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'''Dale Thompson''' (born c. 1965) is an ] ] and ]. In 1983, he and his brother, Troy Thompson, created the ] band ], and are the only original members still in the band.
{{short description|American singer}}
{{For|the fictional character|Dale Thompson (Cuckoo)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dale Thompson
| image =
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| birth_name = Philip Dale Thompson
| birth_date = December 13, 1963
| birth_place = ], U.S.
| death_date =
| genre = ]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1983–present
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| associated_acts = {{hlist|]|The World Will Burn|Dabster Gentlemen|Haunted no More|Perpetual Paranoia<ref name="Resource">{{cite web|url=http://mauce.nl/site/perpetual-paranoia-an-international-collaboration-of-dale-thompson-bride-tiago-james-de-souza-hands-of-fire/|title='Perpetual Paranoia' – An International Collaboration Between 'Dale Thompson' (Bride) & 'Tiago James De Souza' (Hand of Fire), Dabster Gentlemen, Haunted no More |website=The Metal Resource|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
| website = {{URL|bridepub.com}}
}}
'''Philip Dale Thompson''' (born 1963) is an American singer. In 1983, along with his younger brother Troy, Dale formed the band Matrix and began writing original material. In 1986, Matrix was signed to a record deal and changed their name to ]. Between 1986 and 2013, Thompson released 14 studio albums with Bride, along with five solo albums, before disbanding the group, with the brothers remaining the only two original members throughout Bride's career. A lyric tenor in Bride's early days, Thompson was known for his powerful and stratospheric voice, as is evidenced on such early Bride songs as "Evil That Men Do", "Hell No" and "Here Comes the Bride".<ref>. Imperiumi.net (Finnish)</ref>


Thompson was into ] and ], and currently holds two Kentucky bench press records. He has the title as the "Strongest Man in Kentucky."
Thompson is currently seeking the ] nomination in the ].<ref> - URL accessed on ], ]</ref><ref> - URL accessed on ], ]</ref>


Thompson and his brother retired Bride in 2013, after releasing the band's 14th and final album, ''Incorruptible''.<ref>. mauce.nl</ref>
Thompson is a fan of ] and ], and currently holds the record for being the "strongest man in Kentucky" for benchpressing. He jokingly stated "I'm the strongest 198 pound 41-year-old in Kentucky."


Thompson currently lives in New Zealand and has a new musical project, "The World Will Burn", with Kentucky-based multi-instrumentalist Alan Zaring. The duo has released their debut album, ''Severity''.<ref>http://www.theworldwillburn.com/bio Biography at theworldwillburn.com</ref> He also formed a new band called "N.O.G.", meaning "No Other God". The band are currently finishing recording their first album for a 2018 release.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.labatea.redaccioncentral.net/index.php/revista/item/1073-n-o-g-lo-nuevo-de-dale-thompson |title=N.O.G., lo nuevo de Dale Thompson - la Batea Magazine |access-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031539/http://www.labatea.redaccioncentral.net/index.php/revista/item/1073-n-o-g-lo-nuevo-de-dale-thompson |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==External links==
* - URL accessed on ], ].
* - URL accessed on ], ].


In 2018, Thompson announced a new project with Tiago James De Souza of ], called Perpetual Paranoia.<ref name="Resource"/> They have described their style as heavy, but not ].
==References==
<references/>


In December 2018 Thompson joined Myles Barfield in "Dabster Gentlemen", originally an instrumental band who builds their music with an acoustic foundation. While in this band Thompson was able to explore Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Soul as well as a number of various styles of music he likely never would have been able to do. While in Dabster Gentlemen, Thompson recorded daily for a year, developing a catalog of albums that would be released yearly over the next ten years. In mid-2019 Thompson began a second concept project with Myles called "Haunted no More". The duo's goal was to work deep into emotions, pain and tragedy. They wanted to create music that made people think, and take the listener on a journey ending in hope. As with Dabster Gentlemen, the band worked tirelessly recording enough songs to release an album a year for at least six years. In both of these bands, Thompson performed all vocals as well as wrote all lyrics showing a side of himself that was open and unhindered, revealing a vulnerable honesty in each song as never before.
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== Presidential candidate nomination ==
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Thompson sought the ] nomination in the ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303074354/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/02/28/christian-rocker-seeking-constitution-party-presidential-nomination/ |date=March 3, 2007 }} – URL. Retrieved March 4, 2007</ref><ref> – URL. Retrieved March 4, 2007</ref> He dropped out around March 19, 2007, but stated "If the Lord wills maybe we can seriously look at 2012."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicgod.com/forum/b-cc/m-1170060311/s-45/ |title=Dale Thompson 4 President??? |publisher=Classicgod.com |date=January 1, 1990 |accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> However, he did not run for president in 2012.
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== Personal beliefs ==
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Thompson considers himself a committed ] and ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/dtbridespeaks.htm |title=Open Letter from Dale Thompson of the Christian Metal Band Bride |publisher=Christianmusic.about.com |date=July 13, 2013 |accessdate=October 31, 2013 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102144913/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/dtbridespeaks.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and according to Scott Waters of ], Thompson's lyrical approach of universalism has been featured most prominently in "This is it" and "Skin for Skin."<ref name="Nolifetilmetal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/bride.html |title=No Life 'til Metal – CD Gallery – Bride |publisher=Nolifetilmetal.com |accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> In the album ''Skin for Skin'', Thompson's lyrics claim a greater Universalist view than previous releases, most notably in the song "End of Days", where the lyrics contain what is considered Thompson's most outward implication of Universalism with the lyrics, "Every man, women and child followed Adam to the grave. Your flesh he will destroy that your spirit will be saved...concluded them all in unbelief, he'll have mercy on everyone, by His grace and peace the Spirit and the Bride say come".<ref name="Nolifetilmetal.com"/>

