''This Is Love, This Is Murderous'' is the third studio album by American

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released in 2003. It is their

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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

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s 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). The song "Shadow Walker" is a re-recorded version of a song from the band's debut album ''Dust to Ashes''. On August 16, 2023, the band released a re-recorded version of "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire" to commemorate the album's 20th anniversary. During the same recording sessions, the band also re-recorded the songs "On Wings of Lead" and "Number Seven with a Bullet". The re-recorded version of "On Wings of Lead" was released later that year on November 24.

Track listing

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:

Music videos

Three live tracks

Documentary

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

Personnel

;Bleeding Through *

Brandan Schieppati Brandan Schieppati (born August 3, 1980) is an American musician. He is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through and a former guitarist/songwriter of the fellow Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions, for which he played from 1997 ...

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*Scott Danough - guitar *Brian Leppke - guitar *Marta Peterson - keyboards *Ryan Wombacher -

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*Derek Youngsma -

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;Guest musicians *Ryan J. Downey - vocals on "City Of The Condemned" ( Burn It Down, ex-Hardball, ex- Time In Malta) *Molly Street - credited keyboards *Case One - vocal group *Mike Milford - vocal group ( Scars Of Tomorrow, The Artery Foundation) ;Artwork and design *Jeff Gros - photography *Heather Finch - model *Jeff Gros - photography * Don Clark - layout design *Ryan Wilson - model, vocal group *Shalon Wyllie - road crew *Biggie - road crew ;Production *

Ulrich Wild Ulrich Wild (born December 31, 1969), is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen in the United States, living in Los Angeles. ...

- Producing, Mixing & Mastering @ Giant Peach Compound *Shawn Sullivan - Recording @ World Class Audio *R Dub - road crew *Shawn Sullivan - engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control Bleeding Through albums 2003 albums Trustkill Records albums Albums produced by Ulrich Wild