Fan reviews of Fist Full of Bees
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Fist Full Of Bees is awsome. It may be better than Snakes In The Playgroun and Snakes In The Playground rocked,and may have been the BEST rock album of the 90's. Kenetic Faith is still a favorite also.Keep doing what you do Bride because we are still listening out here. Keep blessing the nations. I love you in Christ our Lord. (Eric)
Guys, First off Fist is the best !! I always look forward to Bride's newest release and HAVE NEVER BEEN DISSAPOINTED !! How can we as fans be when we have a group who will not sell out and are whole heartedly chasing after
God's heart. What great stuff !!!! John H.
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to express to you the importance of
what you are doing. I have had the pleasure of hosting a Christian rock
program on FM88.1, WNCM here for 8 years now. Over the years, we have gone
from broadcasting our show 1 night a week, to 5 nights a week (30 hours total
a week), and having our signal broadcasted on the web as well. BRIDE has
been in our regular rotation throughout the years, and has received hundeds
of requests throughout those years. The latest album, "Fist Full Of Bees", I
believe, has been a album which has redifined Bride to a new generation of
listeners. It's great to be able to play music from a band that I know is
100% sold-out for Jesus...on and off the stage. Keep up the great work, and
thanks for all the e-mail updates! (Ed from WNCM)
-Ed Ferri / Next Generation Radio
ps.... Once again, Bride has made our annual, end of the year "Top 40 Most
Requested Songs". This year, with "Whitehouse"!
I've had the new album for about a month now & have had a good chance to listen closely & digest it all."Snakes In the Playground" has always been my favorite Bride album, and I never thought it would be possible to top that one. I was wrong! "Fistful..." is what I'd call a masterpiece. Usually by this time there are some songs on a CD I'm willing to skip, but not with "Fistful". There are no weak tracks on it - they're all awesome. Dale's voice is better than ever, I think. The guitar riffs are great, the bass hits you in the gut (which I love), the drums snap with life, and the lyrics are challening & insightful. Congratulations on a fantastic album! My particular favorite is "Never Thought About Going Back". I love the strings, and I love the kind of synthesized guitar intro. (Sean)
I just got Fist Full of Bees. I love it! This CD along with the Jesus
Experience are amazing. I wrote some time back about the sone "Cosmic
Christ."(Being impressed with your awareness regarding the inroads of
liberalism and feminism in the churches). You and the band give Christian
Rock the credibility it has needed for years.
A note: My daughter is 7 years old. Her mom and I are divorced(for a few
years now) and I try to raise my daughter in the Christian Faith. I have her
in a Christian school and our church tradition has Catechism-which I teach
her. Well-I get her contemporary Christian CD''s so she can listen to them
while at her mom's house.
Get this-she has a friend across the street. And her friend has a brother
that is 2 or 3 years older. This older brother listens to Limp Biskit and
secular rap,etc,etc. Well-my daughter was able to take your CD over there for
her friend's older brother to play and the brother loves it! This older
brother would never have known this was out there. Just letting you know that
because of the great sound your band makes-this kid(and perhaps his friends)
are going to hear God's truth. Thanks to you and the band! Keep up the good
work! (Paul M.)
Bride does it again. Fist full of bees is awesome. Your last three albums
have been, by far your best. War is incredible! it has that early live to die
sound, its great. Oddities was great. Its amazing how you guys can change
your sound to keep up with the trend Rap orchestrated metal? What will you
come up with next? I really hope you put out another BLUES album that is
too cool, Who would of thought? From the whitehouse, to the churchhouse, to
the schoolhouse!!! (Prettylakefan)
Well, guys, I bought Fist Full of Bees about six weeks ago, and thought
that it was about time that I e-mailed you my comments. Well, it RROCCKKSS!
It jams! It's spectacular in every aspect. Reall, Dale, I should have
expected it and all, with seeing you with your hair braided, and everything. (David M.)
Hey I just wanted to say that I love Fistful of Bees. I'm one of the older
fans from the Kinetic Faith/Snakes days. For the longest time Snakes was my
favorite CD, and while I loved them all, nothing (in my mind) could top
Snakes. Well since I got the Bees disc when it first came out, nothing has
replaced it in my CD player. I must say that just recently I came to the
realization that I love Bees even more than Snakes! Aside from the music, I
love the hard-hitting message. It's something that a lot of Christians need
today. There's too much sugar coated garbage out there. Thanks again!