Despite his Universalism and several accusations that he is no longer a Christian, Thompson has stated that he is a devout Christian and does believe in a Hell, though he has not staked a clear position on other doctrinal issues such as ], ], ], and the ], as he believes the teachings of Christ are the most important areas of Christian Faith.<ref name="Letter from Thompson">{{cite web |url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/dtbridespeaks.htm |title=Letter from Thompson |publisher=Christianmusic.about.com |date=July 13, 2013 |accessdate=October 31, 2013 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102144913/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/dtbridespeaks.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He argues that the Bible does not require anything other than Believing in Christ's teachings.<ref name="lnj">{{cite web |url=http://www.libertynjustice.net/gettoknow_dale.php |title=Religious Beliefs |publisher=Libertynjustice.net |accessdate=October 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623132234/http://www.libertynjustice.net/gettoknow_dale.php |archivedate=June 23, 2013 }}</ref> Thompson is often critical of many Christian churches and denominations, particularly fundamentalism, as they often refer to Christian Universalist beliefs as heresy.<ref name="Letter from Thompson" />

== Criticism of Cornerstone Festival ==
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Thompson was critical of ], stating "the Cornerstone staff was easily freaked out by us. They would have some bizarre goth band play or some punk band that said crazy things and put on weird shows and invite them back year after year... while we preached boldly from the stage and basically was blacklisted from the festival. Sorry state of affairs."<ref name="lnj" />

== Discography ==

'''With Bride'''

'''Studio albums'''
*'']'' (1986)
*'']'' (1988)
*'']'' (1989)
*'']'' (1991)
*'']'' (1992)
*'']'' (1994)
*'']'' (1995)
*''The Jesus Experience'' (1997)
*''Oddities'' (1998)
*'']'' (2001)
*''This Is It'' (2003)
*''Skin for Skin'' (2006)
*''Tsar Bomba'' (2009)
*''Incorruptible'' (2013)
*'']'' (2018)
*''Here Is Your God'' (2020)
*''Are You Awake'' (2023)

'''Compilations and other releases'''
*''End of the Age'' (1990)
*''God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You'' (1993)
*''Lost Reels I'' (1994)
*''Lost Reels II'' (1994)
*''I Predict a Clone'' a tribute to ] – various artists (1994)
*''Shotgun Wedding: 11 No. 1 Hits and Mrs.'' (1995)
*''Lost Reels III'' (1997)
*'']'' (1999)
*''Bride Live Volume II Acoustic'' (2000)
*''Best of Bride'' (2000)
*''Live at Cornerstone 2001'' (2001)
*''The Matrix Years / Lost Reels'' (2001)
*''The Organic Years'' (2002)
*''Raw'' 7-track demo (2003)

'''Solo albums'''
* ''Speak into the Machine'' (1994)
* ''Dale Thompson and the Religious Overtones'' (1995)
* ''Testimony'' – Dale Thompson and The Kentucky Cadillacs (1998)
* ''Acoustic Daylight'' (1998)
* ''Unbridled'' (2002)

'''With the World Will Burn'''
*''Severity'' (2016)
*''RuiNation'' (2017)
*''Nothings As Real As It Seems'' (2019)

'''With Perpetual Paranoia'''
*''The Reapers'' (2018)
*''Between the Altar and the Cross'' (2019)
*''Hell Fest'' (2021)
*''The Wave'' (2023)

