Don't Fail Me Darko

So I thought it's probably time to post my Top Ten Favorite Bands.

Buuuut, don't worry, I shall post my Top Ten Non-Metal bands on Wednesday.

Just to be fair.

1. August Burns Red

Great guys, with amazing talent.

Sometimes I don't think people realize how great they are.

The love needs to spread people!

2. MyChildren MyBride

Seeing them live will change your life.

Seriously.

3. The Devil Wears Prada

This band has never let me down.

Mike Hranica is my hero.

I want to marry him. (:

Haha, I'm completely serious!

Probably at the top of my wish list of bands

that I want to see live.

4. The Crimson Armada

This band is so under-rated its ridiculous.

Again, the love people, start spreadin'!

5. Here Comes The Kraken

I just recently found this band.

But they're so amazing, that they have made it to my

top ten.

Probably the fastest double-bass I have ever

heard in The Legend Of The Rent Is Way Hardcore.

6. Norma Jean

Bless The Martyr Kiss The Child album.

Nuff' said.

7. A Day To Remember

I love them.

Those are the only words I can use

to describe them.

8. Agraceful

First band I've listened to, where

the clean vocalist has an amazing voice,

without sounding like a chick.

(Skylit Drive, blessthefall.

I mean, I love em, but c'mon.

They sound like fags sometimes.)

9. Impending Doom

How could they NOT be on this list?

10. Chiodos

First band that has changed their lead singer

and still have impressed me.

Please comment, Tweet or email me with your Top Ten!
I wanna know!

♥ABIGAILE

@musicandmoshing

musicandmoshing@gmail.com



Where The Wild Things Are.

I haven't always loved metal. Honestly, two years ago, I was a huge Jonas Brothers fan. My room was covered in posters of Joe, and I actually saw them live. Twice.

Now, let me tell you a story...This is going to sound really cliche, but my metal obsession all started with a boy. Lets call him... Ned. Yes Ned.
*Ahwww*
No.
I'm gonna stop you right there. Before your heart skips a couple of beats, and you get that fluttery faint feeling that I'm about to tell a romantic story of some sort.
No, this dude was a jerk.
But of course I couldn't see that, I was a oblivious, naive, 14 year old Jonas Brothers fan.
When I think back, I wonder, why the heck did I fall for him??
I was so stupid.
But that's what crushes are for, right?
Falling for someone, and then later in life thinking, that was so pointless.
Why was I such an idiot? 
So, when he started talking to me, he said that he liked metal.
I wanted to impress this guy, I really really did.
So when I got home, I decided to look up some bands.
I kept the volume super low though, because I didn't want my family to catch me listening to metal.
So with my ear pressed up against the speaker for my computer, I listened to bands like, UnderOath, The Devil Wears Prada, and Haste The Day.
The crazy thing was, I didn't hate it. I actually really liked it.
I found myself drumming on the desk along to the songs.
So I wrote down the songs I liked, memorized the band names, and their most popular songs, and the next time I saw Ned, we talked metal.
And I loved it.
Something in me changed.
So when I got home, I listened to a band he told me to check out, Norma Jean. I listened to them, and I absolutely loved it. I listened to their CD Bless The Martyr Kiss The Child over and over and over. Until I could sing along with it somewhat. Then I decided to listen to the Jonas Brothers, I think maybe I missed them alittle bit.
But when I listened to it, I didn't like it so much.
I felt like their was something missing from their music.
And it wasn't the screaming.
It was missing the wholeness, and poetic lyrics of metal.
The lovely sounds all the instruments make when they play all heavy,
the feeling you get when a you hear a great breakdown.
It was all missing.
When I thought about it, metal lyrics actually mean something, (most of the time) The Jonas Brothers were singing about a girl that broke their heart or something.
Norma Jean was singing about how "Christ is not a fashion fleeting away..."
And I loved that.
So I turned around, and started tearing down all my posters of Joe.
The next day, I started listening to metal in front of my family.
They were shocked.
I think my dad had a party in his head or something, because he started burning me CD's of a Christian metal band from the late 80's, Believer.
And telling me about bands like Living Sacrifice and the Deftones.
I fell in love with metal.
Ned on the other hand, not so much.
I started to realize that he wasn't what I was looking for at all.
Thank God.


So here are some songs that started me out. (:

Trilogy Of Knowledge: Movement I, The Lie by Believer

The Perfect Night by Haste The Day

The Seventh Trumpet by August Burns Red

Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over by The Devil Wears Prada

Organized Beyond Recognition by Norma Jean

(Norma Jean seriously has some of the best lyrics I've ever heard)

Thanks!!

♥ABIGAILE

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Gone Fishing, See You in a Year

Ello chumps!


So I was thinking, maybe last post was just a bit too heavy for a start. I mean it was my very first post. I was supossed to try NOT to scare everyone away. Buuut no, I went ahead and I posted Here Comes The Kraken.
I got wayyy ahead of myself. 
My apologies.
So this post is for a balance. Today, I'm gonna show y'all some good ol' Post-Hardcore.
*Cheers*
And most of the bands I will be showing you today, are yes, considered "Scene Kid Metal" or "Emocore" (gay labels), but just because Scene kids listen to it, doesn't mean its horrible. Well. Maybe if your talking about, Black Veil Brides or Vampires Everywhere... But I'm not going to show you depressing crap like that. No, what I'm going to show you some bands that have a heavy side yes, but also, lets you sing along to the clean vocals. Because hey, I'm a 16 year old girl. Of course I like to sing along to stuff every once and a while. 

*WARNING* A couple of these bands wear SUPER tight pants, eyeliner, and make their hair look ridiculous, BUT, I would not put anything on here that sucks.



Well, here goes nothing! :D Enjoy. 




Caraphernelia by Pierce The Veil ft. Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember
Also, check out Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides
(Oh, and I have to say, I'm very impressed with the lead singer of this band, Vic, he screams, does the clean vocals and plays the lead guitar.) 




Abigail by Motionless In White
Also, check out Billy in 4C Never Saw It Coming 





I'm Made Of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of? By A Day To Remember
Ft. Mike Hranica (!!!!) of The Devil Wears Prada
Also, check out The Downfall Of Us All





The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions by In Fear In Faith ft. Craig Owens of D.R.U.G.S (Former member of Chiodos)
Also check out, Live Love Die





Song For The Broken by Close Your Eyes
Also check out, The Body.

Okay, last one.
Whats Left Of Me by blessthefall 
Also, check out God Wears Gucci



The End. :D But I am listening to the newest Norma Jean album Meridional right now, sooo be expecting a very nice review for that soon. 

'Till tomorrow, all my love, 
ABIGAILE.




PS. I LOVE me some suggestions, so you gotta band that you want me to check out?? Well go right ahead. And maybe, if I like them enough, I'll post one of their songs. :D 

Also, dont forget to check out other bands that I loveee to listen to on my MUSIC page.