Bride - Live to DieThe first three BRIDE albums define the hard rock and metal styles of the big 80's era. All three albums are absolute Christian metal classics. Sonically, all albums have been digitally remastered for dynamic perfection by Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound (2021). The song to song transition work is fantastic. And there is a Dale Thompson interview that starts in Show No Mercy, continues in Live to Die, and concludes in Silence is Madness 2021 CD

Alongside the famous Bolero

and arranged for piano (or violin and piano) by Riesman for this new disc

country and rock 'n' roll intersect

kitchen sink approach to production

The songs display many facets and aspects of The Ties That Bind Us - the love

The divide is clear between these two influences from the start - the simmering synth drone of the untitled intro track explodes into "This Time

Sung in German

Three BBC sessions (two for the legendary John Peel) were also squeezed into this period

Julia Mestre

the smells and the beautiful light of my country and of my sunny youth

SECRETS AND LIES)

SOTT comes to town with it's hammer and bucket of nails for the coffin