BRIDE - Fool Me Once (First Listen)

[@weareresolutew.a.r.3643]

Dale Thompson is a beast of a vocalist!

[@timbrown6629]

One of the Greatest Screams in Metal. Those first three or four Bride releases are simply amazing. It is because these guys were signed to a Christian Label, while Stryper was signed to a mainstream label. The Christian bands simply didn't have exposure. Bloodgood was another great band.

[@frankpartipilo5477]

Thank You

[@themediamarauder1582]

Dale has the best screams. I saw them 8 times in concert. I remember seeing them the first time and I was thinking there was no way he could hit those notes LIVE. GUESS what he did. He is an amazing singer and the music is awesome as well.

[@fundyfundametalist6774]

My favourite Bride album. Great stuff.

[@Duduphy]

Bride the best Christian metal band and Dale Thompson the best and greatest metal singer!

[@jetway7777]

Bride is the best Christian Metal ever ! .... I. Saw them live in 1988 it was killer!

[@themediamarauder1582]

They were great live. I saw them 8 Times... I saw Barren Cross 8 times as well... Stryper once..

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Love them! Have all their stuff! Saw them once live , very good show!

[@MissAlthea]

Thumbs up to these guys hailing from Louisville, KY...not too far across the Ohio River from where I grew up in Indiana. Bonus points to you, dear Shane, for the Kenny Loggins break! This was much more appealing to me than the other Bride song you did (Heroes)...a good solid rocker and if I didn't know any better, I would not take this for Christian metal....

[@Auttumn13]

I love Bride and have been a fan since 1987. I have seen Bride 7 times in concert and have met Dale Thompson briefly at least twice. Dale and Troy never cease to amaze me with great new music. They just keep going and going like the energizer bunny. You should check out their album called Snakes in the Playground.

[@rickbelk6844]

Only love here in the comments. Jeff loves his Bride for good reason, excellent request Sir. Liked the tune and kudos to you Shane for engaging your community's requests.

[@edwardwille3986]

Bro, KILLER review! This is a great song. Bride's song Would You Die For Me Is awesome!

[@dirktenhaaf100]

......... Great rocking song !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dale Thompson really belts them out but still easily keeps the words clear !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marciussantos1365]

Best metal christian band of all time! Cheers from Brazil!

[@peterbillett5502]

Really great song. Dale has excellent vocal abilities, and whilst his vocal register has dropped a bit over the years, their still pumping out some brilliant albums. Their latest (Here Is Your God) is really good. I'd love to see you review Tourniquet's Broken Chromosomes. That's a top tune, with a really good message. Loving your reviews!

[@dave-sempai]

What do you mean? Dale reaches D7 nowdays.

[@caueharfst5496]

Bride tem muitos fans no Brasil 🇧🇷

[@kevinanderson9864]

The title track; "Silence is Madness" is my favorite off the album.

[@SimenSebastian]

That is a great one!

[@dalebennett3153]

Absolutely love Bride. Been following them for years. They were very instrumental in my Christian walk in the beginning. Seen them live only once and they proved to be awesome.

[@gordonteats298]

I have all their CDs

[@777Nesher]

Bride is the greatest band too ever exsist.

[@Crazykrug]

Gotta listen to something off Snakes In The Playground or Kinetic Faith

[@kevinfhaney]

wow it's been a while since I've listened to bride or white cross but as far as this type of Christian metal from this era my favorite has always been barren cross and stryper

[@Duduphy]

Dude you're a great presenter! It is very fun! haha

[@ShaneDiablo]

Hey, thanks!

[@chaynebutler9572]

One of my favorites from this album is "All Hallows Eve."

[@ge-21express34]

You're right about lack of exposure. Most Christian metal bands in the 80s and early 90s didn't have distribution beyond Christian book stores. They were either signed to small independent labels, or genre oriented sub-divisions of larger Christian labels. Stryper, Holy Soldier, Guardian, Barren Cross, and possibly X-Sinner were the only exceptions that I recall. Evidently though Bride has a strong following in Brazil.

[@rickbelk6844]

Right on that GE-21 and Shane about the exposure. I grew up in the 80s in an ultra conservative family where "southern gospel" was the only acceptable music to listen to. I strayed when I found Whiteheart, Rez Band and Petra in the local Christian music store. A lot of the "rock" from those days haven't aged well, but they laid the groundwork for some of the better talent to come out of non-main stream labels with "Christian" backgrounds.

[@dpwellman]

I didn't think I'd like this one as much as I did. "Silence Is Madness" not my favorite Bride album by any means, but hearing it again after so many years-- not bad. Not bad at all. Cool. Keep it going.

[@KevinOrtega1980]

This song kicks ass, I need to check this whole album out. Cheers!

[@jeffsond]

Hahahahaha hahahahaha…. Sorry I can’t even focus on the band because you’re killing me!!!! Love it!!

[@Tom-tt1vg]

Yes Christian Metal Rocks Bride is a great band, they don't get a whole lotta' hype about them in the mainstream world. Rock on with some more Bride like Everybody knows my name. 🤘🤘

[@scottfuller7059]

one of Brides best full Albums

[@romancturner]

Dude! I really dug that!

[@brianlang6480]

Bride is a solid band with a great vocalist in Dale Thompson. They definitely had a huge following in the Christian metal scene in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Would love to see a reaction to “Would You Die for Me” or “Psychedelic Super Jesus” from the album “Snakes in the Playground”.

[@philipholmes5884]

Good ! I thought of "Fastway-Easy living" when it kicked in ! Which is a good thing !

