BRIDE - Silence Is Madness - [FULL ALBUM 1989]

🔘 If you think about the eighties hard music scene, many fans and critics think of melodic metal. As in ’hair metal’, ’pop metal’ and ’glam metal’ in varying forms to have dominated FM radio and MTV back in the day. One stark exception to the musical rule of the time was Louisville, Kentucky based Bride. The band was synonymous for articulating straight on heavy metal with a fondness for that on the thrash, speed and Gothic side of things in an era when most bands were cemented in pop-influenced catchy hooks, radio friendly power ballads and a 70’s glam rock image. Bride’s 1986 Pure Metal debut Show No Mercy is notable for its darker, Gothic tinted metal sound and high end vocals, while 1988 follow up effort Live To Die (also Pure Metal) upped heaviness to speed and thrash territory with a similar vocal acclivity. Bride in my opinion put it all together on its 1989 third Pure Metal offering Silence Is Madness with a choice joining of guitar driven fortitude and unmistakable songwriting to draw upon all aspects of its first two albums. Catchy melodic heavy metal masterpiece “Fool Me Once“, equally masterful hard edges of “Under The Influence“ and bluesy metal cut “Hot Down South“ stand out in this capacity. “Evil Dreams“, “All Hallow’s Eve“ and “No More Nightmares“ shine as straight on heavy metal with moderate thrash hints and every bit adept melodies. This was the last time Bride wrote interesting lyrics in heavy metal style. The next release was more hard rock with a more commercial appeal. For what it’s worth, these first 3 releases are pure heavy metal delight and deserve a change to be remembered that way. (*Enciclopedia Metallum) TRACKLIST_ 01 - Fool Me Once 00:00 02 - Hot Down South Tonight 03:59 03 - Silence Is Madness 07:09 04 - Until the End We Rock 12:30 05 - Evil Dreams 15:53 06 - Under the Influence 19:59 07 - All Hallows Eve 24:12 08 - No More Nightmares 29:24 09 - Rock Those Blues Away 33:40 _LINEUP_ Dale Thompson - Vocals Troy Thompson - Guitars Frankie Partipillo - Bass Stephen Rolland - Drums Video made non-profit and solely for recreational purposes. Copyright belong to their respective owners. #80sheavymetal #oldschoolheavymetal #classicheavymetal