History Music / TheBirthdayMassacre

->''"I wore my black and white dress to the birthday massacre, birthday massacre, birthday... I wore my black and white dress..."''
-->''Happy Birthday''

* {{Animesque}}: The video for "Looking Glass."
* AntiLoveSong: "Burn Away."

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* PerkyGoth

* PowerBallad: "Movie."
* RapeAsDrama: "Nevermind."

** "From Out of Nowhere by Music/FaithNoMore

** "I Think We're Alone Now" for the ''Looking Glass'' EP.
** ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' theme song.

** "Open Your Heart" by Madonna.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Black," "Red," "Prologue," "The Night Loop," "The Spooky Loop," "Before Dark (Intro),""Nowhere," and "Trinity."

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Black," "Red," "Prologue," "The Night Loop," "The Spooky Loop," "Before Dark (Intro)," and "Nowhere."

* PerformanceVideo: "Nevermind."

* BerserkButton: TBM fans don't tend to like it when people hurt the band in any way. They really don't.
** Also, the fans really, really hate it when people post the band's real names online. It ruins the magic.
** Don't mention Music/BlackVeilBrides on the forum. Just don't.

The video for Music/{{Blue}} now has its own page. Because it's just that epic.

The Birthday Massacre are a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] [[SynthPop synthrock]] / [[DarkWave alternative]] / {{industrial}} band who formed in 1999 under the name ''Imagica''. In 2002 they changed their name the name to The Birthday Massacre after one of their earlier songs in order to avoid confusion with another group. The song "The Birthday Massacre" was then renamed to "Happy Birthday."

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: At least a third of the Website/{{Youtube}} comment sections for any of their songs will be people arguing about their genre.

* StepfordSmiler: Discussed in "Play Dead."

[[caption-width-right:348: From left to right: Owen, Falcore, Chibi, O.E, Rainbow, and Rhim]]

* HotForStudent: The main character, 6, in the video for "Looking Glass" has a crush on the teacher.

** ''Lover's End'' reverses the pattern, with a deep growling verse, switching to a high, airy chorus that sounds almost like a ''terrified shriek''.

*** "Down" has beautiful melodic verses which distort into a sort of yelling and hard riff before the chorus.

-->''We put her down in a shallow grave\\

* ''Nothing and Nowhere'' (2002, rereleased in 2004)

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Show and Tell'' is a line from "Kill the Lights" ("This story's missing a wishing well / no mirror to show and tell.")
* AllJustADream: The video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOfluH8mgQ In the Dark]]" [[spoiler:or so it seems]].

* CreepyDoll: The dolls in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1FRKc24Zk Blue]]." And "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOfluH8mgQ In the Dark]]."

--> '''Owen''': When I first joined the band, they called me 'Waffles'...

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Black," "Red," "Prologue," "The Night Loop," "The Spooky Loop," "Before Dark (Intro)," "Nowhere."

* MalevolentMaskedMen: The teacher in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM Looking Glass]]."

* MoodDissonance: "Blue" whiplashes between light, airy verses with upbeat keyboard accompaniment and a much heavier chorus with dark lyrics sung in something approaching a growl. It's jarring, creepy, and ''cool.''

--> ''We put her down in a shallow grave\\

* SailorFuku: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM Chibi]] in the video for "Looking Glass."

* SubduedSection: "Forever," "Burn Away," "Blue."

* TeamPet: Gangle, Chibi's toy. From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI this video]]:

* TortureAlwaysWorks: "Midnight" has the line '"The only thing I need is time / to change your mind," I said'. Combined with the line about 'your fingers breaking as I place them over mine'... Yeah.

* YouAreNumberSix: A literal case in the "Looking Glass" video -- the main character's mask bears the number 6, and we have no clue as to her identity, or anyone else's, for that matter (all the students wear identical masks with numbers.)

* CommonKnowledge: There are no videos for "Velvet" and "Make Believe." Some fans believe that there are, but the two videos thought to be "Velvet" and "Make Believe" are old demos of "Blue" and "Violet."

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are certain songs which can only be downloaded off the Internet due to never making it to an album -- (or only being on the demos, but those are so rare that getting a demo would be almost impossible...) TBM's cover of the theme to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', "Nothing and Nowhere," "Nighttime," and "Queen of Hearts," for a start.

