Halloween Playlist

"Trick or treat!

Smell my feet!

Give me blood and guts to eat!"

That's currently what's on my shirt as I am about to begin trick-or-treating with my young, adorable cousin... The one that doesn't like ice cream.

Anyways, I have compiled a Halloween playlist for my own amusement, so here it goes.

1.) "This is Halloween" by Panic! At the Disco

2.) "Haunted" by Evanescence

3.) "Serial Killer Girl" by Snow White's Poison Bite



Concert Ramble #6: Miss May I

They were by far the best set of the night. Good god, they were fucking great. They had a huge circle pit, wall of death, and pure badass lighting. Fuck yeah, bitch...

I have no more words to desribe the amazingness that is Miss May I, other than I regret that was the first time I ever listened to them...

They played this song and shit went down...

Concert Ramble # 5: Of Mice & Men

I very nearly lost my shit when I saw these guys hop onto the stage. Holy tits, I may or may not have screamed inside... and a little outside...

Shayley was fucking incredible... Because of that concert, I got seriously more into these guys. They totally killed it - Austin was great as well.

But for half of a song, Alan (who reminds of this one kid I know oh so fondly nicknamed Ginger Bitch) was faced away from us. Luckily, I caught a couple pictures and some badass video. Except my mother deleted them.

Oh, and they played "Second and Sebring", which is shown below...

Concert Ramble #4: Texas in July

I wasn't a huge fan of these guys... They weren't god-awful or anything, and their vocalist killed it... But I swear every fucking member of that band was spitting. Like what the fuck, man?

Anyways, I shall give them a 3/5. They were good, but not what I was into...

Concert Ramble #3: Close to Home

These guys were new to me.

Never heard of them. In fact, I'd been saying their name wrong the entire time.

I'm not in the mood to say much of anything other than they were my 3rd favorite band I saw there.

Also, their one song was rather touching...

Concert Ramble #2: Band 1 - Autumn of Terror

These guys were totally badass. And my love for them was intensified by two things:

1. - They are from right here in Wichita, Kansas.

2. - Two members of the band wore Whitechapel shirts.

Oh, woe is me.

Anyways, they were a cool bunch, despite the overusage of "motherfucker".

Like seriously, motherfuckin' shut up with the motherfuckin "motherfuckers".. Motherfuckers!

http://www.myspace.com/yourforeverendstoday

Concert Ramble #1: We Came as Romans

So far, October 6, 2011 was the best day of my whole fucking existance. Like, no joke. I seriously LOVED THE SHIT out of those precious few hours I spent at the front row clinging onto the railing for dear life because I wanted that fucking spot...

What was it? A concert, ladies and gentlemen. And not just any concert. No no. It was my first concert, and it was fucking fantastic.

It was a part of We Came as Romans headlining tour, and their stop was right here in Wichita, Kansas.

So how was We Came as Romans?

They were a little bit of a letdown. I couldn't hear David and what I could hear of Kyle was shitty. But the other bands were cool. Still, I got a kickass shirt from them.

Still, go WCAR!



It's Evanescence!!!

HOLY SHITBALLS!!! Evanescence! Ahhh!!!

It's safe to say I love Evanescence. And it's also safe to say I don't know when the fuck this music video came out. But it's lovely to see a new video from this band and Amy.

I honestly can't wait to hear the rest of this album. Honestly, I'm squealing like a little bitch in excitement. Until then, I can replay all the old songs I loved so dearly in wait...

Plus, Amy's looking as lovely as ever.

Music Video of the Day: Creatures by Motionless in White

Motionless in White is one of my favorite bands at this moment. I fucking love their song "Santa's Pissed", which is by far the most amazing Christmas song known to man.

Anyways, here's Creatures. Kickass song, kickass video.

And holy shit, that was Megan Massacre who just set that old guy on fire...

My Acoustic Obsession: The Maine

I rather like The Maine. It's a little different than what I'm listening to right now, and is a welcome change from all the screaming. Despite my intense love for all things Whitechapel, there's only so much one can take before they lose their fucking mind. Or maybe they're just crazy ass metalheads. Either way...

