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Bride - Scarecrow Messiah (Shockwave Blue Vinyl, Girder) Limited Pressing!

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  • Release Date:  July 11, 2025 (Moved to July 25)
  • Shockwave Blue Vinyl Edition
  • Includes printed, autographed handwritten lyrics of “Scarecrow”
  • First Time on Vinyl
  • Mastered for Vinyl
  • Features a high-gloss jacket and custom inner sleeves
  • Limited to 250 copies
  • UPC: 765105160492
  • 2025 Girder Records (GR1215LP)
  • Officially licensed from Capitol
  • Band Approved and Supported!

Description

If you were around in 1994, you know that music was changing fast. Grunge had taken over the airwaves and many bands either adapted—or vanished. But Bride? They doubled down. Bride gave us a masterclass in sticking to your roots. Rather than chasing what was trendy, they turned inward and pushed their own sound to the next level. The result was a ferocious, focused, and faith-charged album that delivered hit after hit—"Beast," "Murder," "Scarecrow," and more, the perfect follow-up to their amazing Snakes In the Playground. Produced by John and Dino Elefante

This Limited Run Vinyl, on Girder Records, is more than just a reissue. It’s a celebration of one of Christian metal’s finest moments. With remastered audio, an expanded booklet, and two jaw-dropping vinyl variants (yes—this is Scarecrow Messiah’s first-ever vinyl release), this is the definitive version fans have waited for.

Whether you’re new to Bride or a longtime fan who saw them tear up the stage in the '90s, this release is for you. It's officially licensed from Capitol and band supported and approved. 

Limited Run Vinyl (First Time Ever on Vinyl):

The Vinyl will come in Shockwave Blue (Blue). Shockwave Blue (Blue) will come with printed, autographed, handwritten lyrics of “Scarecrow”

"What Doug Van Pelt (HM) says,

Bride’s Scarecrow Messiah is criminally overlooked in many discussions about their humongous catalog. After three initial albums with the metal of frenetic double bass drums and high-pitched wailing (Show No Mercy, Live to Die, and Silence is Madness), the band down-shifted into a groove-heavy hard rock sound that catered to their strengths. 

The songwriting of Kinetic Faith broadened their appeal and suddenly everybody knew their name. Their Snakes in the Playground was arguably the pinnacle album and cornerstone of their career, with “Would You Die For Me,” “Psychedelic Super Jesus,” and the title track finding permanent residence in their live setlist ever since, along with the beautiful ballad, “I Miss the Rain.”

Scarecrow Messiah followed up with this Elefante brothers produced gem that continued to mesmerize audiences with the deep and dark grooves of “Murder” and “Beast.” It was as if Dale’s voice slowed down to that perfect comfort level that Led Zeppelin found with “When the Levee Breaks.” It is this unbridled power that almost toys with us, reminding us all of the importance of the rhythm section. 

This album is simply a must-have for the lover of Bride. It finds the band at the top of their game, where their mastery of the blues scale and hard rock tones oozed with power and dripped with swagger. To forget about this album would be like an American ignoring the majesty of Mount Rushmore. It’s that important. 

Track Listing:

  1. Beast
  2. Place
  3. Murder
  4. Scarecrow
  5. Crazy
  6. Time
  7. One
  8. Doubt
  9. Dadmom
  10. Thorns
  11. Questions