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
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 overBrokeNCYDE." Another common criticism was the riff similarities between "Knives and Pens" by Black Veil Brides and "Unholy Confessions" by Avenged Sevenfold.
Chart
Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200
36
UK Rock
20
Album information
Album artwork
The album cover for We Stitch These Wounds was painted by Richard Villa and features a Victorian style painting of Black Veil Brides' lead vocalist Andy Biersack stitching a wound on his lip.
Track information
The opening track "The Outcasts " features Andy's grandfather, Urban P. Flanders, and the track is also used at the beginning of the "Perfect Weapon" music video. 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-Stitch These Wounds
In celebration of the 10th-year anniversary of the original album, the band announced that the re-recorded album is going to be released under the moniker Re-Stitch These Wounds via Sumerian Records on July 31, 2020. It features completely new recorded version of all tracks from We Stitch These Wounds. The band released a re-recorded version of their song "Sweet Blasphemy" on Youtube on July 2, 2020 and started the pre-order phase. On July 17, 2020 the band released a re-recorded version of their song "Perfect Weapon".