* OneOfUs: Chibi is a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' fan and Rhim plays Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.

-> ''"I wore my black and white dress to the birthday massacre, birthday massacre, birthday... I wore my black and white dress..."''
--> ''Happy Birthday''

The Birthday Massacre are a Canadian [[SynthPop synthrock]]/[[DarkWave alternative]]/{{industrial}} band who formed in 1999 under the name Imagica. In 2002 they changed their name the name to The Birthday Massacre after one of their earlier songs in order to avoid confusion with another group. The song "The Birthday Massacre" was then renamed to "Happy Birthday".

According to their vocalist Chibi: "it kind of works well for the music that we're making. Sort of contrasty, you know? Birthday, and massacre. Light, and dark. Cute, and evil".

* ''Walking With Strangers'' (2007)

* {{Animesque}}: The video for "Looking Glass".
* AntiLoveSong: "Burn Away".

* AllJustADream: The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOfluH8mgQ In the Dark]]" [[spoiler: or so it seems.]]
* ArcadeSounds: Briefly heard at the start and end of "Video Kid".

** Don't mention BlackVeilBrides on the forum. Just don't.
* BreakupSong: "To Die For", "Kill the Lights", "Always", "Secret", "Forever", "Left Behind", "Over".
* CanadaEh: Mostly averted, although in one interview they do have an argument over [[CanadianAccents how to pronounce]] "about".
* CommonKnowledge: There are no videos for "Velvet" and "Make Believe". Some fans believe that there are, but the two videos thought to be "Velvet" and "Make Believe" are old demos of "Blue" and "Violet".

** "Last Daze" by Left Spine Down.
** "Straight to Video" by Mindless Self Indulgence.
* CreepyDoll: The dolls in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1FRKc24Zk=related Blue]]". And "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOfluH8mgQ In the Dark]]".

* EasterEgg: Their old site, [[http://thebirthdaymassacre.aslanosiris.com/ Nothing and Nowhere,]] had an Easter Egg in each section of the site.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Lovers' End" is about... [[MurderTheHypotenuse well...]]

** ''Nothing and Nowhere'': "Promise Me"-> "Under The Stairs" -> "To Die For".
** ''Violet'': "Prologue" -> "Lovers End" -> "Happy Birthday", and then "Violet" -> "Red", and then "The Dream" -> "Black" -> "Holiday" -> "Nevermind".
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Chibi's severed head at the end of the "Blue" video.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Doll in the video for "In the Dark" seems like a friendly character, but in the end of the video she returns and kidnaps Chibi.]]

* FracturedFairyTale: "Kill the Lights".

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Black", "Red", "Prologue", "The Night Loop", "The Spooky Loop", "Before Dark (Intro)", "Nowhere".
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are certain songs which can only be downloaded off the Internet due to never making it to an album — (or only being on the demos, but those are so rare that getting a demo would be almost impossible...) TBM's cover of the theme to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', "Nothing and Nowhere", "Nighttime", and "Queen of Hearts", for a start.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: the teacher in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM Looking Glass.]]"
* MindScrew: the videos for "Looking Glass" and "Blue".

** And "Broken", which has Chibi singing sweetly on the verses and much deeper on the chorus.

* MurderBallad: "Lovers' End", "Happy Birthday"...
* MusicBoxIntervals: "Blue".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: At least a third of the youtube comment sections for any of their songs will be people arguing about their genre.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Superstition'', which is very heavy on the synthesisers and has a very 80's feel.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Looking Glass", "Science", "Movie", "Queen of Hearts", "The Dream", "Sleepwalking", "Secret", "Midnight".
* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Blue".
* OneOfUs: Chibi is a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' fan and Rhim plays Pokemon.