See, I like the usual stuff from The Maine. In fact, my favorite song from them is "The Way We Talk". But the thing is that I love it all so much more acoustic. So I'm here to share my love with my handful of readers. Or the one. Or I'm possibly just writing to myself and no one else...

Ahem. Where was I?

Here is The Maine doing an acoustic cover of "Roses" by OutKast back in August of 2010.

Music Video of the Day: Little Miss Obvious by Her Bright Skies

Thanks to BryanStars, these guys have their own little section on my phone. Or rather, I must give my thanks to BryanStars2. I like them. I think the song is pretty damn catchy, and I like that. In case you haven't noticed.


But I do believe this band is made up of all the blondes Sweden has to offer...

Music Video of the Day: Blessed With a Curse by Bring Me the Horizon

I thought this video was stunning. I love the whole look of it, and both of the girls were lovely.

Perhaps it's not my favorite song, not even my favorite by Bring Me the Horizon, but this is my favorite video of theirs. I think that their latest album was their best, but my favorite song was "Don't Go" featuring Lights, which was the first Bring Me the Horizon song I ever heard.

So enjoy the video, even if you have to listen to it on mute.

And resist the urge to slap the computer screen. He just kept holding his hands out, and I seriously wanted to five the dude a high-five.

New Music for Me #3: Jody Has a Hitlist

They're Irish. Have I mentioned some of my favorite music comes from Europe? Goddamn those Europeans have this shit down.

Anyways, here's a band to be checked out. Their name is Jody Has a Hitlist.

Their Website


Facebook


MySpace

I've been listening to their song "Through It All", and the video will be below.

I'm too tired to really write anything more other than: CHECK THEM OUT!!! And thank Buddha for BryanStars...

Music Video of the Day: Reprobate Romance by Whitewidow

I think this is going to be a new thing. Just posting a music video or a song of the day whenever the fuck I don't feel like actually putting effort into writing.

I felt the need to post this song right now, after my last post on Get Scared. Enjoy.

But is it me, or does Lexus Amanda slightly remind you of Dahvie Vanity? 

Band I'm Digging: Get Scared

In case you haven't noticed, I have a love/hate relationship with new discovering new music. Love: I know I like it, I know what will help with my mood. Hate: it's taking up all the room on my phone, I have to learn the words (I'm kind of a freak about lyrics)...

But once again I have begun listening to a band I'd never listened to before.

I've known their name for quite awhile. In fact, a month or so ago, I was able to recognize their name in Outburn magazine, for this edition:

They were one of the band pictures in the front, and my mother was pointing out the hand print on a certain Nicholas Matthews's face (which I have to admit I find pretty damn cool).

I went on with my life afterwards, not paying them any more attention. And then it happened...

I was on YouTube, listening to the Falling in Reverse album when a recommended video in the description was: "Reprobate Romance" by Whitewidow.

I think that's how you spell that. Is the "W" at the end supposed to be capitalized?

I thought the lyrics were horribly cheesy - to the point where I cringed at certain times. I can honestly say I haven't written try-hard poetic shit like that since 5th grade.

To be fair, the girl's voices weren't too bad. I know Lexus Amanda was the name of one of the girls... The girls seem to hate her. Obviously, she dated a hot guy in a band for that to have happened.

I liked the guy's voice. Then I saw his name: Nicholas Matthews. I remembered that name. I knew I did. That Get Scared dude.

Once again, I was like "fuck it" and didn't listen to them.

Yeah... So...

Not too long ago, BryanStars came out with his BryanStars News and talked about that whole thing with Ronnie Radke and Nicholas Matthews, and the suicide thing.

So I FINALLY decided to look up Get Scared and found their song "Whore". Sure, for a second I kind of thought it was a chick (but only momentarily, I swear).

I do like them quite a bit now, with them going on my phone and deleting a couple songs from All Time Low (I'm so sorry... but Zack Merrick's shirtless poster from AP is still on my wall!).