'''With Dabster Gentlemen'''
*''Death or Life'' (2018)
*''Answers'' (2020)
*''The Sun is Up'' (2021)

'''With Swingle and Thompson Ordained'''
*''The Thunder That Rocks The World'' (2020)
*''Firestorm'' (2021)
*''When 2 Worlds Collide'' (2023)

'''With No Other God'''
*''Take it By Storm'' (2019)

'''With Haunted No More'''
*''Vol. I'' (2019)
*''Vol. II'' (2020)

'''With The Thomas Thompson Earth Project'''
*''Dreamland Lovecraft'' (2020)
*''7 Angels 1 Sad Devil'' (2020)
*''Systematic Brain Drain'' (2021)

'''With Dominus Meus'''
*''DM1'' (2020)
*''DMII'' (2021)

'''With Iron 501'''
*''Sgt. Reckless'' (2021)
*''Night Witches'' (2022)
*''Underground Railroad'' (2023)
*''Thin Blue Line'' (2024)

'''With We Are Resolute'''
*''Shine the Light'' (2020)
*''Only Human'' (2022)
*''Fallen Angel'' (2023)

'''With The Reconciled'''
*''Skin & Bones'' (2022)

'''With Sovereign Cross'''
*''Bow to the Light'' (2021)

'''With Not Of This World'''
*''Never Forget'' (2022).
'''With Digital KLL''' (2025)
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* – URL. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
* . Retrieved October 31, 2007.
* {{Discogs artist|Dale Thompson}}
* Dale Thompson's new musical project.

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Dale Thompson
Birth namePhilip Dale Thompson
BornDecember 13, 1963
West Point, Kentucky, U.S.
GenresChristian metal
OccupationSinger
Years active1983–present
Websitebridepub.com
Musical artist

Philip Dale Thompson (born 1963) is an American singer. In 1983, along with his younger brother Troy, Dale formed the band Matrix and began writing original material. In 1986, Matrix was signed to a record deal and changed their name to Bride. Between 1986 and 2013, Thompson released 14 studio albums with Bride, along with five solo albums, before disbanding the group, with the brothers remaining the only two original members throughout Bride's career. A lyric tenor in Bride's early days, Thompson was known for his powerful and stratospheric voice, as is evidenced on such early Bride songs as "Evil That Men Do", "Hell No" and "Here Comes the Bride".

Thompson was into boxing and weightlifting, and currently holds two Kentucky bench press records. He has the title as the "Strongest Man in Kentucky."

Thompson and his brother retired Bride in 2013, after releasing the band's 14th and final album, Incorruptible.

Thompson currently lives in New Zealand and has a new musical project, "The World Will Burn", with Kentucky-based multi-instrumentalist Alan Zaring. The duo has released their debut album, Severity. He also formed a new band called "N.O.G.", meaning "No Other God". The band are currently finishing recording their first album for a 2018 release.

In 2018, Thompson announced a new project with Tiago James De Souza of Hand of Fire, called Perpetual Paranoia. They have described their style as heavy, but not thrash metal.

In December 2018 Thompson joined Myles Barfield in "Dabster Gentlemen", originally an instrumental band who builds their music with an acoustic foundation. While in this band Thompson was able to explore Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Soul as well as a number of various styles of music he likely never would have been able to do. While in Dabster Gentlemen, Thompson recorded daily for a year, developing a catalog of albums that would be released yearly over the next ten years. In mid-2019 Thompson began a second concept project with Myles called "Haunted no More". The duo's goal was to work deep into emotions, pain and tragedy. They wanted to create music that made people think, and take the listener on a journey ending in hope. As with Dabster Gentlemen, the band worked tirelessly recording enough songs to release an album a year for at least six years. In both of these bands, Thompson performed all vocals as well as wrote all lyrics showing a side of himself that was open and unhindered, revealing a vulnerable honesty in each song as never before.

Presidential candidate nomination

Thompson sought the Constitution Party nomination in the 2008 campaign for president of the United States. He dropped out around March 19, 2007, but stated "If the Lord wills maybe we can seriously look at 2012." However, he did not run for president in 2012.

Personal beliefs

Thompson considers himself a committed Christian and universalist and according to Scott Waters of Ultimatum, Thompson's lyrical approach of universalism has been featured most prominently in "This is it" and "Skin for Skin." In the album Skin for Skin, Thompson's lyrics claim a greater Universalist view than previous releases, most notably in the song "End of Days", where the lyrics contain what is considered Thompson's most outward implication of Universalism with the lyrics, "Every man, women and child followed Adam to the grave. Your flesh he will destroy that your spirit will be saved...concluded them all in unbelief, he'll have mercy on everyone, by His grace and peace the Spirit and the Bride say come".

