So far, TBM have released eight studio albums: Nothing and Nowhere (2002), Violet (2005), Walking With Strangers (2007), Pins and Needles (2010), Hide and Seek (2012), Superstition (2014), Under Your Spell (2017), and Diamonds (2020). They have also issued the DVD Blue (2005), the live album/DVD Show and Tell (2009), and the EPs Violet (2004), Looking Glass (2008), Imaginary Monsters (2011), and Imagica (2016).
The group originated in London, Ontario under the name Imagica, inspired from the novel "Imajica" by Clive Barker. The band's original lineup consisted of: Chibi, Rainbow, Michael Falcore, and Aslan (bass). Dank played live keyboards and O.E. joined the group on live drums. A seven-song limited edition demo was released.
In 2001, Dank left the group, and the others relocated from London to Toronto, Ontario, to begin recording. There, they recorded another limited edition demo, this time with five songs. In 2002, the band adopted the name The Birthday Massacre in order to avoid confusion with a metal band. They chose the name "The Birthday Massacre" since people were already familiar with the song of the same title. The song was later retitled as "Happy Birthday".
In July of 2002, The Birthday Massacre independently released their debut album entitled Nothing and Nowhere. In 2003, Adm joined the band on live keyboards and Rhim on drums.
On 20 July 2004, The Birthday Massacre released a nine song EP entitled Violet and at the end of the year, re-released Nothing and Nowhere with new sleeve artwork. Adm soon left thereafter to explore his own projects.
In the fall of 2004, the band was signed to Repo Records in Germany, and released a remastered and expanded version of Violet in Europe. The expanded version of Violet included four re-recorded and slightly reworked tracks from Nothing and Nowhere.
In 2005 the band signed to Metropolis Records and released Violet in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and most of South America. Owen joined on live keyboards and in August, the band began a series of international tours taking them to Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Belgium.
Also in August 2005, a DVD consisting of a video for the song "Blue" was released. It also included behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, a studio performance of "Nevermind" as well as live performances of "Violet" and "Video Kid". The centerpiece of the DVD was the Dan Ouellette-directed video for "Blue".
In early 2006, the Birthday Massacre toured North America, playing across Canada, the United States, and Mexico on their "Broken Minds" tour. They also played Europe in the summer of 2006.
In June 2007, it was announced that the band was working on a new record with Canadian producer/engineer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (producer of many industrial acts such as Skinny Puppy), and that bass player Aslan had left the band for his own project named Aslan Osiris. Aslan was replaced on bass by former drummer O.E. .
On 11 September 2007 the band released their third album Walking With Strangers in North America, entering at #10 on the Billboard "Top Heatseekers" chart for 29 September. The album was released in Europe on 21 September and in the UK on 22 October. Walking With Strangers included the singles "Kill the Lights" and "Looking Glass". An EP, Looking Glass followed in 2008.
In spring 2009, The Birthday Massacre issued their first live album, Show and Tell. It was recorded in Hamburg, Germany in Autumn 2007. A DVD with the Hamburg show and extra video content was released later in Europe (2009) and North America (2010).
The band's fourth studio album, Pins and Needles was issued on 14 September 2010 in North America, debuting at #152 on the Billboard 200, #6 on the heatseekers, and #34 on independent. O.E. left the group and was replaced by Nate Manor.
On 9 August 2011 the band released the EP Imaginary Monsters. In 9 October 2012, TBM released the fifth studio album, Hide and Seek.
Superstition is the sixth studio album by Canadian electronic rock band The Birthday Massacre, released on November 11, 2014 through Metropolis Records. The album was funded through PledgeMusic. To promote the album, a subsequent North America tour and music video for "Beyond" followed the album's release.
Under Your Spell is the seventh studio album by Canadian electronic rock band The Birthday Massacre, released on June 9, 2017 through Metropolis Records. The album was funded, once again, through PledgeMusic.
Official site: www.thebirthdaymassacre.com
Holiday
The Birthday Massacre Lyrics
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It all just wanes and pales and fades away
If we just want it too much
And what a shame if all there is
Is all that's gone away
There's nothing left here for us
Dead light holiday
Hollow as the promises of yesterday
On and on the music plays
Memories in paraphrase
Falling past my window
Like the morning rain
It's all the same
So many words remaining
Always too late
It never seems worth taking
And all the days
And all the nights lost sleeping
And in the end
The secret not worth keeping
In "Holiday" by The Birthday Massacre, we see melancholy and disillusionment. The song commences with a lamentation of how time has flown by, everything's become stale, and the excitement of the past has faded away. The two opening lines signify the dwindling of time and the eventual passing of youth. The transition from "wanes and pales" to "fades away" suggests that the singer is gradually accepting the loss of their youth and the things that once brought them joy.
The lyrics go on to describe the inevitability of nothingness: "If we just want it too much/ And what a shame if all there is/ Is all that's gone away/ There's nothing left here for us." The sentiments conveyed here say that life has taken all that was good, leaving nothing behind. The lyrics convey the sadness of the singer, who is so disillusioned that they can't fathom life without nostalgia. The chorus follows with the line "Dead light holiday," which emphasizes the futility of looking for meaning where none exists. We all live in moments of stagnation, but sometimes we cling on to those moments because new ones seem too daunting.
The lyrics of "Holiday" mainly concern finding solace in familiar places where the memories of the past can be remembered, but also emphasize the futility of clinging to those memories. The song captures the bittersweet feeling of holding on to past glories while recognizing that time moves forward regardless of personal circumstances, suggesting that it is all too easy to get lost in the past when the present becomes too challenging.
Line by Line Meaning
It's getting late
Time is running out, the moment is slipping away
It all just wanes and pales and fades away
Everything around us is losing its color, meaning and significance
If we just want it too much
Sometimes, if we want something too desperately, it slips away from us
And what a shame if all there is
It's a pity that what remains is all that's left
Is all that's gone away
All that's left are the memories of what we have lost
There's nothing left here for us
There is no hope or anything left for us here
Dead light holiday
Celebrating life but feeling empty inside
Killing time to make us stay
Passing time aimlessly to avoid facing reality
Hollow as the promises of yesterday
The promises of the past hold no weight or meaning
On and on the music plays
Life goes on, whether or not we are ready for it
Memories in paraphrase
Our memories and experiences have been dissected and distorted over time
Falling past my window
The memories are constantly slipping away from our grasp
Like the morning rain
Just like how the morning rain dissipates slowly, so do our memories and experiences fade away
It's all the same
Everything feels monotonous and repetitive
So many words remaining
There are things that are left unsaid and unexpressed
Always too late
We realize the value of something only after it's gone
It never seems worth taking
Even though something might have been valuable, it didn't seem so at the time
And all the days
All the days of our lives
And all the nights lost sleeping
All the sleepless nights spent worrying and stressing
And in the end
After everything is said and done
The secret not worth keeping
The knowledge or realization we kept hidden, isn't important in the grand scheme of things
Lyrics Β© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ROGER LUCCHESI, PIERRE SAKA, IRVING TAYLOR
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