That's some crazy ass hair they've got going on... And still lovin' the hand print...

Get Scared, bitches.

A War in My Ears: Amy vs. Carly

These past few days, Evanescence has been playing on and off on my iPod. To add to this female singer madness, yesterday I began re-listening to We Are the Fallen.

I loved Evanescence when I was younger - quite frankly, that was one of the bands that helped me get into metal in the upcoming year. But eventually I found myself caught up in that music those damn Europeans (*cough cough* Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, German *cough cough*) put out. You know, the Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation, Leaves' Eyes, Xandria...

And speaking of Xandria - they got me into Lacrimas Profundere, who I listened to on the bus the other morning when I forgot my phone.

Anyways, the Evanescence bug bit me last week when I started to listen to their new single "What You Want". As much as I love Amy, I wanted new, with bands and lyrics that were unfamiliar to me. So BAM! I remembered a little band called We Are the Fallen...

Who is We Are the Fallen? They are the band who has more Evanescence members than Evanescence itself, I swear to Buddha. Carly Smithson, ex-American Idol, and Ben Moody are really the only two members of the band whose names I can actually remember though. Sorry, but I'm too lazy to look shit up (it's not like anyone actually reads this crap).

So... Who do you like better?

VS.



Music Update: Round One of Awesomesauceness!

So now we're back to the shit I listened to before the shit I listen to now and even the shit before that and the shit before that...

 Let me clarify that a little bit.

Round One -- Evanescence, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, Metro Station

That last one was a little odd compared to the others... But on speak of them, who's heard Brenda Song is pregnant, eh? No one? Whatever.

Round Two -- Within Temptation, Epica, Nightwish

Still love 'em all... Like with the top few...

Round Three -- Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Escape the Fate, The Agonist

To add to a former list: Alissa White-Gluz is yet ANOTHER chick I'm gonna put on my lesbian dreams list:

Ahem, back to the music!

Round Four -- Pierce the Veil, Chiodos, D.R.U.G.S., Isles & Glaciers

What's with me and Craig Owens? Ex-Chiodos, current D.R.U.G.S., and side projects Isles & Glaciers and Cinematic Sunrise - not to forget his going solo?

What? I just mentioned him a lot, so...

Round Four: Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse

Phil Bozeman is... Dare I say it?... A beast.

Round Four -- This is where we are right now. Which is basically Round One all over again.

Three Days Grace is the main band I'm listening to right now... "Time of Dying" anyone? Oohhhs... Look at that. "Pain" was totally my first song by them.

Still YDG'N?

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Of Mice & Men song, ladies and gents. 

New Music for Me #2: This Romantic Tragedy

I was supposed to blog about these guys a few days ago. But, being the horrible procrastinator I am, I have gotten caught up in my life. And no, it's not because I have a booming social life. Quite the opposite actually.

Anyhow, I'm here to talk about This Romantic Tragedy.

I like these guys. The first song I heard was "Such Simple Words", and it still happens to be my favorite by them.

If you like bands that mix singing and screaming, I recommend them. They kind of remind me of Alesana for some reason, but that might just be me. Look them up. Right now. Watch their fucking video for "Such Simple Words".

Their MySpace

Don't forget to check them out. And if you don't like them.... Fuck you.

Not really.

New Music for Me #1: Snow White's Poison Bite

Ah... New music.

Now, I listen to enough shit already. My fucking phone can't hold much more, yet I still decide to keep on listening to new bands and new songs. Damn you, BryanStars. And damn your BryanStars2 channel as well.

To those who know about BryanStars, the youtuber dude who interviews fuck-awesome bands, you most likely would know that he posts music videos for bands too. Well, anyways, I'm a subscriber to both his channels.

Yesterday I recieved the email (which makes me scream like a little bitch, I swear) notifying me that he had uploaded a video. I was desperately hoping for an interview, but alas... There was Snow White's Poison Bite.

