Death Blooms

"Death Blooms"
Single by Mudvayne
from the album L.D. 50
Released 2000
Recorded The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver[1]
Genre Nu metal[2]
Length 4:52[3]
Label Epic
Writer(s) Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie and Matthew McDonough
Producer(s) GGGarth, Mudvayne
Mudvayne singles chronology
"Dig"
(2000)		 "Death Blooms"
(2000)		 "Nothing to Gein"
(2001)

"Death Blooms" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mudvayne and the second single from their debut album, L.D. 50.

Background and meaning

The song was written by lead singer Chad Gray about his grandmother and how she was being neglected by her family because she was getting old and nobody cared when she had an illness except Chad.[4] She was also taking Chad to local choirs where he learned to sing. Betty Rae, Chad's grandma, died in 2005.[5][6]

Music video

The video for the song is directed and conceptualized by Thomas Mignone and is shot in two locations: In a psychiatric hospital located in Staten Island, NY (also utilized in the film Jacob's Ladder), where the four members are playing their instruments; and a seemingly mystic beach in a remote part of Malibu, CA, where an old, frail woman is going through the transition into afterlife, and is aided by a little girl (the younger version of the elder woman) and vocalist Chad Gray to pass into heaven.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Death Blooms" (radio edit) 4:16
2. "Death Blooms" (clean version) 4:52

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[8] 32

References

  1. ↑ http://www.shopping.com/_2002174617/info?sb=1
  2. ↑ "Architects' To, Searle picks his 10 favourite nu-metal tracks...". HMV. March 10th 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.deathrecordsnow.org/illinois-death-records/mudvayne-death-blooms-live-bio-part-1
  4. ↑ Revolvermag.com - Hellyeah Interview
  5. ↑ http://loudwire.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chad-gray/
  6. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2677
  7. ↑ http://m.mtv.com/news/article.rbml?id=1443758&weburl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mtv.com%2fnews%2farticles%2f1443758%2fmudvayne-go-hospital-video-treatment.jhtml&alt=http%3a%2f%2fm.mtv.com%2fnews%2findex.rbml&cid=300
  8. ↑ Artist Chart History - Mudvayne - Singles, Billboard.com, Accessed June 11, 2009

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