Rebels (EP)

Rebels
EP by Black Veil Brides
Released December 13, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length 19:09
Label Lava/Universal Republic
Black Veil Brides chronology

Set the World on Fire
(2011)		 Rebels
(2011)		 Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones
(2013)

Rebels is the first EP by the American rock band Black Veil Brides, and was released exclusively through iTunes on December 13, 2011.[1]

The EP contains three new tracks, the first one being an original song titled "Coffin", which was a left over from the group's previous album Set the World on Fire.[1] Coffin's music video was released on June 13, 2012, to members of the BVB mailing list. It was later posted on the official Black Veil Brides website. The other two tracks are covers of the Billy Idol song "Rebel Yell" and Kiss' "Unholy", which also features Zakk Wylde playing the guitar solo.[1] Rebels also contains a six-minute long director's cut of their music video for the song "Rebel Love Song".[1]

The cover art for the EP was painted by Richard Villa, who also painted the cover art for We Stitch These Wounds, Set the World on Fire, and Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones.[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Coffin"  Black Veil Brides, with Brad Williams and Lucian Walker 4:15
2. "Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol cover)Billy Idol, Steve Stevens 4:38
3. "Unholy" (Kiss cover, feat. Zakk Wylde)Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent 3:25
4. "Rebel Love Song" (Six-minute director's cut music video)Richard Villa, Patrick Fogarty 6:51
Total length:
 19:09

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Loudwire [2]
Alternative Press [3]

Rebels received mixed reviews, although they were more positive when comparing the EP to Black Veil Brides' previous release, Set the World on Fire. Reviewers took note of the return of Biersack's screams that were mostly absent from Set the World on Fire.[2][3] Black Veil Brides' debut album We Stitch These Wounds had screaming throughout the entire album.

"Coffin" music video

The music video for "Coffin" was released on June 13th, 2012. The video depicts that Andy has died, and people have come to remember him. Meanwhile, the band is playing in a dark, smoke-filled room. Later in the video, a woman tries to steal a necklace with the band's symbol on it. After she takes it, two woman overlooking the coffin vaporize all in the room, killing everyone and leaving only the necklace. Later, Andy walks into the room lays a notebook down and closes the coffin with his body inside and disappears into thin air. At the end of the video, a notebook burns for 34 seconds.

This video symbolizes a change in the band and how Andy Biersack is a new person who does not wish to be treated as he was when he was younger. Closing himself into the coffin is symbolic of him burying his old self, and the notebook which is burnt represents the one that the bullied teenager writes in in Black Veil Brides' first music video, "Knives and Pens". Growing up, the band members faced a lot of troubles due to the way they dressed and the music they listened to, and in the video to "Knives and Pens" this is shown through the bullied teenager. However, they have now grown and developed as a band into something almost like idols; they do not wish to be those people they used to be.

Personnel

Black Veil Brides
Guest artist

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Black Veil Brides: Rebels EP Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mary Oullette (December 15, 2011). "Black Veil Brides, 'Rebels' - EP Review". Loudwire. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scott Heisel (December 13, 2011). "Alternative Press Reviews - Black Veil Brides Rebels EP". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

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