It was for their music video for their song "The End of Prom Night". Instantly, I was hooked. Catchy as fuck, not to mention I loved the video. I promise I don't really want that to happen. But I have to admit that their singer (Jeremy 13th, was it?) looked quite a bit like Andy Biersack. You know, the one 3 from the left...

I looked up some of their other songs (haven't really had the chance to check any more out since school started) like "Valentine's Doom" and "Kristy Killings".

Check 'em out, bitches.

http://snowwhitespoisonbite.com/

http://www.myspace.com/snowwhitespoisonbite

But the last thing: why exactly would you give a fuck about homecoming queen on prom?

We're Freaks...

Okay, this is from yesterday morning. My darling Mira, whose blog I currently follow, has posted this on her blog as have I.

Please forgive me for the accent. I was practicing for Performing Arts next year.

We're still fucking freaks, though.

In This Moment (with a little Simone Simons thrown in...)

I'll admit it. I've looked up the "hottest chicks in metal" and have to admit some of the chicks are pretty damn sexy. But I have an excuse: I like to write stories, cast people as my characters, and I like said characters to be pretty people. There.

Anyways, in my search for a drool-worthy mistress of metal, I came across a certain blonde named Maria Brink.

Hot damn. Boobs...

First, I noticed her very noticeable assets, the tiny little dress, and went onto find my favorite female vocalist Simone Simons of Epica as the sexiest. Another picture of yet another stunning woman:



More boobs! ... But I'm insanely jealous of her hair...

Back to the subject of In This Moment:



I didn't pay much attention to this band, only listening to their one song "Into the Light" and not anything else. I was seriously in the mood for some good old male vocals...

But two days ago, I was getting a little bored with what I was listening to, so I decided to check them back out.

I'm glad I did.

The first song I came across was "The Promise". I fell in love with it right away, and adored the duet between her and Adrian Patrick of Otherwise.

Then, there was "The Beautiful Tragedy", "Forever", "The Gun Show", "Prayers"...

But my favorite song has to be either "Lost at Sea" or "You Always Believed". They, like the my other favorites I haven't named, come from the album The Dream.



Cool ass cover!!!



I will be listening to more, I'm sure. I haven't had enough time to go through most of their works, but what I'm seeing/hearing I'm liking.

And Maria Brink is sooo going on the list of chicks I'd go lesbian for.

The Black Dahlia Murder Shirt

It was noon in my neck of the woods as I was waking up. My head was pounding, my vision was blurry, and I couldn't give a fuck about anything. I just wanted to sleep.

But, my father decided to burst into my room with a package in his hands, and my heart fluttered slightly.

Surely, it couldn't be...

It was. It was, in fact, the first of my shirts to arrive. And they only shipped it three days ago.

I jumped out of my bed and squealed like a little fangirl. Tearing it from his hands, I attempted (and failed) to open it. So he took it back, ripped the thing open, and handed me the beauty and the lovely little catalogue that came with it.

Cute, eh?

The thing is: I ordered a medium. I should have gotten a small.

Shitballs. Oh well.

Summer Television

It's currently 2:42 in the morning here in Kansas. (To the right is a sight not too far from my house - by my grandmother's, actually).


Late, early - whatever the fuck you want to call it. Either way, I should probably be asleep right now because I got to go to the YMCA tomorrow with a certain young cousin of mine.

Just ignore the first  2 paragraphs.

But doesn't summer TV just suck? I don't know about you, but I can't seem to find anything to watch... There's the occasional Criminal Minds (my favorite show in the universe) marathon - one tomorrow, today?, I think - but that isn't enough.

I mean, I've found myself watching Jersey Shore and just pondering the height of Snooki. What the hell has my summer come to?

And my dear muse has up and left me - tata, my darling Lydia. I hate you.

Back to the topic: At lunch, I'm so hopelessly out of things to watch, I'm watching the news. The goddamned news - which, by the way, is full of shit on Casey Anthony. I just want to hear about some good stuff.

By the way, I'm currently watching Top Shot. This George guy irks me. I think it's the hair.

