Violet

The Birthday Massacre, The Birthday Massacre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2004)
• Original Release Date: September 10, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: TBM
• ASIN: B00061J1Y4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,210 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prologue

2. Lovers End

3. Violet

4. Red

5. Play Dead

6. Blue

7. Black

8. Holiday

9. Nevermind

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love at first listen., July 12, 2006

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Jarrod D. Lawrence (Avon, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Violet (Audio CD)

First of all, a little history of how I discovered this group. My main musical background for the past couple of years has been mostly made up of hardcore/metalcore, bands such as As I Lay Dying, Hopesfall, The Bled, Norma Jean, etc and the whole warped tour scene, such as From Autumn To Ashes, My Chemical Romance and the likes. Anyone who listens to this genre knows that it has become completely saturated. I have discovered some fairly new bands that have impressed me however, such as Bleed The Sky, and Versus The Mirror, but for the most part, my favorites are the ones of old who seem to have left their legacy behind (such as Poison The Well). So, being one who always likes to discover new and great music, I began to try and think of other musical genres that I might like. One day, while I was listening to an old favorite of mine, Type O Negative's October Rust, I decided that I would like to look into more music that was similar to it, since no other cd I owned was comparable. Of course, I came on Amazon and began using the listmanias and so you'd like to.. lists which I find really handy in situations like this. Suddenly a whole new world of music was opened to me.

I first started with Theatre Of Tragedy's album Aegis. And it was freaking incredible. Theatre of Tragedy led me to other bands similar, such as Within Temptation, Tristania, Sirenia, Beseech, Leave's Eyes, Nightwish, After Forever, Edenbridge and a ton more. I decided at this point that my favorite kind of "darker music", besides Type O that is, was mostly female fronted vocals, and my curiousity did not stop with just gothic metal bands. I eventually was led to the projekt label, and discovered etheral dreampop like music, such as Mira and Love Spirals Downwards. Then I began to collect others like Collide, Switchblade Symphony, Kidney Thieves, London After Midnight, and many others. And that is the point where I found The Birthday Massacre. I was reading a listmania and it was included. Since I had already purchased or listened most of the others on the list, I decided to take a shot in the dark and just order "Violet," which ended up being the best shot in the dark ever.

I now own both TBM albums and they are by far the best discovery I have made in my long journey to find...well whatever the heck I guess I was looking for, this being it. The music sets a dark yet calming atmosphere unmatched by anything I have ever heard. You will find yourself getting lost into the music while at the same time having an overwhelming urge to dance. The lyrics are superb and "cute" in a mischievious way. The best for me, however, are the vocals. Her vocals couldn't sound more perfect to me. I would describe them as being haunting and seductive, like a female vampire. Her seductive power makes you desire her with a passion, but you know in the end she's going to bite you. And in this case, I hope she does.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They should be huge., September 11, 2006

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Turiel (DC, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Violet (Audio CD)

As a music collector, i'm always pissed off when I hear some one who doesn't really listen to much music or look for new stuff complain "that they don't make good music anymore" or that "there's nothing interesting", or something along those lines. If your musical exposure is along the lines of whatever the radio or MTV,etc play i'm sure your view of music is that it is incredblely boring. However acts like the Birthday Massacre are direct evidence against the idea that music is going stale. I must admit I often do wonder myself why we can't have more interesting, young, creative, and very driven acts like this out today.
Often when asked to describe the sound of the act, I tell people to imagine what it would be like if the movie "the Neverending Story" became a rock band. I"m suprised they aren't signed to a major and being marketed to the kiddies en masse, however the vibe i've gotten from the band is that they would rather remain independant and keep control rather then sell their soul to the devil. Which is good for the listener, personally I would hate to see the creativity of this act comprimised in any way.
But if you don't own this album, head to the record store, or start ordering it now here on amazon, stop reading this review and get to it.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this!, October 22, 2006

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Peter Blitz "Blitz" (PHX, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Violet (Audio CD)

I stumbled onto this band completely by accident. I was surfing through myspace, and happened to hear Blue. I was hooked instantly.
I grew up in the 80's and was generally a fan of heavy metal and so-called hair metal, but at the same time, I did enjoy some of the other rock and new wave sounds. As the 90's hit, I had no use for grunge music (I think Kurt Cobain is terribly overrated), and pretty much gave up on modern music. As the decade went on, and metal started coming back (but a lot heavier), I followed along and also heard a song or two by Garbage and a couple other musicians with industrial aspects to their stuff.
Having said all that....this band put a whole new spin on my taste in music. They have this 80's sound and melody but with aggressive guitars. It's not metal.... but it is really fun.
Also, check out Tapping The Vein. They also do a version of the whole dark, electronic, heavy girl rock.