The Birthday Massacre get new single out: ‘Dreams Of You’ – check out the radio version!

Bernard - Side-Line Staff — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:51:02 +0000

The Canadian goth metal act The Birthday Massacre will release their ninth album “Fascination” on February 18th through Metropolis Records. But first there is the new single “Dreams Of You” which you can check out below.

The new single is part of the new 9-song album “Fascination” which was produced by band members Michael Rainbow, M. Falcore, and Brett ‘Bat’ Carruthers and recorded at Desolation Studios, Dire Studios and The Altar Studios all in Toronto. Note that it was mixed by legendary former Skinny Puppy member Dave ‘Rave’ Ogilvie along with Rainbow, Falcore and Carruthers at Hipposonic Studios in Vancouver.

Here is the radio version of the new single “Dreams Of You”.

Upcoming tour

The Birthday Massacre will embark on a long-delayed U.S. tour with friends Julien-K in support which kicks off in New York City on February 24th. The band then follows with extensive international touring including treks across South America, The United Kingdom and Continental Europe.

February 24 — New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge
February 25 — Pittsburgh, PA – The Crafthouse
February 26 — Hamtramck, MI – Small’s
February 27 — Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
March 1 — Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
March 3 — Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theatre
March 4 — Kansas City, MO @ BLV
March 5 — Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater
March 6 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
March 8 — Seattle, WA – El Corazon
March 9 — Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
March 11 — San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
March 12 — West Hollywood, CA – The Whisky a Go Go
March 13 — San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
March 15 — Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
March 17 — Dallas, TX – Amplified Live
March 18 — Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
March 19 — Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
March 22 — West Palm Beach, FL – Respectables
March 23 — Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
March 25 — Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
March 26 — Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Hell)
March 27 — Nashville, TN – The Basement East
March 29 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
March 30 — Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Sound Stage
March 31 — Cambridge, MA – The Middle East
April 1 — Parsippany, NJ – Dark Side Of The Con
April 2 — Mechanicsburg, PA – Lovedraft’s Brewing

About The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre formed in 2000 in Ontario and were originally known as Imagica, their name taken from the title of a novel by Clive Barker. Having relocated to Toronto, they renamed themselves The Birthday Massacre just before the release of their debut album, “Nothing & Nowhere”, in the summer of 2002. The “Violet” EP was issued in 2004 and then made available in expanded form as a full album via Metropolis Records, a label with whom the group have remained ever since.

The next two TBM albums, “Walking with Strangers” (2007) and “Pins and Needles” (2010), plus the EP “Imaginary Monsters” EP (2011), were followed by 2012’s “Hide and Seek”.

The group turned to their fans to help crowdfund their sixth album, “Superstition”, which appeared in late 2014 and was supported by major tours in North America, the UK, mainland Europe and Brazil.

A compilation of early four-track demos entitled “Imagica” (2016) preceded “Under Your Spell”, released in 2017. Three years later, the band celebrated their 20th anniversary with “Diamonds”, its release seeing new drummer Phillip Elliot and bassist Brett ‘Bat’ Carruthers join the band’s ranks. The latter is also the frontman of alternative rock band A Primitive Evolution.

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Reissue of Trent Reznor protégé Prick’s self-titled debut album on vinyl available now

Bernard - Side-Line Staff — Mon, 08 May 2017 18:10:33 +0000

Out now and available right here is the vinyl reissue of the self-titled debut album by Prick, which was an American industrial rock band signed to Trent Reznor’s Nothing Records imprint. The project was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by guitarist and songwriter Kevin McMahon, after his first project Lucky Pierre disbanded. Pressed on vinyl for the first time, this very limited vinyl edition can be ordered right here.

The first line-up of the band featured McMahon on vocals and guitar, Chris Schleyer on guitar and Andy Kubiszewski (Exotic Birds and Stabbing Westward) on drums. The songs on the band’s debut were written from 1989 to 1992 by Kevin McMahon. He then recorded four demo songs with Trent Reznor, a longtime friend and a former Lucky Pierre member who found success with his new project, Nine Inch Nails.

These demo-songs were recorded in Reznor’s Le Pig studio and featured a re-recording of a track from Lucky Pierre’s 1988 “Communiqué” EP. After Reznor was fully immersed in the recording of Nine Inch Nails’ second album, “The Downward Spiral”, McMahon went to England to collaborate with British producer Warne Livesey. 8 songs were recorded after which the band signed to Nothing Records of Interscope, a vanity label founded by Reznor and former Lucky Pierre manager John Malm Jr..

In 1994, McMahon assembled a live band for this project. The new line-up featured Kevin McMahon on vocals and guitar, Chris Schleyer on lead guitar, Sebastien Monney on bass, Brian Kehew on keyboards and Sean Furlong on drums and performed under the name Riverhead in clubs in Los Angeles. Kehew eventually left the band after 3 shows and was replaced by Paul Roessler in late 1994 after which the band changed its name to Prick and released its debut 7-inch single, “Communiqué”, which was followed by the band’s self-titled debut album in 1995. The album would sell 66,000 copies.

The track “Animal” became a minor alternative radio hit and its music video, which you can see below, was released the same year.

Furlong and Roessler were fired from the band in 1995 while Garrett Hammond replaced Furlong on drums and Dave Ogilvie was hired for live programming. In 1996, McMahon moved to London to record a follow-up Prick’s debut album. Due to creative differences and McMahon’s reluctance in producing a more radio-friendly effort Prick was dropped from Nothing Records. In 2002, he released Prick’s second studio album, “The Wreckard”, independently through Lucky Pierre Music’s official website. At the same year, he assembled a new line-up for the Prick, consisting of Greg Zydyk on guitar, former Lucky Pierre member Tom Lash on bass and Andy Kubiszewski on drums. The band briefly performed in 2002 and 2003.