The Process of Belief

The Process of Belief
Bad Religion studio album
Publication (s)	January 21, 2002
Label (s)	Epitaph Records
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Melodic Hardcore
Title (number)	15th
running time	37m10s
occupation	Greg Graffin : vocals Brett Gurewitz : guitar Greg Hetson : guitar Brian Baker : guitar Jay Bentley: Bass Brooks Wackerman : drums
production	Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin
Studio (s)	Sound City and Westbeach Recorders
chronology The New America ( 2000 ) The Process of Belief The Empire Strikes First ( 2004 )

The Process of Belief is the 12th studio album by the melodic hardcore band Bad Religion . It is the first studio album since Recipe for Hate to be released on the Epitaph Records label and the first with guitarist Brett Gurewitz , who left the band in 1994.

backgrounds

Aside from Brett Gurewitz's return, there was another line-up change for the band. After drummer Bobby Schayer left because of an injury, Brooks Wackerman sat on the drums for the first time at Bad Religion. This album marks a change of style back to fast and harmonious hardcore, as heard on No Control and Stranger Than Fiction . In terms of content, The Process of Belief deals with personal and interpersonal issues (in the song Broken ), but also social phenomena such as the ever faster pace of life in the western world (Supersonic) as well as political issues such as the US refusal to allow the Kyoto Protocol to be ratified (Kyoto Now!) .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Process of Belief   DE 13 02/04/2002 (8 weeks)   AT 41 02/03/2002 (7 weeks)   CH 37 02/03/2002 (6 weeks)   US 49 02/09/2002 (5 weeks)

medium	Rating	critic
Allmusic		Jack Rabid
Rock hard		Marcus Schleutermann
Piero Scaruffi		Piero Scaruffi

1. Supersonic - 1:47
2. Prove It - 1:15
3. Can't Stop It - 1:10
4. Broken - 2:55
5. Destined for Nothing - 2:35
6. Materialist - 1:53
7. Kyoto Now! - 3:20
8. Sorrow - 3:21
9. Epiphany - 4:00
10. Evangeline - 2:11
11. The Defense - 3:53
12. The Lie - 2:19
13. You Don't Belong - 2:50
14. Bored And Extremely Dangerous - 3:25
15. Shattered Faith - 2:49 (bonus track, only released in Japan)

A drawing by Nikola Tesla served as a template for the cover.

reception

The album was mostly positively received by the fans, not least because of the return of Brett Gurewitz and the musical return to the faster punk rock of earlier days. In Germany, The Process of Belief reached number 13 on the album charts, bringing the band the best chart position since the album The Gray Race , which reached number 11 in 1996. The music video of the first single Sorrow was included in the rotation of the music channels and contributed to the success of the album. In the course of the tour for the album, Bad Religion also appeared on Rock im Park and Rock am Ring in 2002. In the US, The Process of Belief even reached number 49 and became the band's most successful album.

In an article in the music magazine Visions on the occasion of the release of the album New Maps of Hell in July 2007, The Process of Belief was described as follows:

“ 'The Process of Belief' wasn't just the comeback at home, it was the perfect Bad Religion album. Hard harmonies, sophisticated mid-tempo songs, a few small experiments and a lyrical universe between Gurewitz's personal reflections and Graffin's sermon on science. The dry spell was over. "(Visions No. 173, p. 90)

In a review in the online music database from 2009, it is said that with this album Bad Religion "averted the path to insignificance in an impressive way". There The Process of Belief received 9 out of 10 points.

Cover

The cover illustration is a reprint from a 1905 Nikola Tesla patent .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sources Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH US , accessed March 5, 2012. 
2. ↑ The Process of Belief Review ; Allmusic, accessed March 5, 2012.
3. ↑ The Process of Belief Review ; Rock Hard # 177, accessed March 5, 2012.
4. ↑ The Process of Belief Review ; Piero Scaruffi, accessed March 5, 2012.
5. ↑ Review in the online music database
6. ↑ Nikola Tesla: Art of transmitting electrical energy through the natural mediums. , Patent US787412 .