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The Burning Hell
Indie / Folk Rock / Melodramatic Popular Song



Peterborough, Ontario
Canada

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   The Burning Hell: General Info
Member Since12/5/2006
Band Websitewww.wearetheburninghell.com
Band Members Current Members:

Mathias Kom (ukulele, vocals)
Jill Staveley (guitar, vocals)
Charlie Glasspool (piano)
Mike Duguay (synths, glockenspiel)
Jenny Gleeson (accordion, bass)
Jenny Mitchell (omnichord, tenor banjo)
Darcy McCord (cello)
Adam DeMarsh (drums)
Steve McNabb (trumpet, banjolele)
Nick Ferrio (lapsteel, bass)
Geordie Gordon (violin, fashion)
Dave Hartley (harmonica)

Extra Special Guests:

Kim Barlow (banjo)
Alison Corbett (violin)
Bucky (didjeridoo)

Research and Development Team:

Leigh Kotsilidis (design and layout)
Gabe Foreman (art visionary, ink jockey)
Andy Magoffin (engineering, vocals, rat coach)

Auxillary Support Network:

Wyatt Burton (electric guitar)
Rob McInnis (saxophone)
Johnny Chartrand (violin)
J.P. Contois (drums)
Ian Osborn (bass)
Brian Sanderson (viola, horns)
Scott Montgomery (tuba)
Jordan Mack (uke)
Mary Jane McCallum (vocals)
Cameron Welch (vocals)
Kelly Davis (flute, vocals)
Patrick Walsh (vocals)
Alana Farmer (autoharp, vocals)
Andrew Sainsbury (banjo)
Benj Rowland (jaw harp)
InfluencesGeneral Influences: Plastic; cats dressed in doll clothing; models of the human brain; careless whispers and just about anything that I can feel coming in the air tonight (oh lord).

Musical Influences: Hot Buttered Charlie, Jill Staveley, Patrick Walsh, Brian Sanderson, Mike Duguay and most late-90s rap/metal outfits.
Sounds LikeWhirrrrr.....whooosh! BLAM! Krrrrrrrrrick, pop. Kablooie!
Record Label(weewerk) records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 30 2009 10:00P
The Montreal House Peterborough, Ontario
Jul 3 2009 8:00P
Ponybar Hamburg, Hamburg
Jul 4 2009 8:00P
Fourtrack On Stage Festival Berlin, Berlin
Jul 5 2009 8:00P
Tivoli w/ Why? Utrecht, Utrecht
Jul 8 2009 9:00P
Voigt Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
Zapata Berlin, Berlin
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Pohoda Festival Trencin
Jul 24 2009 9:00P
The Montreal House Peterborough
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Sneaky Dees Toronto, Ontario
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Sappyfest! Sackville, New Brunswick
Aug 1 2009 8:00P
Sappyfest! Sackville, New Brunswick
Aug 2 2009 8:00P
Sappyfest! Sackville, New Brunswick
Aug 3 2009 8:00P
August 3 - 15: on tour as SPRING BREAKUP w/Kim Barlow Halifax, St. John’s and more..., Nova Scotia
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic Aylmer, Ontario
Aug 17 2009 8:00P
Solo at The Spill w/Weird Weather & Lisa Bosikovic Peterborough, Ontario
Aug 18 2009 8:00P
Solo at Le Divan Orange w/Weird Weather & Lisa Bosikovic Montreal, Quebec
Aug 19 2009 8:00P
Solo at The Black Sheep Inn w/Weird Weather & Lisa Bosikovic Wakefield, Quebec
Aug 20 2009 8:00P
Solo at The Mansion w/Weird Weather & Lisa Bosikovic Kingston, Ontario
Aug 21 2009 9:00P
Sneaky Dee’s w/ Schomberg Fair Toronto, Ontario
Aug 22 2009 8:00P
solo at Wally’s w/Weird Weather & Lisa Bosikovic Guelph, Ontario
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
Popkomm Showcase at Zapata Berlin, Berlin

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Baby: new Burning Hell album or small human person? Both are for sale!  (view more)

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   About The Burning Hell
WIN A FREE COPY OF OUR NEW ALBUM 'BABY' FROM ZUNIOR!

That's right folks, armed with only your razor sharp intellect and your personal computer you can win yourself a download of our brand new record, thanks to the good people at Canada's best online music store, Zunior. All you have to do is answer the following maddeningly difficult skill testing question:

What is the first name of The Burning Hell's lead singer and ukulele player?

Once you have thoughtfully worked through the equations and formulas and have your answer at the ready, go HERE, and type your answer in the box marked 'Enter Coupon Code'. Make sure you spell your answer correctly and don't forget to capitalize the first letter, since it's all case-sensitive and whatnot. Happy gaming!


