshal's and is having the time of his life. His rhythm playing ranks up there with the best of them on this record. Sounding at times like a cross between the aforementioned Nuge, blended with Malcom Young and Pete Townshend, the rhythm guitar playing on this record is simply astounding. His solos, while never slipping into Racer X shred speed, are fast enough to get the guitar geek in all of us beathing a bit heavy, and they are played with such feeling, the listener can really understand that Troy plays for the song and not for the solo. Mike's drumming is fantastic and loud. How he gets such noise from his little kit is beyond me. He must break sticks all the time seeing how hard he hits the skins, but the booming sound really adds punch to This is It. This record really belongs to Lawrence Bishop Jr. The Cowboy really has come into his own as Bride's bass player. I love the fact that he is so prominent in the mix and shows why the Band has used him so much through the years. I often am asked by my boys how I rank things. They are always asking for my top five movies or TV shows. They asked me to rank the Bride albums. This one gets a very high mark. Time can only tell if it will surpass Snakes, as that album is such a classic, but this one is easily in second place. If someone were to tell me back in 1987 that the opening band for Bloodgood would still be around and would go on to record such greats as Snakes, Bees and This is It. I would have never believed it. There were so many bands back then that really jumped on the Christian heavy metal bandwagon that never made it. The Lord's hand has really been on Bride's ministry because year after year, they reach thousands of people for the Lord and they are still going strong. I am glad to have gotten the privilege to meet these guys and really am looking forward to many more years of their ministry.
Brad T Bowman What people are saying about the first Bride single "Blow it all away" INTESTINAL FORTITUDE!!!! All around one of the BEST new songs I've heard in a while, topped only by their other two over at www.mp3.com/bride This CD will be mine VERY soon! Heart, power, integrity...INTESTINAL FORTITUDE!! Man, what more could I possibly say except HOLY GHOST FIRE!!!! In a day where the mainstream wants to reproduce the likes of "creed" on the hard/alternative side, and "korn" on the heavier side, these guys simply just went in the opposite direction!! The guitarist PLAYS, and does more than chords, and didn't drop down to that drop D tuning! And the solos!! MAGNIFICENT!! This dude can PLAY!!!! And the singer chose to SING!! He's SINGING! Such power, such heart and conviction....and he's got technique!! He's convincing in what he's singing about! He means what he's singing. Did I mention this guy's RANGE???!!!! This song's got groove, it's got power, it's got a HOOK! And check this out! I went and found the lyrics to this song (guess I could've looked here, but oh well), and check THIS out: "John 18:36/ Romans 14:17" They cited SCRIPTURE for this song!! That's obviously aother way in which they have that intestinal fortitude! They've got the fearless to actually make it plain what and WHO they Stand for! I''ve had about enough "fluff" in the "Christian" market! Guess what? BRIDE AIN'T FLUFF!! Jesus Bless them, because THEY are the difference between "entertainment" and MINISTRY! God Bless and multiply their MINISTRY, in Jesus Christ's All Mighty name!! - The best sounding cd in years This song is awsome. The whole cd rocks, I wish all Christian music had this much talent and commitment to Christ. And nothing boring on this cd. A MUST BUY. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS----Animal Another great song from one great band! Blow It All Away is a great metal song. I have the whole CD and, believe it or not, the CD get's better from there! Buy it from www.bridepub.com. It's worth every penny. Blow It All Away is a killer opening to a great CD. Bride is far and away the best Christian (and I mean hard-core Christian) band around. I finally have every Bride studio album and a lot of other hard to find CD's and the consistancy is amazing of great rock music! They are one of the few bands that do music that you wish you would have thought of! I hope the song goes all the way to #1! - FINALLY! BLOW IT ALL AWAY IS AWSOME! I've been waiting for a new Bride album for a long while and this one is simply super! If you're a Bride fan you'll love it, if you're new to Bride you won't be disappointed. The vocals, guitars, and drums are simply magnificent! This band still has the whole package and a love for GOD too! - Bride's Best C.D. This is It is Bride's best cd, and, in my opinion, the best cd ever! As Bride said, this cd has "blistering hard rock." A ton of great songs that any hard rock fan should love! This is It. If you have never heard Bride, in the words of the late Frank
Zappa, " This is the Best Band You Have Never Heard" The new Bride CD is the
finest work of art I personally have heard since the Bride is obviously in it's prime right now. With the release of "This Is It" you've now released the two best recordings of your career in the past two years. As different as Fist Full of Bees is from This Is It, I find they really complement each other. I also find myself spinning them in the CD player a lot more than Snakes. I'm not knocking Snakes, I'm just saying that combined, your last two CDs are definitely better than Snakes. If "This Is It" gets heard by some major label exec, and they come to you wanting to re-release it worldwide with heavy promotion (which it deserves), promise me one thing. Don't allow them to "Kinetic Faith"-ize it. No major remixing to death. Minor tweaks only, if absolutely necessary to ink the deal. It needs to retain it's brutal rawness. Great job, you guys. Best of luck with the success of this new CD. Daryn Just a brief email to say thanks for the new CD. I'm really enjoying listening to it (I've taken it to work many days!) To me this is right up there with Snakes, which is no mean feat! I remember listening to the RAW album that you sent out a while back and thinking they sounded good, but I was abit aprehensive. But when I heard the full album, I was like... " WOW!" Brilliant stuff! Fundy I just wanted to write a short note telling you how blown away I am at the new Cd, THIS IS IT!! I love each and every single song on it(which is a rarity for any CD these days), I have started playing it at work for the guys I work with and the customers. I work at Rent-A-Center and we get quite a bit of traffic in and out of the store and I have been able to share with a few people about Bride and your ministry. I hope that you guys are around for many, many years to come. Thanks again for such an incredible album and God bless you in all that you do. Jeff R First of all, right off the bat, let me say to the band - "THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!" This is the album I've wanted to hear since Scarecrow. THIS is the cd I push to my hard-rock unsaved friends. "See, you can still rock and be Christian. Listen and read the lyrics......". And from the first song, I've seen eyebrows raise and then the reading of the lyrics inside. I worked in a music store for over 10 years. I've seen the reaction from people who were truly interested in what they heard. This CD has gotten their attention. Mainly the music, but also my enthusiasm in it when I tell them they have to hear "something". Personally, I gave you (Dale) a hard time about "Bees" being to rappy - and I think others did, too. I have no complaints at all with "This Is It". Like I said before, this is what I've waited for since Scarecrow....... Incredible album..... Thank you..... God Bless you all, Rob A |