This Is Love, This Is Murderous

This Is Love, This Is Murderous is the third studio album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through released in 2003. It is their Trustkill Records debut. It has sold more than 125,000 copies since its release.

This Is Love, This Is Murderous
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Recorded2003
StudioWorld Class Audio in Anaheim, CA
Genre
Length45:02
LabelTrustkill
ProducerUlrich Wild
Bleeding Through chronology
Portrait of the Goddess
(2002)
This Is Love, This Is Murderous
(2003)
This Is Live, This Is Murderous
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Punknews.org[1]

Audio clips in the beginnings of "Love Lost in a Hail of Gunfire" and "Revenge I Seek" were taken from the cult movie The Boondock Saints.

Music videos were made for the songs "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" and "On Wings of Lead". "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" is also available in a censored form on the MTV2 Headbanger's Ball: Volume 2 collection (this is the same edit as the video version). The song "Shadow Walker" is a re-recorded version of a song from the band's debut album Dust to Ashes.

On August 16, 2023, the band released a re-recorded version of "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" to commemorate the album's 20th anniversary. During the same recording sessions, the band also re-recorded the songs "On Wings of Lead" and "Number Seven with a Bullet".[4] The re-recorded version of "On Wings of Lead" was released later that year on November 24.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire"4:57
2."Sweet Vampirous"1:24
3."Number Seven with a Bullet"5:07
4."On Wings of Lead"5:21
5."What I Bleed Without You"3:03
6."This Is Love, This Is Murderous"4:30
7."City of the Condemned" (feat. Ryan Downey)3:23
8."Mutilation"3:45
9."Murder by Numbers"3:30
10."Dead Like Me"3:28
11."Shadow Walker"2:01
12."Revenge I Seek"4:21
Total length:45:02

The album was re-released on January 25, 2005, in a limited-edition double-disc format. It includes special O-Card packaging and the following extras on the second disc:

Music videos

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Title Year
"Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" 2003
"On Wings of Lead" 2003

Three live tracks

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No.TitleLength
1."Revenge I Seek"4:21
2."Our Enemies"3:23
3."Rise"2:06

Documentary

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  • 10-minute documentary with never-before-seen interviews with the band.

Personnel

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Bleeding Through
Guest musicians
Artwork and design
  • Jeff Gros - photography
  • Heather Finch - model
  • Jeff Gros - photography
  • Don Clark - layout design
  • Ryan Wilson - model, vocal group
  • Shalon Wyllie - road crew
  • Biggie - road crew
Production
  • Ulrich Wild - Producing, Mixing & Mastering @ Giant Peach Compound
  • Shawn Sullivan - Recording @ World Class Audio
  • R Dub - road crew
  • Shawn Sullivan - engineer

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers 45
US Top Independent Albums 43

References

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  1. ^ a b Punknews review
  2. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. This Is Love, This Is Murderous at AllMusic
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Bleeding Through". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Bleeding Through offer new re-recorded version of "Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire"". Lambgoat. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Scythe, Mandy (November 24, 2023). "Bleeding Through Release New Version of "On Wings Of Lead"". Metal Sucks. Retrieved February 4, 2024.