As you may have gathered from the contest above, we do indeed have a brand new record, and it's called 'Baby', and we are almost as excited about our Baby as scientist people are when a rare manatee has a baby manatee, or a giant panda has a baby giant panda.

And thanks to people like Paul Watson and the magic of science, you can now buy our new album, as well as two of our older ones, on Zunior in digital form for only $8.88 each!

Seriously, if you were just going to "rip" our music to your personal computer and make "mp3s" for your portable gramophone anyhow, why not just skip a step and buy the mp3s? The Zunior download also includes a full sized pdf of the album artwork. Please make our dreams come true.



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Here's what the prowling jackals of the press have to say:

"The Burning Hell began 2008 celebrating HAPPY BIRTHDAY, their (weewerk) debut of low-key ukelele and banjo-driven baritone ballads that showcased Mathias Kom's wry wit and songwriting strength. Their celebratory circus of a live show, however, is a different beast altogether; constant cross-country touring transformed this Peterborough crew into one of the best live acts in the country."

Exclaim Magazine, Dec. '08, "Artists To Watch in 2009",

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"Moments of macabre comedy weave their way in and out of nearly every song on Happy Birthday… the kind of album we'll be throwing on the stereo as the end times draw near and we crowd into our bomb shelters to eat granola bars and have a good laugh over everything that's gone wrong with the world."

ChartAttack, Jan. '08

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"Don't let Mathias Kom's doomy Leonard Cohen baritone or the brooding, skeletal folk arrangements upon which he tends to hang his words fool you – the guy's actually pretty funny. The Burning Hell's latest album, Happy Birthday, is veritably overflowing with black wit and cracked genius."

Toronto Star, Jan. '08

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"Happy Birthday is a perfect balance of mirth and the morbid…every song here announces Kom as one of the finest new songwriters in Canada."

Guelph Mercury, Jan. '08

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Read more raves and rants from the press HERE.

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MOTION PICTURES ARE HERE TO STAY!

Burning Hell member Leigh Kotsilidis has made a wonderful stop animation featuring our song 'Dinosaurs'! Making stop animation is hard, and involves clever fingers and more talent than you can shake a stick at. Why would you want to shake a stick at talent, anyway? You can see this fabulous video below.

Also, thanks to Brian Mitolo, aka guythehood, and Paul Watson from Zunior TV for filming us all the time, even when we are sleeping. Below you can witness with your very own eyes, or with borrowed or rented eyes, a set at the Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough, Paul Watson capturing the first song of our set at Sappyfest this summer, and an infomercial, which is very, very informative - all through the magic of motion pictures! Check out some of guythehood's other films on Youtube!


Live at the Gordon Best Theatre, November 2008:



"I Love The Things That People Make", live at Sappyfest 2008:



"Dinosaurs", stop animation by Leigh Kotsilidis:



And finally, the famous Burning Hell infomercial, by guythehood:

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A Brief Historical Timeline of The Burning Hell:

Paleozoic Era, Cambrian Period: Early ancestor of The Burning Hell first walks on land. Significant Fossil: "OPUS" (cassette only, limited edition. sold out forever.)

Paleozoic Era, Silurian Period: Though primitive, The Burning Hell shows signs of dim intellect: gathers twigs and grubs in forest, records first 'studio' album. Significant Fossil: "Here Comes Evil!" (out of stock.)

Paleozoic Era, Carboniferous Period: Vestigal tail disappears, and The Burning Hell begins to compete for scarce food and territory with other local bands. Significant Fossil: "Tortured Lost Souls Burning Forever" (a cult classic in some areas of west-central Peterborough and the Federated States of Micronesia.)

Mesozoic Era, Jurassic Period: Also known as 'The Great Migration', this period sees The Burning Hell cross the Atlantic; brain evolves; skin becomes translucent. Significant Fossil: "When Animals Attack" (available only at Starbuck's, Wal-Mart and Winners during the 2004 Holiday Season)

Mesozoic Era, Cretaceous Period: First live birth signifies that The Burning Hell has evolved from reptile to mammal, though other signs of progress are nil. Significant Fossil: "Tick Tock".

Cenozoic Era, Paleocene Epoch: The Burning Hell gets serious, discovers fire, senses the creeping inevitability of death. Significant Fossil: "Happy Birthday".

Cenozoic Era, Oligocene Epoch-Miocene Epoch: The Burning Hell finds religion, listens to REM's 'Out Of Time', loses religion. Significant Fossil: "Baby".



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PARKLANE





Jul 5 2009 7:02 PM

Hey!!

Hope this finds you well & in a beautiful place surrounded by awesome people that love you completely for who you really are... Much love!!

