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26 March 2011

The Birthday Massacre

Genre: Synth Rock, Electronic, Industrial, Alternative Rock.

Country: Canada.

Activity Period: 1999 - Present.

Members: Chibi: Vocals.

Rainbow: Guitar, Programming, Back Vocals.

Michael Falcore: Guitar, Programming.

Owen: Keyboards

O.E.: Bass, Back Vocals.

Rhim: Drums.

Discography: 2000 Imagica I (Demo)

2000 Imagica II (Demo)

2002 Nothing And Nowhere

2004 Violet EP

2005 Violet

2007 Walking With Strangers.

2008 Looking Glass EP

2009 Show And Tell (Live)

2010 Pins & Needles

Videography: 2005 Blue DVD

2009 Show And Tell

The Birthday Massacre is a Synth Rock band from Toronto, Canada previously know them under the name Imagica formed in 1999. The band has passed for changes line-up in keyboards with Dank (1999–2001), Adm (2002–2004) and Brett Carruthers (2004) and bass with Aslan (1999-2007). Currently the band are formed by Chibi on Vocals, Rainbow in Guitar, Programming, Vocals, Michael Falcore in Guitar and Programming, Owen in Keyboards, O.E. in Bass (previously in drums), Vocals and Rhim in Drums.
The audiovisual proposal of the band combines a sound is unique, fusioning electronic and rock sounds including Synth Rock, Industrial Rock, Gothic Rock and elements of 80's to work aggressive guitar sounds combined with the elegance of the synthesized melodies with dark lyrics mixing adult and child topics about horror, inocence, tragedy, infancy and fantasy. All This elements help to the aesthetic of the band is quite obscure, sometimes with a fetish character, bloody clothing, and clothing of a child model.

The Birthday Massacre after to have released of independient way their firsts and limited demos also released of independient way their album "Nothing and Nowhere" in 2002 and "Violet EP" in 2004 till in the fall of 2004, the band was signed to Repo Records and in 2005 the band signed to Metropolis Records releasing the album "Violet" with wich they did known as global way; this same year release their dvd "Blue DVD". In 2007 released "Walking With Strangers" and one year after "Looking Glass EP". In 2009 the band published their live album and dvd "Show And Tell", featuring 16 live tracks from their show in Hamburg, Germany from their Walking with Strangers European Tour in 2007.
The band posted a blog on their official MySpace announcing that they are going to continue writing and recording the new album which were be released in 2010, Pins & Needles.
The Birthday Massacre have a lot of loyal followers of differents styles but mainlny from gothic subculture.