Damn televison.

My Haircut

Here is my new haircut. First, I want to say that I didn't expect it to come out this way. I thought the picure of bangs that my aunt was pointing to was the length my bangs were supposed to be, not how the actual bangs were going to turn out.

Anyways, my lovely Mira is demanding pictures of the haircut, so here it is. Wonderful, is it not? I am rather fond of it, despite hating it at first.

  

So tell me, Mira, what do you think? And you do have to admit it does kind of look like Ariana's, if only a tad bit longer.

Looking at the picture, though, my room does suck. Pink wallpaper, pink comforter. It's like hell. The only thing that makes it better is the bookshelf.

P.S. The feet you see are of singing bears.

Juliet Simms and Automatic Loveletter

I first heard Juliet Simms sing with Alex Gaskarth on All Time Low's "Remembering Sunday". At once, I fucking loved her voice, and went onto find her band. Automatic Loveletter was a band I instantly liked, and was obsessed with the songs "Unhearted" and "Hush" for about a month.

Then, I discovered the European metal world, moved onto that, found Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Escape the Fate... You get it. I moved on.

And then I was watching this interview of Austin Carlile from Of Mice & Men, and in the recommended videos was an interview of Juliet Simms. So I clicked on it, and she spoke of her new acoustic album.

Of course, I looked it up. It's name: The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On.



When I become obsessed with certain songs, that's the only thing I'll listen to for days at a time. This album has been playing for a week. It's crazy delicious, like a nice bowl of Dairy Queen ice cream. Unless you hate Dairy Queen. Then it's Braum's. Or maybe you're like my 2 year old cousin who hates ice cream.

Anyways, I recommend the song "Black Ink Revenge".

It's safe to say I'm so fucking jealous of Warped-goers this year, it isn't even funny. Lucky bitches.

Summer Slaughter

In Wichita, Kansas at 3:00 P.M., the doors opened at the Cotillion to welcome Summer Slaughter. The most fan-fucking-tastic lineup is what concert-goers were blessed to see.

Now, three of my favorite bands are a part of the Summer Slaughter Tour: Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Dying Fetus.



I say it's a beautiful tour, that Summer Slaughter. So congrats to the my fellow Wichita people who got to see it.

Merch

When I was in Dallas, my dad stole my copy of Alternative Press and recommended I check out the website, rockabilia.com. Unfortunately, they didn't have the Whitechapel shirt I wanted in my size, but...


Later tonight, I am to spend $120 on shirts and hoodie, all for bands I one day shall forget about. Here's what I'm getting:










I've already bought myself lovely shirts for The Agonist, Epica, Sonata Arctica, and Leaves' Eyes.

The All-Stars Tour

So, today, I was revisiting this month's Alternative Press magazine. And on a certain page, I stumbled upon the most heartbreaking thing to hit me this month: on July 24, 2011, the All-Stars tour had their stop in Dallas, Texas. Now, it broke my heart because I leave for Dallas tomorrow morning. The thing is, if I had known, I could have gone.


Look at that lineup - it's beautiful, really. Alesana, Sleeping With Sirens, Chelsea Grin, Born of Osiris, Motionless in White, blessthefall, Iwrestledabearonce, In This Moment... I think I'm going to cry.

Damn, that really sucks, doesn't it? I'm fucking missing out on Kellin Quinn and the awesomesauce-ness that is Krysta Cameron. I officially hate the world. (Not really.)

Fuck. My. Life.

Falling in Reverse: The Drug in Me is You

Today - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - is the day that Falling in Reverse, the new band of the infamous ex-Escape the Fate vocalist Ronnie Radke, drops their first album, The Drug in Me is You. And I, as a former Ronnie fangirl, am expected to say I love the thing.

Of course, I do. It wasn't exactly what we were expecting, I'm sure. Still, I quite like it. I must admit that it's pretty damn catchy.

Well, here we go. A crappy track by track breakdown of The Drug in Me is You, as done by me - Tenley.