[@jasoncherry4221]

when michael sweet left stryper in the 90s robert sweet consider dale thompson for a replacement but didnt work out ..would have been interesting

[@theofficialdalethompsonyou3044]

It worked out but for me the fit did not make sense. I knew Michael would be back one day and I had had enough of California and the LA scene. Back to the hills of Kentucky for me.

[@garyi8837]

@@theofficialdalethompsonyou3044 You did a few show with them, didn't you Dale?

[@michaelhorst5247]

They re-released the albums because they were out of print and could no longer purchased.

[@chrislarsen4938]

Please do All Hallows Eve by Bride. It's an awesome song!

[@terrymiller7533]

How about your thoughts on Paramaecium's "I'm Not To Blame? 🤘💀🤘

[@SimenSebastian]

Great song!

[@jeandavidnau8314]

For MORE 80s Christian metal.... "Stranger" from Holy Soldier's self entitled. Or "Virtue and Vice" from the next album "Last Train". For something fresh check out Theocracy "Ghost Ship" or "I Am". Aegis Project is a group of 4 songs I think with performers from different bands. "Million Miles Away" is just...... .Bride was never my cup of tea at the time but can definitely respect them.

[@jasoncherry4221]

love this album ! i agree with jeff need some whitecross on here theyre like ratt but better in my opinon

[@melissapurdy5105]

Nice! And a nice little message here. You mentioned Stryper having the lions share of attention in the Christian metal world. That’s probably true. But I’m thinking these guys are actually better. I’m not very familiar with them, but they certainly deserve a second listen!

[@777Nesher]

You have a lot more music to get through with Bride and its all better than anything Stryper has done. Granted Stryper did offer Dale Thompson too take over for Michael Sweet when he quit stryper. He did end up fronting Stryper for a live show.

[@slamdancer777]

Bride dropped many albums that suck. But the ones that don't like scarecrow and snakes.... wow.

[@instintocriativo6658]

Muito bom, bride é muito bom

[@rustedsoul85]

strong Judas Priest feel on this track. Some others have a Nazareth sound. Bride's tour for Snakes In The Playground, they played Six Flags Over Georgia Amphitheatre. They were the LOUDEST band I have ever seen, but the music was crystal clear, not muddy. Total Brilliance. Shane you should give Psychedelic Super Jesus a listen from their Snakes In The Playground. They lay down some hard rock mixed with some funky stuff

[@jeffroblow8813]

Great job!!!!!!!!!! Next month please do. White cross. No way I'm going down. Thanks. 777

[@xtasisoficial9963]

Great vídeo!!!! Please vídeo reaction Xtasis Redención, It's a spanish Christian Band, from México.

[@jimmynolet3752]

Most Christians are into Christian Praise ONLY so, so we have a small fan base.

[@SimenSebastian]

«We»? Were you in Bride?

[@MrJESSROX]

Bride rip....there last 2 albums are a return to form.....you should react to their best selling album Snakes in the playground. The song picture perfect is favorite of mine.

[@slamdancer777]

Or something from scarecrow. Yeah. Those two are beast

[@ThatDankGuy]

Review a new song by Bride (Deamon Speed) please. Their newest album is rather good.

[@Zanates-w2d]

Really cool

[@tp3922]

Hell No is a great track.

[@777Nesher]

See I have heard every song they have ever recorded and thats honestly my least favorite track.

[@SimenSebastian]

@@777NesherAgain, weird. It’s a great one

[@robertbishop5357]

You should check where roses grow by Rez band.

[@ShaneDiablo]

I am gonna do it for ya my friend, it's gonna be a few weeks but you can look for it on my first listen Sunday's in a few weeks gonna do it in your honor!

[@robertbishop5357]

@@ShaneDiablo it's an awesome rocking blues tune and I humbly thank you.

[@jdude7650]

Same album I believe check out all Hallows Eve, would be a great choice for a Halloween video.

[@xwormwood]

Not one of my favourite Bride songs. I consided the first albums of them as the ones I could mostly live without it (can't say this about the albums which followed, those are truly awesome).

[@SimenSebastian]

That’s a strange stance I think, I mean this song is amazing. And both «Live To Die» and «Silence Is Madness» are probably their best albums! IMHO

[@jeffroblow8813]

1987 version. Me and the wiife are laughing

[@jamestate5059]

I like the Snakes In The Playground album. Title track is very GnR

[@mw6901]

Lovin your content Shane. How about going full-on power metal and reacting to Lost Horizon - The Highlander??

[@kevinanderson9864]

My first Bride song heard was, "Hell No"

[@tambor76]

T h e m a g i c t i t t y

[@Packerscorner]

MUST LISTEN TO PSYADELIC SUPER JESUS

[@tonyeychaner4335]

DEMON SPEED!!

[@brianroblow8594]

Jeff this is ur brother. U need to talk to me. This is ridiculous!!!!!!

[@SimenSebastian]

Huh?

[@rremnar]

Not a bad song from the album; but I prefer their later hard rock and alternative releases like "Kinetic Faith" and so on.

[@michaelgonzales4899]

Shane do Ark of suffering from Tourniquet....

[@Crazykrug]

Tourniquet does Ark Of Suffering

[@jcarce1]

Tourniquet Tourniquet Tourniquet Tourniquet Tourniquet not Bloodgood man...

[@michaelgonzales4899]

@@jcarce1 sorry I had a brain fart.

[@gordonteats298]

Jesus loves you