This Is Love, This Is Murderous

This is Love, This is Murderous
Studio album by Bleeding Through
Released	September 23, 2003
Recorded	World Class Audio in Anaheim, CA, 2003
Genre	Metalcore, melodic death metal
Length	45:02
Label	Roadrunner/Trustkill
Producer	Ulrich 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Punknews.org	[2]

This Is Love, This Is Murderous is the third 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.

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).

Track listing

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" – 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

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:

Two music videos

• "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire"
• "On Wings of Lead"

Three live tracks

• "Revenge I Seek"
• "Our Enemies"
• "Rise"

Documentary

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

Personnel

• Brandan Schieppati - vocals, guitar
• Scott Danough - guitar
• Brian Leppke - guitar
• Marta Peterson - keyboards
• Molly Street - credited keyboards
• Ryan Wombacher - bass
• Derek Youngsma - drums
• Biggie - road crew
• Case One - vocal group
• Ryan Downey - backing vocals
• Heather Finch - model
• Jeff Gros - photography
• Don Clark - layout design
• Mike Milford - vocal group
• R Dub - road crew
• Shawn Sullivan - engineer
• Ulrich Wild - producer, mastering, mixing
• Ryan Wilson - model, vocal group
• Shalon Wyllie - road crew

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	Top Heatseekers	45
2003	Top Independent Albums	43

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. This Is Love, This Is Murderous at AllMusic
2. Punknews review