Silence Is Madness

Silence is Madness is the third album by the American heavy metal band Bride, released in 1989. This was the last album in the band's metal era, as the band began writing more commercial hard rock on the following releases. On Silence is Madness, Bride also tried to achieve crossover success to the secular market, as they wrote slightly less Christian-based lyrics than before. Despite the changes, this album did not sell notably better than their previous releases.
On this album, Bride left behind many of its speed and thrash metal elements found on its previous release, and adopted a more straightforward classic metal sound with blues influences. The albums puts more focus on hooks, as displayed on songs such as "Fool Me Once," "Hot Down South Tonight," and "Under the Influence." In contrast to that, "Evil Dreams," "All Hallow's Eve," and "No More Nightmares" represent a more haunting atmosphere. Bride also introduced a blues influenced hard rock song in "Rock Those Blues Away."
Lead vocalist Dale Thompson continues to bring his high pitched and at times operatic lead vocal style. The lead guitarist Steve Osborne left the band before recording this album, and Troy Thompson handles most the lead guitars on Silence is Madness. Troy displays guitar solos on four of the album's tracks, and the guitarist Rob Johnson delivers lead guitar on the five others, notably on "Evil Dreams" and "No More Nightmares." Bassist Frankie Partipillo and drummer Stephan Rolland handled the rhythm section. The album's production was similar to their previous works, but this time they commissioned original artwork. The cover watercolor illustration was created by American Visionary artist Don Swartzentruber.
Re-released on CD in 2000 by Millenium Eight Records with 7 bonus tracks and then again in 2011 by Retroactive Records with original tracks.

Lineup

Dale Thompson (The World Will Burn, Perpetual Paranoia, N.O.G.) - Lead Vocals
Troy Thompson - Guitars
Frank Partipillo - Bass
Stephen Rolland (Matrix, Whiteray, Killed By Cain) - Drums

Guest Artists

Max Maxwell - Backing Vocals
Janice A. Francoforte - Backing Vocals
Edna Nelson - Backing Vocals
Rob Johnson (Saddleback Shark, Magnitude 9) - Guitars
John Caruso - Bass
Bill "Bolan" Scott - Harmonica
Armand John Petri - Keyboards