Bride – Skin For Skin +2 (Collector’s Edition)

posted in: March 2014, Music Review | 0
bride-skinforskin2This is one of my favorite Bride releases. Original release came out in 2007, this album got me back into the band and led me to look into all the albums I had missed. I’ve said it before, Bride may be the greatest hard rock band ever, huge catalog, every album has it’s own unique vibe, what brings them all together is that underlying Southern Rock feel in the delivery. I think if you are a fan of the earlier Bride albums like Show No Mercy and Live To Die you’ll really like this one. Easily their heaviest album, crunchy guitar, growling vocals, a lot of double kick. J Powell’s remaster really brings out the bass guitar and kick drum, something I didn’t realize was lacking in the old master, until I heard the new one, “Take The Medication” is a prime example of this. “Bang Goodbye”, “End Of Days”, “The Government”, are a few of the stand outs, this album flows well begining to end. Great riffs, good lyrics, strong vocals, this band should have been and should be huge, they’ve got the catalog to back it. A couple of remastered demos are on there as bonus cuts, but to me don’t really fit in with the rest of the album. Here’s to hoping Retroactive gets to rerelease and remaster the rest of the Bride releases!
RIYL: Bride, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Danzig
[2013 Retroactive Records | Purchase: retroactiverecords.net]

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