''The Truth'' is the fourth album by American

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band

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, and their second album released through

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. The album was released on January 10, 2006, produced by

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, lead guitarist of

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. This was the last album to feature lead guitarist and founding member Scott Danough. The album produced three singles (" Kill to Believe", "

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" and "

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"), all with accompanying music videos (with "Love in Slow Motion" being a sequel to the "Kill to Believe" video).

Reception

''The Truth'' entered the ''Billboard'' charts at number 48 (with 17,000 copies sold in its first week) making it the highest-charting release by the band to date. It has gone on to sell more than 250,000 copies since its release. Although it received mostly mixed reviews, ''Billboard'' magazine called ''The Truth'' "one of the four most important hard rock albums of 2006".

''The Complete Truth''

A special edition of the album entitled ''The Complete Truth'' was released on July 15, 2008. The band penned a guest blog on the Headbanger's Blog and commented on the release:

Track listing

B-sides

# "13 Scars" – 2:54 (only

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version of the CD) # "One Last Second" – 3:43 (released on ''Trustkill Takeover, Volume II'')

"Complete edition" bonus DVD – Live in San Diego

# "For Love and Failing" # "Tragedy of Empty Streets" # "Love in Slow Motion" # "Revenge I Seek" # "The Painkiller" # "Love Lost in a Hail of Gunfire" # "Kill to Believe"

Personnel

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– lead vocals *

Scott Danough Scoot Danough is a former guitarist for Bleeding Through. Scott appeared on the albums '' Dust to Ashes, Portrait of the Goddess, This Is Love, This Is Murderous,'' and ''The Truth''. In 2013, Scott rejoined Bleeding Through for their farewell ...

– guitar *Brian Leppke – guitar *Marta Peterson – keyboards *Ryan Wombacher – bass *

Derek Youngsma Derek Wayne Youngsma is the drummer for the Orange County, California metalcore band Bleeding Through. Formerly of Cast in Stone, Youngsma joined the band prior the band's second release 2002's '' Portrait of the Goddess''. He replaced Tro ...

– drums ;Guest musicians *

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) – vocals on "Dearly Demented" *Ben Falgoust (

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) – vocals on "For Love and Failing" *

(

) – guitars on "Hollywood Prison" and "Line in the Sand" ;Production *Rob Caggiano – guitar, producer, engineer, mixing *Joe Marchiano – recording, mixing (bonus tracks) *Thomas Eberger – mastering *Jeff Gros – photography *Paul Orofino – MC, mixing *

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– editing

Charts

References

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