Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones

Encased in makeup and black fabrics, Black Veil Brides appear like action figures crawling from post-apocalyptic wreckage abandoned on the Sunset Strip. When they strap on and plug in, however, the focus shifts to BVB’s sound: heavy on the Mötley Crüe and L.A. Guns metal signifiers with shattering emo breakdowns and billowing clouds of goth smoke. *Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones* catapults the quintet’s ambition skyward.

With their third album, Black Veil Brides complete their transformation from a heavily made-up metalcore band to a full-fledged gothic glam metal band, mixing drama and swagger on the sprawling and conceptual Wretched & Divine.

Love 'em or hate 'em, the new album from glam-metal stars Black Veil Brides will please their fans, if not <strong>Dom Lawson</strong>

Black Veil Brides - Wretched and Divine review: The first over-anti-hyped album of the year, Wretched and Divine is a bland album marred by a lack of imagination and poor execution.