reppin those endz

Stole this one from one of my fave blogs, Lads On Tour. My old pal Dean is doing a great job with the Horizon boys and I'd say it's about time someone appreciates all the backstage work that goes on on tour. Guitar geeks, don't stop dreaming - one day your passion might get you this far.

dean from LADS ON TOUR on Vimeo.

Now for bed and the rerun of last night's The Rock Show.

BMTH birthday with blessed black ballons

BRING ME THE HORIZON drummer Matt Nicholls celebrates his 25th birthday with black balloons. Watch the band's latest video for the beautiful ballad "Blessed With A Curse", released mere minutes ago, here:

LIGHT THERAPY

February is a dark and far too cold month.

Spring can't come soon enough if you ask the Stockholmers sweating under their plastic clouds of down as they squeeze up against each other in the underground morning traffic before pulling their trendy hats with controversial fur balls tightly over their ears once hit by the freezing air outside. The fact that the sun is setting later every day makes little difference when the temperatures stubbornly stay far below ten minus degrees, hitting twenty at night.

It is in times like these that we all need a bit of light in our lives. Nordic Flames today gives you three music videos to help you keep at least your ears warm - much like Galadriel to Frodo once upon a time: May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out. (Yeah, I went there.)

First up, Kanye has a message we all can agree on.

From a video that might as well have been made backdrop for the following rock gods, to Mastodon and their "Oblivion" (Their live DVD being another bright thing to look forward to. Realease date 15th of March):

And finally, Bring Me The Horizon featuring, that's right, Lights.

Cancer Bats and Bring Me The Horizon to tour small UK venues this fall

Cancer Bats are busy flying all over the place and have today announced they are doing a tour hitting small venues throughout the UK together with none others than Bring Me The Horizon. The dates are as follow:

SEPTEMBER
21 OXFORD Academy 2
22 NORWICH Waterfront
23 BIRMINGHAM Academy 2
24 GLASGOW Garage
25 LEEDS Cockpit
27 MANCHESTER Club Academy
28 COLCHESTER Arts Centre
29 BRIGHTON Concorde 2
30 EXETER Lemon Grove

OCTOBER
01 LONDON The Garage

Surprised to see BMTH aren't playing hometown Sheffield. Either way I'll be getting my ticket right about now. London's sold out already...