Tyler
The new album was a shock to me as an old headbanger, but with rapcore bands like P.O.D. being
all the rage, the new direction made a lot of sense w/o sacrificing that hard edge we've all come to love about Bride. I'm a youth pastor whose kids generally despise Christian music, but they really love A Fistful of Bees. -Longtime fan and fellow servant of Christ, Chris
I love the new stuff! It rocks, the rap style vocals are kind of new and i love it. The heaviness is awsome too. God bless (Jsaon V.)
hey guys just got fist full of bees,and I gotta tell ya it rocks!! of course i wouldnt expect anything else from bride.keep is loud for Jesus. (Robert H.)
Any old Bride fans out there? Let me tell you, if you haven't been into Bride's musical direction lately you have to check out "Fist full of Bees" This is one of THE best (i hate to use the term)Christian metal records to come out in years, maybe longer. You could put this record beside POD, Project 86 and Rage Against the Machine and Bride will hold there own. Musically it is intense, modern, and heavy! Dale's rap style vocals are really done well. Needless to say i was totally impressed. Also lyrically it is there best song writing to date. The production is excellent and mix is absolutely incredible. When i listened to "..Bees" i stood up and stared at my speakers saying "Wow! this CD smokes!!". This record is even better than some of the best secular music out there. Its far and few between that a "Christian" band is on par or better than non-Christian musicians. BRIDE's "Fistfull of Bees" is the exception to the rule!!! Nuff said! (HM Message Board)
The New Album rocks, from the first track to the last. Fist Full of Bees has
been a long awaited album, and now that it's out, I believe it'll do what it
takes to keep Christian Rocks greatest band from being labeled Dinosaurs.
(Scott S.)
Well done, my hats off to you! The entire CD is flawless. Absolutely.
"never thought about going back" is the favorite on this one, while
"Whitehouse" deploys the power, This is the BRIDE i know! Thanks for all the
hard work and choosing to share it with us. (Fathers5)
Hey guys, the new record is fantastic.
The first four songs, plus Bitter End, War, Soul Winner and California
Sunshine are my favorite ones. I guess the message is important too, but the
most important thing for me and my friends is to party and those songs
really rock. We like the mix of HipHop and Metal to Harcore stuff. It's the
new trend and I have to confess that I was very impreessed by the new songs
when I've haerd them on the concert at Owen-Teck in Germany and 6 weeks
later on your CD. By the way, it's the first CD of Bride that I have bought
on my own. I have some copies of Live to die, Kinetic Faith and Snakes. But
the new one would become my favorite one. (Jan M.)
One word for new cd ....WOW!!! and i thought only U2 could go back to their
past sound and win grammys.. you guys have definaly brought back the past
sound and became king of the hill once again!!! (Josh)
Wow!! If you listen to each album it's like a time capsule of music. It's
amazing how you guys tap into each musical direction at that time. Most
artist can not do this-especially christian ones. My husband calls it Puff
Bride. Most people in the comments seem to think you haven't rocked since
Snakes. I think you haven't rocked since Drop. People come in to my job
and ask who is that playing? They are amazed it's a christian band with
substance. It reaches young kids today. Congrats. It's almost hard to
pick one song. I love Whitehouse, Dog the Nine, Never Thought About, Too
Tired, God, California Sunshine, Beginning of the End. "Lean and lurch here
comes the church". The church is very complacent today. Nobody asks
anybody to church. People talk about the latest movie, show, person in
thier life, but not about matters of christ. Nobody says why they are happy
and smiling, or talks about what through Christ they have come through. For
everyone will be salted with fire--Mark 9:49. (Shonda)
Congrats on creating yet another great collection of material. I must say
the band has definitely not rested on its laurels. Most bands seem to play
it safe by sticking to the same formula disc after disc but I've got to give
it to you for pushing the envelope and continuing to stretch the musical
boundaries of the band. (Lance)
Snakes in the Playground was my favorite Bride album. In fact, it is one of
the best metal albums ever released. The new album "bees" takes off where
Snakes ended and I must say I now have a new favorite Bride album. (Chad)
Bees is definitely where you guys needed to go. >I love the aggressive
musical style and the new sounds. What grabs me the most are the lyrics.
Some of Dale's best in years. I can see the street
level lyrics really grabbing young new fans. As always the lyrics make me
dig even deeper into my bible. I love Mike's drumming style. I also think
Lawrence is a far better bass player than Steve or Rik Foley. I have played
"White House" to several of my friends who aren't Bride fans