The Truth (Bleeding Through album)

The Truth is the fourth album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through, released on January 10, 2006. It was produced by Rob Caggiano, former lead guitarist of Anthrax. It was the last album to feature lead guitarist and founding member Scott Danough.

The album produced three singles ("Kill to Believe", "Love in Slow Motion" and "Line in the Sand"), all with accompanying music videos (with "Love in Slow Motion" being a sequel to the "Kill to Believe" video).

The band chose Rob Caggiano as the producer, due to them being impressed by his previous work and felt he could deliver a “big heavy sound.” They also valued his outside perspective adding he could hear things they might be too close to notice after playing and rewriting songs many times.^[1] In August of 2005 Branden Schieppati promised the album would be far more "blunt and direct.”^[2]

The artwork and was done by Asterik Studios.^[3]

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".^[11]

Blabbermouth.net praised Caggiano’s production wore stating “The entire affair feels more focused than "This is Love, This is Murderous" also adding “Don't make the mistake of focusing on image and casting Bleeding Through into the metalcore and eyeliner scrap heap. Doing so might cause you to miss out on a crushingly heavy and eminently memorable album that gets better with repeat listens.”^[12] Aubin Paul of punk News wrote “With The Truth, the band has really delivered a near-exceptional metalcore release.”^[2]

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:^[13]

"It has been months and we have kept silent. But this latest slap in the face from our supposed record label has pushed us over the edge. We just read on the Internet that Josh Grabelle (Trustkill head honcho) plans to release a 'special edition' of our 2006 album The Truth one month before releasing our new album. Let it be known that Bleeding Through is 100% against this so-called 'special' edition. We did not approve the title, cover artwork (whatever it is), track listing or bonus features for this transparent and obvious cash-grab of a re-release from a record label that despite selling a quarter of a million of our albums worldwide is having problems." Over a year ago we suggested the idea of a re-release of the album to Trustkill – on our terms, of course, with our artistic vision – and he said he'd consider it if we could land a 'big' tour. We confirmed a tour with Marilyn Manson and Slayer, followed by a tour with HIM, and he said 'NO' to us. He thought we should put out a new album instead. Now we have a new album finished that we are very proud of and he wants to squeeze our fans and our band by throwing out an unapproved 'special' edition in a fast and overt attempt to pay some bills."

1. "13 Scars" – 2:54 (only iTunes version of the CD)
2. "One Last Second" – 3:43 (released on Trustkill Takeover, Volume II)

1. "For Love and Failing"
2. "Tragedy of Empty Streets"
3. "Love in Slow Motion"
4. "Revenge I Seek"
5. "The Painkiller"
6. "Love Lost in a Hail of Gunfire"
7. "Kill to Believe"