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Of the Christian Metal bands that started in the 80’s, Bride have got to be the most resilient. While others are still active today after regrouping (some of the featured in this collection), I believe Bride are probably the only ones that have been active throughout (though only singer Dale Thompson and axeman brother Troy Thompson remain from the original 1983 lignup). It has not been a consensual journey however, as throughout their 13-plus album career, Bride’s releases have been so stylistically diverse that they have managed to lose as many fans as they gained (though hailing from the US, they are surprisingly big in South America).
I, like many older Bride fans, favour heavily (pun intended) their first three albums, that showcase fairly edgy and complex Heavy-to-Power Metal but there are still great songs to be found on the later, more alternative-sounding offers. In any case, two thing you can’t take away from these guys is their endurance and determination, as well as Dale Thompson’s voice which has to be one of the strongest in the business (check out his screams on the closing choruses of today's song).
The song for today comes from their awesome (albeit thinly produced) sophomore release of 1988 "Live To Die".
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