* PowerBallad: "Movie".
* RapeAsDrama: "Nevermind".
* RhymingWithItself: The chorus of "Shallow Grave":

* SailorFuku: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM Chibi]] in the video for "Looking Glass".
* ShoutOut: In the beginning of "Video Kid", the beeping noises sound identical to the ones made by the grandson playing the video game in the beginning of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* StepfordSmiler: Discussed in "Play Dead".
-->''Thinking hurts and thoughts don't rhyme \\
For those of us who've never tried \\
To find a face behind our lipstick smiles. \\
And as our pretty faces die, \\
Our broken hearts will wonder why \\

** And possibly "Promise Me".
*** And possibly 'Sleepwalking'.
* SubduedSection: "Forever", "Burn Away", "Blue".

* TeamPet: Gangle, Chibi's toy. From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI this video:]]
--> '''Rainbow''': I think Gangle brings peace to Chibi.\\

'''Chibi''' * talking over the top of them* : A few years ago, we were playing and he came flying out of the crowd, right at me, and I looked into his eyes.\\

* TeensAreMonsters: "Play Dead".
* TortureAlwaysWorks: "Midnight" has the line '"The only thing I need is time / to change your mind," I said'. Combined with the line about 'your fingers breaking as I place them over mine'... yeah.
* TwistEnding: How many people thought the video for "Blue" would end with [[spoiler: a shot of Chibi's severed head lying several feet from her body?]]
* VillainProtagonist: The POV Character of "Happy Birthday", and quite possibly the protagonist of "Midnight" too.
** And maybe the protagonist of "Blue".

** Also possibly the protagonist of "Midnight".
* YouAreNumberSix: A literal case in the "Looking Glass" video — the main character's mask bears the number 6, and we have no clue as to her identity, or anyone else's, for that matter (all the students wear identical masks with numbers.)

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are certain songs which can only be downloaded off the Internet due to never making it to an album -- (or only being on the demos, but those are so rare that getting a demo would be almost impossible...) TBM's cover of the theme to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', "Nothing and Nowhere", "Nighttime", and "Queen of Hearts", for a start.

* TeensAreMonsters: "Play Dead"
* TortureAlwaysWorks: "Midnight" has the line '"The only thing I need is time/to change your mind," I said'. Combined with the line about 'your fingers breaking as I place them over mine'... yeah.

* YouAreNumberSix: A literal case in the "Looking Glass" video- the main character's mask bears the number 6, and we have no clue as to her identity, or anyone else's, for that matter (all the students wear identical masks with numbers.)

As the band wrote on their official website:

* ''Looking Glass'' (EP, 2008).

* AntiLoveSong: "Burn Away"
* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Show and Tell'' is a line from "Kill the Lights" ("This story's missing a wishing well/no mirror to show and tell")

* DarkIsNotEvil: despite the dark lyrics and (occasionally) dark music, TBM are known as friendly, funny and really nice.

* EmbarrassingNickname:

* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Of the band's present line up, all but Falcore attended the same college in London, Ontario. Despite this, Chibi and Rainbow are apparently the only ones who knew each other before this period.

** YMMV perhaps, but it seemed more like the girl was cheated on and then took her revenge by locking her (former) lover in a celler, which eventually led to the boy suffocating to death.

* FanService: Chibi

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Black", "Red", "Prologue", "The Night Loop", "The Spooky Loop", "Before Dark (Intro)", "Nowhere"
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are certain songs which can only be downloaded off the Internet due to never making it to an album- (or only being on the demos, but those are so rare that getting a demo would be almost impossible...) TBM's cover of the theme to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', "Nothing and Nowhere", "Nighttime", and "Queen of Hearts", for a start.

* MoodDissonance: "Blue" whiplashes between light, airy verses with upbeat keyboard accompaniment and a much heavier chorus with dark lyrics sung in something approaching a growl. It's jarring, creepy, and ''cool.''

* NonAppearingTitle: "Looking Glass", "Science", "Movie", "Queen of Hearts", "The Dream", "Sleepwalking", "Secret", "Midnight"

* PowerBallad: "Movie"
* RapeAsDrama: "Nevermind"

* SailorFuku: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM Chibi]] in the video for "Looking Glass"

*** And possibly 'Sleepwalking'
* SubduedSection: "Forever", "Burn Away", "Blue"

The Birthday Massacre are a Canadian [[SynthPop synthrock]]/[[DarkWave alternative]]/{{industrial}} band who formed in 1999 under the name Imagica and changed their name in 2002.

* Owen (Formerly spelled O-en) - keyboards

--> ''"I wore my black and white dress to the birthday massacre, birthday massacre, birthday... I wore my black and white dress..."''

* ArcadeSounds: Briefly heard at the start of "Video Kid".

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Chibi is 5 foot 2 inches tall, and she is ''awesome''!

* ''Superstition'' (due out November 11, 2014)