Bride

On the cover

November 1992 Heaven's Metal

July 1994 Heaven's Metal

July 2025 Heaven's Metal

Media coverage

• 1986 in Heaven's Metal "Matryx Becomes Bride"
• Nov 1986 in Pure Rock Newsletter "PURE ROCK NEWSLETTER: MATRYX changes name, releases new album", by Dan Milette
• 1987 in Heaven's Metal "Metal Tracks: Bride"
• 1987 in Holy Metal "Bride"
• 1987 in Powerline "Metallic Missionaries: Bride", by Dave Muttillo
• 1987 in Heaven's Metal "Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Mar 1987 in Pure Rock Newsletter "F L A S H B A C K S: BRIDE'S Rough History Spawns "Show No Mercy"", by Dan Milette
• Jul 1989 in Adonai Metal Rock "Just Say No!"
• Dec 1989 in Heaven's Metal "Here Comes The Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Sep 1991 in Harvest Rock Syndicate "Metal Shop: Hired Guns", by Dave Steiner
• Nov 1991 in Heaven's Metal "Kinetic Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Jan 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Brockton, Mass", by Marc Carpenter
• Mar 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Stryper, Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• May 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Bride", by Phil Sterling
• Oct 1992 in CCM "Bride Uses Its Illusion", by Brian Quincy Newcomb
• Nov 1992 in Notebored "Bride's Second Honeymoon", by Brent Hershey
• Nov 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Bride's Hard Rock Playground", by David A. Jenison
• Nov 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Unplugged (Almost)", by Phil Sterling
• Jan 1993 in Syndicate "Marriage Made In Heaven", by Kevin Allison
• Mar 1993 in Heaven's Metal "Metal Tracks: Bride (report from Germany tour)", by Troy Thompson
• Jul 1993 in Heaven's Metal "Poster: Bride"
• Jul 1993 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Spring Rock '93", by Jorrit Postma
• Jan 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Bride Taps Harvest Field In Brazil", by Doug Van Pelt
• Mar 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Bride", by Bill Hicks (writer)
• Jul 1994 in Heaven's Metal "A Waiting Bride...", by Doug Van Pelt
• Jul 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Dale's Tour Diary: Bride Lost in Germany", by Dale Thompson
• Jul 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Hardnews: GMA Week Roundup", by Doug Van Pelt
• Aug 1994 in Syndicate "Never A Bridesmaid", by Brent Hershey
• Sep 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Event Review: Cornerstone '94", by Doug Van Pelt
• Nov 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Bride in Brazil", by Dale Thompson
• Jan 1995 in Heaven's Metal "Metal Tracks: Bride"
• 1995 in Syndicate "Bride", by Paul Ladd
• Jul 1995 in Heaven's Metal "Bride", by Brian Vincent McGovern
• Sep 1995 in HM "Concert Review: Bride", by Dale Thompson
• Dec 1995 in HM "Drop Chute Doesn't Open", by Brian Vincent McGovern
• Dec 1995 in HM "Concert Review: Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Sep 1996 in HM "Hardnews: Bride"
• Jan 1997 in HM "Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Mar 1997 in HM "Concert Review: Bride, Galactic Cowboys, Fourth Estate, Da Gruve", by Dan Temmesfeld
• Nov 1998 in HM "Doing God's Odd Jobs", by Brian Vincent McGovern
• Nov 1998 in CCM Brasil "O que Rola: Mundo Do Rock: Audio Adrenaline in Osasco, SP; Bride in several cities; Oficina G3, Catedral, and other local acts also noted", by Karina Gouêva
• Jan 1999 in HM "Concert Review: Bride, Disciple", by Scott Herrin
• Nov 2000 in HM "Hardnews: Bride"
• Spr 2001 in Loud Times "Modern Bride", by Stephen Robinson
• May 2001 in HM "The Crucial Moment", by Doug Van Pelt
• May 2001 in HM "The Character(s) of Bride"
• Apr 2003 in Nor'Easter "A Waiting Bride: 20 Years and Counting"
• Apr 2003 in Nor'Easter "Bride Discography"
• 2006 in Sangre Suficiente "Entrevista: El Recreso de la Novia", by El Zelote
• Apr 2006 in Heaven's Metal "Bride", by Doug Van Pelt
• Jan 2007 in CCM "List-O-Rama: Book 'Em Jimbo: 5 Proofs of the Secret Connection Between Crime Stories and Christian Music", by Chris Well
• Feb 2007 in Heaven's Metal "Gospel Vision", by Steve Rowe
• 2009 in Sangre Suficiente "El Adiós de la novia"
• Aug 2009 in Heaven's Metal "Metal Tracks: From Brazil, With Love", by Ronei, Jr.
• Oct 2009 in Heaven's Metal "Drops "The Bomb"", by Jonathan Swank
• Apr 2010 in Down The Line "Bombs Away!", by Josh Lory
• May 2018 in Metalbreed "Bride"
• Jul 2025 in Heaven's Metal "Poster: Bride"
• Jul 2025 in Heaven's Metal "Garage band Forever", by Seth Metoyer

Albums & reviews:

Award Summary ^{(Nominations / Wins)}

• 1992 Dove Awards
  • Metal Album: Kinetic Faith 
  • Metal Recorded Song: "Everybody Knows My Name" 
• 1993 Dove Awards
  • Metal Recorded Song: "Rattlesnake" 
  • Metal Recorded Song: "Hired Gun" 
• 1994 Dove Awards
  • Metal Recorded Song: "Psychedelic Super Jesus" 
• 1995 Dove Awards
  • Metal Album: Scarecrow Messiah 
  • Metal Recorded Song: "Beast" 
• 1996 Dove Awards
  • Hard Music Album: Drop 
  • Hard Music Recorded Song: "Personal Savior" 

Books about Bride

• "0449 Bride" in Headbangers: The Worldwide Mega-Book of Heavy Metal (Mark Hale, 1993).
• Chapter also includes: Matrix.
• "Bride" in The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (Mark Allan Powell, 2002).
• "Bride" in The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music (Barry Alfonso, 2002).