Tag Archive: Made Out Of Babies

Julie Christmas – The Bad Wife

Filed Under: Reviews

Nov.10, 2010

Julie Christmas

The Bad Wife

01. July 31st
02. If You Go AWay
03. Bow
04. The Secrets All Men Keep (Salt Bridge part II)
05. Six Pairs of Feet and One Pair of Legs
06. Headless Hawk
07. A Wigmaker’s Widow
08. I Just Destroyed the World
09. When Everything is Green

[Rising Pulse | 11/09/10]

I’m a bit of a chauvanist when it comes to female vocalists in heavy music. I just keep finding fault: Krysta Cameron of Iwrestledabearonce; Eva Spence of Rolo Tomassi; Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil. Even if they can do the job fairly well (I’ll admit it, Scabbia can actually sing), something about the band always lets them down. Most of all, vocalists such as these lack that unique quality that your Mike Pattons, your Daryl Palumbos and your Mikael Åkerfeldts do. This is undoubtedly due to percentages in a male-dominated genre, but it is unfortunately still true.

(Re-)Enter Julie Christmas, tipping the scales considerably for the fairer sex. I’ve been a fan for some time (first finding Battle of Mice, and more recently Made Out of Babies), so with the release of this, her debut solo album, my interest was immediately piqued.

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Tags: Battle of Mice, Julie Christmas, Made Out Of Babies, The Bad Wife

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Battle of Mice

Filed Under: For Whom The Bell Tolls

Oct.22, 2010

Hemingsaur! I choose you!

So. Bands break up. It sucks, but that’s the way of things. For most of them, the reason is pure and simple; on some level, they suck. Whether it’s only a little, or harder than a $20 hooker, it doesn’t matter; the world doesn’t lose a whole bunch. The members go on with their lives, and probably go on to make a greater impact in other areas of society. Like being that guy who who perennially sweeps up fallen leaves, only to have some douchebag 5-year old kick them all over the place again. SUCKS to be that guy.

Then there are bands that are forced into submission for other reasons: money, conflict – both personal and artistic – or sometimes the fanbase only comes after they’re long gone. This is a chronicle of those bands. Most you will not have heard of, for the very reason that they’re not even around to promote themselves any more. But trust me, they are bands that you really really should listen to.

This week: Hooray, I succedeed! The bitch-tastic Battle of Mice.

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Tags: Battle of Mice, Blood and Time, Josh Graham, Julie Christmas, Made Out Of Babies, Neurosis, Red Sparowes, Suspended in Light

Christmas Coming Early

Filed Under: Upcoming releases

Sep.24, 2010

I’m a fucking scrooge and no mistake, but I can’t say no to Julie Christmas, no matter my feelings towards her festive namesake; the lady is quality.

Frontwoman of Heavy Blog favourites Made Out of Babies and Battle of Mice amongst others, Christmas has recently signed with Rising Pulse Records with a view to releasing her first solo album The Bad Wife on November 9th.

As well as the usual CD/digital editions, there will also be a deluxe coloured 12″ available at some point. Also being produced is a video for the album’s first single Bow.

Given the standard of her previous work, this is sure to be a top notch release. She is a vocalist of the highest calibre, on par with your Mike Pattons and your Axl Roses (loljk), so get pysched my friends!

- CG

Tags: Battle of Mice, Bow, Julie Christmas, Made Out Of Babies, Rising Pulse Records, The Bad Wife

A Post Made of Babies

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Jul.10, 2010

Upon being shown this band, Made Out of Babies, I made the quickest attempt to check out more from them after hearing the track “Cooker” on the album The Ruiner. Nary a band comes by that is metal with a female vocalist, let alone one as jarring, and worthwhile as Julie Christmas. For an overall atmosphere, this group carries an atmosludge feel similar to Neurosis or Harvey Milk, but with occasional dissonant guitar jangles and other nuances that set them so far apart from the aforementioned groups. So far the group has three releases, Trophy, Coward, and The Ruiner. If those other two are as good as The Ruiner is, I’d suggest checking them out for sure. You can also catch a few of their tracks on We Reach: The Music of the Melvins and Triad, a split with some post-sludge bands.

-MW

Tags: Harvey Milk, Julie Christmas, Made Out Of Babies, Neurosis, The Ruiner

New SPYLACOPA Material On The Way

Filed Under: Upcoming releases

May.19, 2009

Supergroup SPYLACOPA will soon release three new tracks for an upcoming digital release.

From SPYLACOPA’s Myspace Blog:

Hello all, it has been a while since we have updated our site and our fans and friends.. just a quick heads up about what we got going on here in the next few weeks. We are going to release a digital download version or our Debut EP. This Digital bundle will include the following…

The Debut EP
3 bonus never before released tracks
exclusive photos of Spylacopa
exclusive images and original art concept images
wallpaper images for your desktop

We will keep you posted on the actual release date coming up in the next couple of weeks..

Stay tuned for this and more to come from Spylacopa. Thank you for reading.

For those of you who don’t know, Spylacopa is a metal group featuring John LaMacchia (Candiria), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan), and Julie Christmas (Made out of Babies). Their debut EP, Spylacopa was released late last year on Rising Pulse Records.

I’m excited to hear this new material. The EP was really good, but that’s what’s expected when you put a group of people like this together to make music.

http://www.myspace.com/spylacopa

-JR