Black Veil Brides

Before the birth of the BVB Army, the countless fan tattoos, and the gold and platinum records that followed, Black Veil Brides was simply a dark vision dreamed up by an only child in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Andy Biersack grew up obsessed with monsters, real and imagined, and with Batman, KISS, the Misfits, and The Phantom of the Opera. The evocative iconography of religion and complex feelings about his Catholic heritage fueled explorations of the arcane, primal, and often-destructive allure of belief. Sworn to a life of purpose through expression and convinced of the power of the outcast, Andy weaponized his fears and fascinations, culminating in the “birth” and ascension of Black Veil Brides.

Guitarists Jake Pitts and Jinxx, drummer Christian Coma, bassist Lonny Eagleton, and Biersack celebrated several milestones in recent years, including massive shows in London and Mexico City. “Bleeders” was a Top 10 hit at Active Rock radio and a several-month-long mainstay on YouTube’s Hard Rock & Metal chart (which tracks both current and catalog music videos) in 2024 and 2025.

The group’s cinematic scope and unwavering commitment to self-expression strike a familiar chord with fellow “bleeders” who seek refuge (and revenge) in the power of dark themes and imagination.

VINDICATE, the band’s seventh album, harnesses the blend of grandeur and intimacy at the heart of the band’s melodic, metallic sound. Each song on the album explores belief and distinct expressions of revenge, tracing a clear throughline across Black Veil Brides’ history and distilling the emotional instincts that have defined every era into their most focused and resonant form.
“Knives and Pens,” an early demo set to music video, has over 150 million views, made before Andy met his band of brothers. Platinum anthem “In the End” further proved the band was built to last.
Kerrang! and Rock Sound repeatedly featured Black Veil Brides on their covers. In the United States, Revolver counted Andy among the “100 Greatest Living Rock Stars.” Andy and BVB appeared on the cover of Alternative Press more times than any other artist in the magazine’s 40-plus-year run.

Jake Pitts (also an accomplished producer) and Jinxx (a classically trained violinist) joined the fold before the creation of BVB’s debut album, 2010’s We Stitch These Wounds. The shredding guitar duo had played in an earlier band with charismatic drummer Christian Coma and knew he’d be a perfect fit for BVB. CC came aboard for their major-label debut and first Billboard Top 20 album, Set the World on Fire, an anthemic sophomore set that produced the gold-certified single “Fallen Angels.”

The sprawling, conceptually driven, metalcore milestone and No. 1 Rock album Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones was the first of several BVB albums to debut in the Top 10 in the U.S., and it entered the Top 20 in the UK. BVB’s muscular fourth album, titled simply Black Veil Brides, gave them another Top 10 debut. Vale (2018) topped Billboard’s Hard Rock chart and achieved significant success in Europe and Australia. When BVB’s bassist position opened in 2019, Lonny Eagleton fit in seamlessly. “Scarlet Cross,” from 2021’s pulpy concept album The Phantom Tomorrow, became their highest-charting single, reaching No. 8 on Mainstream Rock Radio.

VINDICATE is the first new Black Veil Brides full-length produced by Pitts and Biersack, exercising complete creative control while synthesizing the best of what they’ve learned from A-list producers. The album was mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Bad Omens).

VINDICATE ushers in Black Veil Brides' most visceral, creative, thrilling, and uncompromising era yet, as the band continues to defy expectations and misconceptions held by casual onlookers. Black Veil Brides forever champions the isolated and the dismissed. They’re an object of devotion and obsession for those who sing their anthems in unison, a diverse BVB Army that never surrenders.