Album Review
Black Veil Brides - Set The World On FireBlack Veil Brides - Set The World On Fire

If you are a regular reader of Alternative Vision then you will know that the Black Veil Brides are one of my favourite new bands of the year, they came into my life back in February when they supported the Murderdolls in Bristol and to start with Andy Biersack made a good impression during our Interview with him and secondly they totally blew me away and took me by surprise when they took to the stage.

The band have been busy working on their second studio album for some time now but the wait is now over as 'Set The World On Fire' has just been released on major label Lava records.

The album opens with 'New Religion' and it sounds so much like previous Black Veil Brides material but with a much more mature edge and also a fully polished feel due to the top notch production, the guitar riffs are nifty and quite outstanding whilst the drum beats from Christian Coma are so much better than previous drummer 'Sandra Alarenga', and the vocals from Frontman Andy Biersack sound a lot clearly this time around as on the debut his vocals slightly let the album down, and not to forget the backing vocal chants of "woah, woah" which complete the sound.

The album title track 'Set The World On Fire' is the song that the Black Veil Brides previewed to their fans first, it was originally suppose to feature in the Scream 4 movie but got ditched at the last minute so the band made a 30 second snippet avalible for their fans to listen to, now the album is out the song is due to feature within the Tramsformers 3 movie, the song itself is a sing-a-long rock and roll anthem.

'Fallen Angels' is the lead song to be taken from the album and it's easy to see why as the song has a really catchy edge where Andy's vocals fly like a raspy sounding M shadows with a few shouty moments coming and going throughout the song and more group vocal chants of "woah, "woah".

Just like the Debut album the new album has a slow paced rock ballad in 'Savior' and just like 'The Morticians Daughter' from the debut the song happens to be the standout track from the album and I am sure that it is going to be a future single release with Black Veil Brides hoping it will do for them what 'Dear God' did for Avenged Sevenfold, with the only difference being that as 'Savior' reached it's final moments in turns into a mini scremo affair. With epic proportions.

The band’s debut album I managed to get into really easily bit with 'Set The World On Fire' the Black Veil Brides have created an album that is made to grow on you, there are some outstanding tracks which you will get into straight away like the ones mentioned above and the closing moments 'Ritual' and 'Youth And Whiskey' but there are also tracks like 'God Bless You', 'Rebel Love Song' and the new single 'The Legacy' which took me a few listens to fully get into and appreciate.

Overall 'Set The World On Fire' is a very enjoyable album and even more so if you give it your full time and attention, each and every song is enough to keep you entertained but some may need to be played a few times more than others to fully appreciate, however I can't see the album converting the haters but then again I very much doubt this is what the band set out to do and before you ask, no the album is not that best rock and roll album in the world that Andy promised.

4/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Black Veil Brides - Band
Andy Biersack
Ashley Purdy
Jinxx
Jake Pitts
Christian Coma
 Track Listing
1. New Religion
2. Set The World On Fire
3. Fallen Angels
4. Love Isn't Always Fair
5. God Bless You
6. Rebel Love Song
7. Saviour
8. The Legacy
9. Die For You
10. Ritual
11. Youth & Whisky
 Band Related Links
Black Veil Brides Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?