We, being the South African rock band PARKLANE, currently going huge in Canada, have put all our new tracks up on our page & would love it if you had a listen & exposed yourself to our aural love.. Would dig some feedback too if you have the time nudge-nudge wink-wink. If you would like to get to know the band-members, Ryan, Daniel, Damo & I (Darin) have written up some bio's & thrown them up on our page..

We have also set ourselves up on iLike & would be super stoked if you hit the link below to give us a boost on that platform too:

Click to become a fan of PARKLANE


And if you would like to join our official Facebook group and get more personal updates about shows & the unusual band banter, please click here:
Join PARKLANE'S Facebook group: PARKLANE - THE NEW REVOLUTION

LOADS OF LOVE - THE PARKLANE BOYS
s a r s a p a r i l l a





Jul 5 2009 9:12 AM

you guys played such a wonderful rain tent balloon snuggle yesterday..
warmed us all with your burning hells, thanks so much down by the wiver... see u along -b
scootracer1





Jul 3 2009 7:38 PM

Clap Mitchet y Las Biblias de Gideón





Jun 27 2009 2:59 AM

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Everyone has worked ones more to fill president Washington's pockets
and no one stops believing in the politician that takes care of his tongue to clean the death meat of his teeth.
And then they tell, you serve me,
don't trust anyone, surrender, come to our temple, give me your savings,
and all you think of his how to get them of your backs
And you say, and you say:
Shake Up, Shake Up...
Clap Mitchet
SoundProof





Jun 26 2009 6:08 PM


KILLA BLACK | Official Page





Jun 16 2009 7:21 PM

merci pour lajout!!

Thx For The Add!!!
Federico Martello





Jun 10 2009 9:37 PM

Hi , thank you for the friendship, it's a pleasure having you among my friends. My best compliments for your music. I wish you great success in all your pursue. Greetings from Italy. Federico Martello
Evil Farm Children





Jun 8 2009 4:10 PM

Great set in Ottawa the other night. MJ works with some fine folks, to be sure.
LIQUORBOX





Jun 3 2009 10:27 PM


LIQUORBOX ON MYSPACE
Pineapril





Jun 3 2009 2:41 AM

Sorry we missed you when you came through in the fall! We were all out working harvest in rural Saskatchewan! However, I'll see you this summer at Sappyfest!
AUX





May 28 2009 5:05 PM

New Volume feat United Steel Workers of Montreal! .. Hope you like it!
Maude Payette Beauchesne





May 18 2009 2:09 PM

Thanks for adding me!

Maude
This Great White North





May 15 2009 12:41 PM

Just a reminder to listen to THE BURNING HELL on THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH. It's an ALL CANADIAN music show FRIDAYS 4:30-6pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin, Texas. You can listen online at www.KOOP.org.

Cheers!
Doug The Canuck
Les Décalés





May 13 2009 6:50 PM

Merci pour l'ajout, et bravo pour votre univers, et les costumes..., j'espère que vous apprécierez le notre. Au plaisir
Seb des Décalés
The Wilson Family Forgery





May 9 2009 12:20 PM

Hey - thanks for calling in on my radio show. I love the new CD. Great lyrics.
I want your band and my band to make babies together. In a non-creepy way, if that's alright with you.
martin.





Apr 30 2009 10:20 PM

hey, was an honor to get screetched in
with you in saint-john's.
we heared something about shows in germany this september?
Mike Borowski





Apr 23 2009 3:04 PM

Great show last night. The Burning Hell fucking rules.
Doug Hoyer





Apr 23 2009 7:52 AM

Hey gang;

I uploaded my new single "Teenage Romance" from my ep, aptly titled "Busy Busy Busy".

enjoy....but know the costs: this is my first ep without any ukulele on it.

*gasp*
Patrick Canning





Apr 22 2009 6:05 AM

Excellent! Excellent shows while you out St john's way. I took the liberty of posting this incredibly fuzzy, badly recorded, hand-held video of the Saturday show.
I also wrote about you and the new album in my blog These Stones are meant for throwing.
Keep up the awesomeness and don't be long coming back.
Cheers!
..
Drea Macdonald





Apr 10 2009 12:25 AM

Two nights wasn't enough! Come back!

p.s. I LOVE the new cd!
p.p.
s Have fun in NFLD!
Kids on TV





Apr 10 2009 10:21 AM

You Are Awesome!! The new pictures are fantastic.
Gwendolyn





Apr 8 2009 12:45 AM

Super STOKED for you guys to hit Corner Brook!
cadence code/ musician and chill-axed astrologer





Apr 7 2009 1:28 PM

gracias.....aa.
Awol Jackson





Apr 4 2009 8:36 PM

the new record sounds fantastic...best one yet!

can't wait till the halifax show

see ya's at gus's
Ronny Doll goes soft





Apr 3 2009 6:30 PM

Thanks to you!!!
Nice, Soft and Loving...
Ronny Doll
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