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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1999 – present)

The Birthday Massacre is a / band, formed in 1999 and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1999 until 2002, the band name was Imagica. The current lineup consists of Chibi (vocals), Rainbow (guitars and programming), Michael Falcore (guitars), Owen (keyboards), Nate Manor (bass), and Rhim (drums). Their sound is mostly a fusion of , , and .

So far, TBM released five studio albums: Nothing and Nowhere (2002), Violet (2005), Walking With Strangers (2007), Pins and Needles (2010), and Hide and Seek (2012). They also issued the DVD Blue (2005), the live album/DVD Show and Tell (2009), and the EPs Violet (2004), Looking Glass (2008), and Imaginary Monsters (2011).

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”.
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  • KevinrLee

    Heeeeeeeey Brazilian Violets, I wish say: "Ei Violet, vc aí que ainda não pediu. Vamos mobilizar aqui pedindo o show de TBM aqui no Brasil nesse site, vamos insistir para que o nosso sonho seja realizado. Basta fazer uma conta de 2 segundos e claro não esquecer de clicar no botão "Queremos" rs, é muito rápido! Vamos lá:" http://www.queremos.com.br/thebirthdaymassacre Ah, se puder compartilhar essa informção com seus amigos, melhor ainda =D + de 45 votos o/ o/ o/

    Yesterday 4:32pm Reply

  • Rawr_Jessy

    Absolutely amazing band.

    20 May 12:34am Reply

  • inSeories

    Black Chibi and guys are white! Cool show! Cool atmospheric! Chibi, your voice it's miracle! Thanks from SPb.

    19 May 1:00pm Reply

  • psychesane

    Hey guys, I'm a fan from Brazil and I have a fan page about TBM musics. I would be really happy if you like it: https://www.facebook.com/GlassCageTBM

    18 May 6:55pm Reply

  • MustBeDreaming1

    Yay, the yesterday show in Saint-Petersburg was fantastic!! And Chibi and the guys are so nice personally! Adore them!

    18 May 9:26am Reply

  • jETfLASH

    EPIC show in Moscow! Setlist was brilliant, there were songs from all albums! Will never forget this day, I was waiting for it since 2007! Chibi is sooooooo cute. And bassist is kinda badass with his long hair and beard, but was smiling a lot) Thaks TBM, hope to see you again in Moscow.

    17 May 5:10am Reply

  • breadysoul

    The tv show The Vampire Diaries used one of their songs once. That's the closest I've ever seen them come to the mainstream.

    17 May 4:06am Reply

  • leisuresuite

    It's like industrial gothic new wave shoegaze metal synth-pop. They are such genre benders. I can't get enough

    15 May 6:13am Reply

  • alin1

    TBM are definitely one of the best bands ever. They seem quite ignored by mass media (radio, TV, newspapers etc), maybe because of their name. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people would like TBM if they would hear one of their songs.

    13 May 11:24am Reply

  • Neon_Spadezzz

    I guess a person should at least make an attempt to tag a music artist as their 'correct' genre, but when it sums down to what the music artist sounds like, the genre behind their music does not matter, only the fact that they sound good. People should assign logical tags to their music artists (genre-wise), but when it comes to the music artist they're tagging, they either sound good or don't (which is an opinion anyways).

    13 May 3:31am Reply

  • leisuresuite

    I adore Chibi's vocals

    11 May 8:17pm Reply

  • anutish

    обожаю эту группу

    9 May 11:15am Reply

  • GlassGrass

    недавно решила послушать более основательно, по альбомам, а не треками, как было раньше. В общем, замечательная группа, ничего не скажешь. Есть и не очень интересные композиции, но музыка в работах таки отличается, несмотря на то, что у них есть некий фирменный саунд, с которым они не расстаются на протяжении всего творческого пути. А значит, мое мнение касательно отсутствия апгрэйда и штамповки оказалось напрочь ошибочным :с Вывод - надо слушать целые альбомы сразу, а не по кусочкам.

    4 May 7:41pm Reply

  • CarrierOfEchoes

    breadysoul has the right idea. My music collection is highly categorised, both on the shelf and on the computer, but I won't use categorisation to discount something without listening first.

    1 May 6:18pm Reply

  • manynotes2

    If you like that band, check LOVELORN DOLLS http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Lovelorn+Dolls

    23 Apr 12:39pm Reply

  • gettiner

    Hey BM! :) Can you come to Slovakia pls? ^_^

    19 Apr 7:38am Reply

  • wishmaster77

    welcome to Moscow

    16 Apr 8:58am Reply

  • breadysoul

    What I meant was that it doesn't matter what they are in deciding whether to listen to them, as ideally one should be open to checking out and understanding new things regardless of what they're tagged as. Hence the rest of my other shout where I said categories/labels can be useful if people correctly assign them.

    11 Apr 12:02am Reply

  • alin1

    @Brittishpop: "Who cares what they "are""? Most music listeners, especially the Last.fm users (Last.fm is mostly about scrobbling and tagging). There must be a way to describe an artist's music; the tags for example. Of course, TBM's music is awesome, no matter the tagging. // @breadysoul: "Indeed, it doesn't matter what they are." I don't agree. It matters. Would you like to see tags like country, jazz, folk, emo, dubstep, used for TBM? I'm sure I wouldn't... ;)

    6 Apr 1:43pm Reply

  • breadysoul

    Indeed, it doesn't matter what they are. Categories (genres specifically, in this case) absolutely have their uses, as they are a quick way to ascertain some of the basic characteristics of something (though they have to be relatively correct to be of use), but they become troublesome when people use them to stereotype and discriminate.

    5 Apr 9:48pm Reply
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