Yeah - I don't think I'm ever going to work for Alternative Press magazine (I'm not saying I did in the first place, though. I'm too young to contemplate work choices, yet.). I suck harder than a slut at semi- reviewing. Oh well. I can still be a mortician.

Track One: Raised by Wolves

It was the first single that sent thousands of fangirls squealing, no doubt. I hate to admit that I was one of them. I remember first hearing it: It was the day before I left for Mexico, so I rushed to get it onto my phone last minute. I remember sighing, because we'd (my dear bestie, Mira and I) been longing to hear a certain Mr. Radke's voice again.

Track Two: Tragic Magic

Without a doubt my favorite song on this entire album. It left me giggling and stupidly clapping to myself. Why? You have heard it, right? I think that makes it obvious.

First off, there's the beginning. His declaration of "I'm back!" to that laugh from the Epitaph trailer that left my lovely MJ swooning. The lyrics always get to me. The stab at Escape the Fate (which seems to be a rather common theme throughout, minus Good Girls Bad Guys), the lalalalas, the "you take a picture of me/ everytime you get a haircut"...

Sure, the lalala part makes them sound like fucking 16 year old stoner kids, but what the hell? Ronald was a stoner kids, was he not? And for this song, Ronnie Radke can be my fucking hero.

Track Three: The Drug in Me is You

Single number two. Contains my favorite question to ask people and confuse the hell out of them.

"If we are born to die and we all die to live, then what's the point of living life if it just contradicts?"

'Nuff said.

Track Four: I'm Not a Vampire

I do a little jazz hand thing when I find songs catchy. This is one of the songs I find catchy. I must say, nice vomiting noise in the song. Spectacular. Phenomenal. Fantastic. I'm running out of words to go along my sarcastic little rant there...

But can you imagine Ronnie Radke all sparkled up? Though, the second he starts to do his hair like Edward, I'm out.

Track Five: Good Girls Bad Guys

Reminiscent of "Situations" isn't it? Just good and sexy fun, right? "I wanna kiss your lips, the one between your hips"

Yet another little chuckle there. Mmm hmm...

Track Six: Pick Up the Phone

This is Mira's (in case you forgot, my best and only friend in this cruel world) favorite song by Falling in Reverse. The boy can speak fast, so I've learned. And I would sing along and everything, but I fail. I fail.

Great song, though.

Track Seven: Don't Mess With Ouija Boards

I never knew how to say "Ouija" before this. Still am a little confused, but almost positive of how to pronounce this.

Anyways, it seems like what should've been the Guillotine: Part 2. The better one, because while This War is Ours may be one of my favorite songs, I prefer Ronnie's voice. Personally, I love the lyrics in the beginning of the song.

Track Eight: Sink or Swim

It's the one I've listened to non-stop, but always seem to forget. But I do remember something about life being a bitch. Oh how life is a bitch, Ronnie. More so for him, of course. I'm just from a little town with some personal issues. Nothing like prison time for this girl.

Track Nine: Caught Like a Fly

This just seems like a huge "fuck you". And it even seems like it goes a tad bit too far when speaking of the grandfather and this line right here: "You have left my heart black and blue/ Just like your father did to you"

But the part where he goes "I will have slept with the girl that you loved most" did get a chuckle from me.

Also, it had a rather carnival-like feel to it (obviously). I can already see the scary clowns and a seductive little psychic, eh? Then again, all clowns are pretty scary...

Track Ten: Goodbye Graceful

It's my least favorite song. Personally, I'm not huge on Ronnie's screaming. But, like he screamed "I wrote this song to make you smile".

It worked.

Track Eleven: The Westerner

Last but not least, The Day I Left the Womb: Part Two. Just as heart-wrenching in the beginning... But with a little more ego, of course. While I like the feel of the first part, Ronnie gets to be a little arrogant bastard (in the nicest way) by the middle of it. I'm not saying I disliked it. In fact, it's one of my favorites. Just tone down on the cockiness, and we'll be good.