The Bride Screamed Murder Explained

The Bride Screamed Murder
Type:Studio album
Artist:Melvins
Cover:Melvins2010.jpg
Released:June 1, 2010
Recorded:2009–2010
Genre:Sludge metal, grunge
Length:45:37
Label:Ipecac Recordings
Prev Title:Chicken Switch
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Sugar Daddy Live
Next Year:2011

The Bride Screamed Murder is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released on June 1, 2010.[1] It was their first album to hit the Billboard 200 Pop Charts, at number 200, selling 2,809 albums in the first few weeks.[2] In October 2010, they released a music video with Scion Audio/Visual for the song "Electric Flower", directed by Mark Brooks.[3]

Exclaim! named The Bride Screamed Murder the No. 8 metal album of 2010.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by the Melvins unless otherwise noted.

Vinyl version

The Bride Screamed Murder's vinyl version was released on Amphetamine Reptile Records in a box featuring different artwork from one of ten different artists, limited to 100 copies each. The artists chosen to provide the artwork were Aesthetic Apparatus, COOP, Molly Osborne (Sold exclusively on tour), Adam Jones, Baseman, Junko Mizuno, Mackie Osborne, HAZE XXL, King Buzzo, and Dalek.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136333 MELVINS To Release 'The Bride Screamed Murder' In June
  2. https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100610/music_nm/us_melvins Cult rock band Melvins hit U.S. chart after 26 years
  3. http://www.theprp.com/2010/10/13/news/the-melvins-post-electric-flower-music-video-online/ The Melvins Post "Electric Flower" Music Video Online
  4. Web site: Year in Review: Metal. Exclaim!. January 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004152704/http://exclaim.ca/Features/YearInReview/metal_year_in_review_2010/Page/8. October 4, 2012. dead.