We Stitch These Wounds

We Stitch These Wounds is the debut studio album by American rock band Black Veil Brides, released through StandBy Records on July 20, 2010.[4][5][6] It is Black Veil Brides' only studio album to feature drummer Sandra Alvarenga before she left the band and joined the band Modern Day Escape.[7]

We Stitch These Wounds
Studio album by Black Veil Brides
Released	July 20, 2010
Recorded	December 2009–April 2010 Clear Lake Audio, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Metalcore post-hardcore emo
Length	42:38
Label	StandBy Virgin
Producer	Blasko G. Preston Boebel Josh Newell
Black Veil Brides chronology
We Stitch These Wounds (2010) Set the World on Fire (2011)
Singles from We Stitch These Wounds
"Perfect Weapon" Released: June 8, 2010[1] "Knives and Pens" Released: June 17, 2009[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Release and promotion

In December 2009, Andy Six announced that the recording of their first album had begun. Simultaneously, they announced manager turned producer, "Blasko", former Rob Zombie and current Ozzy Osbourne bassist, taking the reins, and producer/engineers G. Preston Boebel and Josh Newell taking care of the technical side of the record making process.

Track listing

Standard Edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Outcasts (Call to Arms)" (featuring Urban Flanders {Biersack's Grandfather})	Andy Biersack	0:31
2.	"We Stitch These Wounds"	Biersack, Jake Pitts	3:59
3.	"Beautiful Remains"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	4:13
4.	"Children Surrender"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	3:11
5.	"Perfect Weapon"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	4:07
6.	"Knives and Pens"	Biersack, Chris Stewart, Pitts, Jinxx	4:15
7.	"The Mortician's Daughter"	Biersack	4:11
8.	"All Your Hate"	Biersack, Pitts	3:10
9.	"Heaven's Calling"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	3:19
10.	"Never Give In"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	3:09
11.	"Sweet Blasphemy"	Biersack, Pitts, Jinxx	3:56
12.	"Carolyn"	Biersack, Pitts	4:37
Total length:			42:38

Hot Topic bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Knives and Pens" (Acoustic Version)	Biersack, Stewart, Pitts, Jinxx	4:51

Chart performance and reception

The album sold nearly 11,000 copies in its first week, reaching the position of #36 of the Chart Billboard 200 and #1 Independent Release, despite receiving mixed to negative reviews, with most critics taking note of Andy's monotonous voice, making him only able to sing in one octave. One critic at www.sputnikmusic.com ended his review saying, "Hey, at least kids got over BrokeNCYDE." Another common criticism was the riff similarities between "Knives and Pens" by Black Veil Brides and "Unholy Confessions" by Avenged Sevenfold.

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200[8]	36
UK Rock (Official Charts Company)[9]	20

Album information

Album artwork

The album cover for We Stitch These Wounds was painted by Richard Villa (who also painted the artwork for Set the World on Fire, "Fallen Angels," Rebels, and Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones) and features a Victorian style painting of Black Veil Brides' lead vocalist Andy Biersack stitching a wound on his lip.[10]

Track information

The opening track "The Outcasts (Call to Arms)" features Andy's grandfather, Urban P. Flanders, and the track is also used at the beginning of the "Perfect Weapon" music video.[11]

Three of the songs—"We Stitch These Wounds," "Knives and Pens," and "The Mortician's Daughter"—had been previously self-released on their EP, Sex & Hollywood, but were re-recorded and re-released. "The Mortician's Daughter" didn't change much, "Knives and Pens" had a small change in the melody transitioning to the chorus and a guitar solo was added, but the most noticeable difference amongst the redone tracks can be heard on the song "We Stitch These Wounds," with different melodies, accompaniments, a long guitar solo, and a minor lyrical change, making it sound like an entirely different song altogether.

Re-recording

In celebration of the 10th-year anniversary of the original album, a re-recorded studio album titled Re-Stitch These Wounds was released through Sumerian Records on July 31, 2020. Featuring completely reworked recordings of the original tracks, the band stated that the new release more accurately represents what they were trying to accomplish.[12]

Personnel

Black Veil Brides

• Andy Six – lead vocals
• Jake Pitts – lead guitar
• Jinxx – rhythm guitar, violin, backing vocals
• Ashley Purdy – bass, backing vocals
• Sandra Alvarenga – drums

Production

• Blasko – producer
• G. Preston Boebel – producer, engineer, mixing
• Dave Casey – sound design
• Josh Newell – sex vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Troy Roe – main background vocals

Additional personnel

• Urban Flanders – clean vocals on "The Outcasts (Call to Arms)"

References

1. "Perfect Weapon". Archived from the original on February 15, 2012.
2. http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/song_stream_black_veil_brides_knives_and_pens_acoustic
3. We Stitch These Wounds review
4. http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Veil+Brides?setlang=en
5. "Black Veil Brides Merch - Official Online Store on District Lines". Districtlines.com. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
6. We Stitch These Wounds at AllMusic
7. "Biografía Black Veil Brides - Musictory". Musictory.es. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
8. "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard.com. March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
9. "2011-03-12 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
10. http://artists.letssingit.com/black-veil-brides-we-stitch-these-wounds-cracks-us-top-40-6m6fn/news/343625/1
11. Shauna O’Donnell (June 23, 2010). "Andy Six of Black Veil Brides Interview June 4, 2010". Muen Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
12. Petro, Larry (July 2, 2020). "BLACK VEIL BRIDES Announce Re-Stitch These Wounds And Special Live Stream Album Release Show". KNAQ. Retrieved July 3, 2020.