The Birthday Massacre

Well one of my favourite bands have hit out hard with a new album worthy of you time.

As you may know from reading my blog page, The Birthday Massacre have been a favourite of mine for many years!! I got into them back in 2005 after hearing about them on a forum site and quickly listened to their album Nothing & Nowhere.



It mixed fantasy sounds, 80's new wave pop and nu-metal to create something very original and yet so very familiar!!



I quickly got a copy of Violet (an ep that was lengthened into an album release) and got the Blue music video dvd.



By the time Walking with Strangers hit in September 2007 I was fanatical about the group and finally got to see them live last year in Glasgow as reported in my Violet Prison 15 July 2009 blog.







With my purchase of their Show & Tell dvd at the end of last year it was only a matter of time before they released another album....and it's finally here.



Pins and Needles is the quintessential Birthday Massacre album...huge synths, 80's new wave, goth pop and fantasy sounds are all mixed into a seamless soundscape.



To top it all off I get to seem them again on 13 October 2010 at the Classic Grand in Glasgow.



If you haven't had the pleasure yet...do something about it...you wont be sorry you did!!!

Carpark North

Few things in life make me as happy as when I find a band I've never come accross before and they are just so honestly in the right place for my heart to skip a beat....with this in mind, when I came accross Carpark North and listened to 'Berlin' from their first album 'All Things to All People' I knew I had heard something a bit special.



Its clear that this Danish three piece from Århus (I place I have actually visited when auditioning for the mighty Hatesphere) are all about stadium filling rock songs with hints of new wave synths. In fact listening to them makes me feel that 30 Seconds to Mars could easily copied their newer sound right off a Carpark North album.



I love pimping things I really like to people so check them out!!

All Things to All People



Grateful



FrEaK xXx

Mose Giganticus

Gift Horse (2010)

Oh how I love this band...epic like early Mastodon with quirky synths and vocoders this album is all kinds of good :)

Check it out if you havent yet!!

Well im officially off the market :p

Thats right people I am engaged :)

Two Brothers...Two Musicial Paths...Rocking My Ipod This Friday :)

Rob Zombie



Spider One



Between them they have infused their respective style of metal with B-Movie Horror (Rob Zombie) & B-Movie Sci-Fi (Spider One)

This morning, as I sit sipping green tea, I tip my cap to you!! ALL HAIL JESUS FRANKENSTEIN!!!! :p

EPIC post!!

Well, seeing as I have been ultra anti-social recently in terms of blogging I have decided to push the boat out with my latest creation...MEGA-BLOG!!! :p

Basically I intend to rattle through many stories all in this one blog...so make sure you're comfy...if you need to pee...GO NOW...get a cup of tea on the way back and lets catch-up :)

Things have been all go as of late and I've been up to a bit of this and that. Both my brothers recently got married and as such me and my girlfriend have been having a blast enjoying catching up with relatives and maybe partaking in a drink or 2 :p

We recently purchased a PS3...and god how I love it...I had (in my youth) been somewhat of a gamer and of late, with the lack of a gaming console, had not been interested in that scene...until now!! The machine is only 3 weeks old and already I have completed Metal Gear Solid 4 (7/10 in my opinion), Ratchet and Clank - Tools of Destruction (7/10) twice haha, Assassins Creed 2 (8/10) and am currently battling super mutants, gouls & wastelanders in the ultra epic Fallout 3 (9/10)..it would seem this game is sooo huge and sooo epic that already 30hours into it I'm only just over a quarter through.

FALLOUT 3!!!!



Genetik Blueprint has been hard at work creating new songs, introducing two new members and taking part in photoshoots.

I have recently started work on a side endeavour called Nightscapes & Dayscrapers with a friend and have been writing synth driven alt rock songs which has proved much fun!!

Ive been to the cinema to see Inception (which i would give a 10/10) and it could be the best film I've seen in a long long time, A-team (lots of fun and a 7/10), Karate Kid (again lots of fun 7/10), Splice (didn't really float my boat 5/10), Predators (loved it 7/10) & The Sorcerer's Apprentice (6/10 not bad for what it was but a bit of a run of the mill film).



On the music front .. The new Acacia Strain album Wormwood is arguably the catchiest heavy album I've ever heard and is up there with Deftones album Diamond Eyes as potential album of the year!!



The new Soilwork album The Panic Broadcast is excellent and I'm counting down to the new Birthday Massacre album Pins & Needles as I have such a soft spot for this band.





Gigs...I'm going to see the Birthday Massacre, Crystal Castles, Level 42 & Robyn all in October...busy month!!

Finally me and my lady are going to Prague in December for a 5 day vacation...can't wait!!!

If you managed to get through all that I am proud of you!!

Until the next time

Much love

FrEaK xXx

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