Many heavy metal bands who land record contracts do so with demo tapes consisting of a full album's worth of material; often, some of those songs are reworked for the band's official debut album, and sometimes the demo itself -- or a portion thereof -- is even released.
For the Bleeders, on the other hand, is a collection of material that first appeared on
Vision of Disorder's demo, was never released, and has been re-recorded especially for this album. The songs here aren't as consistently strong as they were on
Imprint, as the band has progressed over the years, but
For the Bleeders does rescue some worthwhile tracks from the vaults. Plus, it achieves its obvious aim of giving curious devotees an idea of where the band started out, and provides a chance for those fans to hear otherwise hard to find material. ~ Steve Huey