We Stitch These Wounds Explained

We Stitch These Wounds
Type:Studio
Artist:Black Veil Brides
Cover:WSTW BVB Cover Art.jpg
Released:July 20, 2010
Recorded:December 2009–April 2010
Clear Lake Audio, North Hollywood, California
Genre:
Length:42:38
Next Title:Set the World on Fire
Next Year:2011

We Stitch These Wounds is the debut studio album by American rock band Black Veil Brides, released through StandBy Records on July 20, 2010.[3] [4] It is Black Veil Brides' only studio album to feature drummer Sandra Alvarenga before she departed in late 2010 to join the band Modern Day Escape.[5]

Release and promotion

In December 2009, Andy Sixx announced that the recording of their first album had begun. Simultaneously, they announced manager turned producer, "Blasko", former Rob Zombie and current Ozzy Osbourne bassist, taking the reins, and producer/engineers G. Preston Boebel and Josh Newell taking care of the technical side of the record making process.

Chart performance and reception

The album sold nearly 11,000 copies in its first week, reaching the position of #36 of the Chart Billboard 200 and #1 Independent Release, despite receiving mixed to negative reviews, with most critics taking note of Andy's monotonous voice, making him only able to sing in one octave. One critic at www.sputnikmusic.com ended his review saying, "Hey, at least kids got over BrokeNCYDE."Another common criticism was the riff similarities between "Knives and Pens" by Black Veil Brides and "Unholy Confessions" by Avenged Sevenfold.

Chart (2010-2011)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[6] 20
US Billboard 200[7] 36
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 10
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] 3

Album information

Album artwork

The album cover for We Stitch These Wounds was painted by Richard Villa (who also painted the artwork for Set the World on Fire, "Fallen Angels," Rebels, and ) and features a Victorian style painting of Black Veil Brides' lead vocalist Andy Biersack stitching a wound on his lip.[10]

Track information

The opening track "The Outcasts (Call to Arms)" features Andy's grandfather, Urban P. Flanders, and the track is also used at the beginning of the "Perfect Weapon" music video.[11]

Three of the songs—"We Stitch These Wounds," "Knives and Pens," and "The Mortician's Daughter"—had been previously self-released on their EP, Never Give In,[12] but were re-recorded and re-released. "The Mortician's Daughter" didn't change much, "Knives and Pens" had a small change in the melody transitioning to the chorus and a guitar solo was added, but the most noticeable difference amongst the redone tracks can be heard on the song "We Stitch These Wounds," with different melodies, accompaniments, a long guitar solo, and a minor lyrical change, making it sound like an entirely different song altogether.

Re-recording

See main article: Re-Stitch These Wounds.

In celebration of the 10th-year anniversary of the original album, a re-recorded studio album titled Re-Stitch These Wounds was released through Sumerian Records on July 31, 2020. Featuring completely reworked recordings of the original tracks, the band stated that the new release more accurately represents what they were trying to accomplish.[13]

Personnel

Black Veil Brides
Production
Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Losey. Steve. We Stitch These Wounds - Black Veil Brides Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. April 19, 2021.
  2. Web site: TOP 25 ESSENTIAL POST-HARDCORE ALBUMS. August 13, 2023. New Noise Maganize.
  3. Web site: Black Veil Brides music, videos, stats, and photos .
  4. Web site: Black Veil Brides Merch - Official Online Store on District Lines . Districtlines.com . March 14, 2012.
  5. Web site: Biografía Black Veil Brides - Musictory . Musictory.es . March 14, 2012.
  6. Web site: Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40. Official Charts Company. March 22, 2021.
  7. Black Veil Brides Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201003548/https://www.billboard.com/music/Black-Veil-Brides/chart-history/TLP. March 22, 2021. February 1, 2020.
  8. Black Veil Brides Chart History (Top Rock Albums). Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201203500/https://www.billboard.com/music/Black-Veil-Brides/chart-history/RCK. March 22, 2021. February 1, 2020.
  9. Black Veil Brides Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums). Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201203253/https://www.billboard.com/music/Black-Veil-Brides/chart-history/MTL. March 22, 2021. February 1, 2020.
  10. Web site: Artist News 'We Stitch These Wounds' Cracks U.S. Top 40- 'We Stitch These Wounds' Cracks U.S. Top 40 . artists.letssingit.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824222513/http://artists.letssingit.com/black-veil-brides-we-stitch-these-wounds-cracks-us-top-40-6m6fn/news/343625/1 . 2010-08-24.
  11. Web site: Andy Six of Black Veil Brides Interview June 4, 2010. Muen Magazine. Shauna O’Donnell. June 23, 2010. September 1, 2012.
  12. Web site: Black Veil Brides : Never Give in .
  13. News: Larry. Petro. BLACK VEIL BRIDES Announce Re-Stitch These Wounds And Special Live Stream Album Release Show. KNAC. July 2, 2020. July 3, 2020.