Despite his Universalism and several accusations that he is no longer a Christian, Thompson has stated that he is a devout Christian and does believe in a Hell, though he has not staked a clear position on other doctrinal issues such as speaking in tongues, divine healing, foot washing, and the rapture, as he believes the teachings of Christ are the most important areas of Christian Faith. He argues that the Bible does not require anything other than Believing in Christ's teachings. Thompson is often critical of many Christian churches and denominations, particularly fundamentalism, as they often refer to Christian Universalist beliefs as heresy.

Criticism of Cornerstone Festival

This section may be unbalanced toward certain viewpoints. Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page. (April 2022)

Thompson was critical of Cornerstone Festival, stating "the Cornerstone staff was easily freaked out by us. They would have some bizarre goth band play or some punk band that said crazy things and put on weird shows and invite them back year after year... while we preached boldly from the stage and basically was blacklisted from the festival. Sorry state of affairs."

Discography

With Bride

Studio albums

Compilations and other releases

  • End of the Age (1990)
  • God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You (1993)
  • Lost Reels I (1994)
  • Lost Reels II (1994)
  • I Predict a Clone a tribute to Steve Taylor – various artists (1994)
  • Shotgun Wedding: 11 No. 1 Hits and Mrs. (1995)
  • Lost Reels III (1997)
  • Bride Live! Volume I (1999)
  • Bride Live Volume II Acoustic (2000)
  • Best of Bride (2000)
  • Live at Cornerstone 2001 (2001)
  • The Matrix Years / Lost Reels (2001)
  • The Organic Years (2002)
  • Raw 7-track demo (2003)

Solo albums

  • Speak into the Machine (1994)
  • Dale Thompson and the Religious Overtones (1995)
  • Testimony – Dale Thompson and The Kentucky Cadillacs (1998)
  • Acoustic Daylight (1998)
  • Unbridled (2002)

With the World Will Burn

  • Severity (2016)
  • RuiNation (2017)
  • Nothings As Real As It Seems (2019)

With Perpetual Paranoia

  • The Reapers (2018)
  • Between the Altar and the Cross (2019)
  • Hell Fest (2021)
  • The Wave (2023)

With Dabster Gentlemen

  • Death or Life (2018)
  • Answers (2020)
  • The Sun is Up (2021)

With Swingle and Thompson Ordained

  • The Thunder That Rocks The World (2020)
  • Firestorm (2021)
  • When 2 Worlds Collide (2023)

With No Other God

  • Take it By Storm (2019)

With Haunted No More

  • Vol. I (2019)
  • Vol. II (2020)

With The Thomas Thompson Earth Project

  • Dreamland Lovecraft (2020)
  • 7 Angels 1 Sad Devil (2020)
  • Systematic Brain Drain (2021)

With Dominus Meus

  • DM1 (2020)
  • DMII (2021)

With Iron 501

  • Sgt. Reckless (2021)
  • Night Witches (2022)
  • Underground Railroad (2023)
  • Thin Blue Line (2024)

With We Are Resolute

  • Shine the Light (2020)
  • Only Human (2022)
  • Fallen Angel (2023)

With The Reconciled

  • Skin & Bones (2022)

With Sovereign Cross

  • Bow to the Light (2021)

With Not Of This World

  • Never Forget (2022).

With Digital KLL (2025)

References

  1. ^ "'Perpetual Paranoia' – An International Collaboration Between 'Dale Thompson' (Bride) & 'Tiago James De Souza' (Hand of Fire), Dabster Gentlemen, Haunted no More". The Metal Resource. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. Bride Interview. Imperiumi.net (Finnish)
  3. Bride is saying goodbye: A letter from frontman Dale Thompson. mauce.nl
  4. http://www.theworldwillburn.com/bio Biography at theworldwillburn.com
  5. "N.O.G., lo nuevo de Dale Thompson - la Batea Magazine". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  6. Christian Rocker Seeking Constitution Party Presidential Nomination at Third Party Watch Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – URL. Retrieved March 4, 2007
  7. Thompson's MySpace page announcing his candidacy – URL. Retrieved March 4, 2007
  8. "Dale Thompson 4 President???". Classicgod.com. January 1, 1990. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  9. "Open Letter from Dale Thompson of the Christian Metal Band Bride". Christianmusic.about.com. July 13, 2013. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  10. ^ "No Life 'til Metal – CD Gallery – Bride". Nolifetilmetal.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  11. ^ "Letter from Thompson". Christianmusic.about.com. July 13, 2013. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  12. ^ "Religious Beliefs". Libertynjustice.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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