The Bride Screamed Murder

The Bride Screamed Murder
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 2010
Recorded2009–2010
GenreSludge metal
Length45:37
LabelIpecac Recordings
Melvins chronology
Chicken Switch
(2009)
The Bride Screamed Murder
(2010)
Sugar Daddy Live
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Eye Weekly[3]
musicOMH[4]
Pitchfork Media(5.2/10)[5]
Rock Sound(9/10)[6]

The Bride Screamed Murder is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released on June 1, 2010.[7] It was their first album to hit the Billboard 200 Pop Charts, at number 200, selling 2,809 albums in the first few weeks.[8] In October 2010, they released a music video with Scion Audio/Visual for the song "Electric Flower", directed by Mark Brooks.[9]

Exclaim! named The Bride Screamed Murder the No. 8 metal album of 2010.[10]

  1. ^ "Bride Screamed Murder by The Melvins". Metacritic. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1801890
  3. ^ http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/93515[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Melvins - the Bride Screamed Murder | album reviews | musicOMH". Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Melvins: The Bride Screamed Murder". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "Melvins - the Bride Screamed Murder - Reviews".
  7. ^ MELVINS To Release 'The Bride Screamed Murder' In June Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Cult rock band Melvins hit U.S. chart after 26 years news.yahoo.com. June 10, 2010. Retrieved on June 11, 2010.
  9. ^ The Melvins Post "Electric Flower" Music Video Online theprp.com. October 13, 2010. Retrieved on October 18, 2010.
  10. ^ "Year in Review: Metal". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2011.