A Great Show I Saw

As promised, here is the full-er review of the crazy show I saw last night.

For Today:
I missed half their set cause I was late, but as soon as I showed up it was apparant that they were killing it.
I could recognize what song they were playing when I was half way down the street (The Advocate)
These guys were SO tight, it was my second time seeing them since valentines day when I got to open for them with Behold! The City
The great thing about FT is their no-holding back approach to sharing Jesus.
Mattie made it very clear that he wasnt talking about a book, a god whos off in the clouds, or any of that crap, but a real God who's power to change lives is incredible.
They were awesome.

Enter Shikari:
My brother first showed me this band a couple years ago, and I couldnt wait till I got to see them for the first time.
They said they've been "abusing music genres since 2003" and nothing could be closer to the truth.
These guys have super heavy breakdowns, gutteral vox, catchy and intelligent rap verses, dubstep/dance parts, everything.
Really good, their drummer was hilarious, but their guitarist couldnt stay on time in a couple places it seemed.

Whitechapel:
I first heard of Whitechapel a lonngggg time ago when i was first getting into metal. They're a six piece death metal band (three guitarists!) and very heavy.
Actually, too heavy. It seemed that every riff they played consisted of the lowest three notes, then a blast beat, then this stupid echoe effect on the vocals into every breakdown.
Honestly, it sounded like one whole song. A very long, exruciatingly boring song.
Jussayin.

The Devil Wears Prada:
The performance this band delivers never ceases to amaze me.
Picture for example, their opening song Dead Throne. The stage is complete darkness, then suddenly BAM a quick flash (in time with the sample track) of the rear stage strobe lights creating a sillouette of their vocalist, standing on the center stage riser with arms extended arms. BOOM the lights are on on the first note of the song and the band is going so hard, not missing a SINGLE note or beat.
Mike made it clear that they are a band that exists SOLEY for the purpose of Christ "no apologies"
my onlyyy scrutiny would be that his vocals were a little harsh, but thats probably due to two months of straight touring.

It was a great show!!

im a nerd.

SOOO

i dont play alot of video games.

to be honest, i dont have alot of time for them.

But ONE game i LOVEDDDD was Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I played that game for literally hours and hours.

And RIGHT NOW I AM ABOUT TO GO PLAY ELDERSCROLLS V: SKYRIM

goodbye social life.
goodbye work life.
goodbye band life.
goodbye everyone/everything.

you can find me on my 360

i am officially a nerd.

wake up

Have you ever felt that you needed to wake up?

I mean in a spiritual sense?

This weekend I had the opportunity to meet some incredible people.

As often in my life, it was music that brought us together.

I watched this band from kitchener/london play, called Liam Dagger.

As SOON as this band began to play, it became very clear to me that there is only one word capable of adequate description.

Passion.

Every note they played, every word they yelled, every beat they struck, i literally felt the raw emotion pouring out of these guys.

And not emotion for nothing, it was so so clear their sole goal was to magnify christ with every breath in their lungs and every sweep of their arms.

I want people to see that when they see me.

I want them to see christ when they see me.

germs.

i recently took my girlfriend out to see the movie Contagion.


... romantic i know.

Anyway before watching this movie, I always used to make fun of her for being so ready with her hand sanitizer.

Shes not a crazy germophobe, just germ concious..

This film made it VERY apparent just how seriously serious business germs can be.

It took an outbreak like SARS or H1N1 and blew it into a worldwide scale. People were dying from this disease left right and center.

All because of germs.

Gross in my opinion.

So consider this a public service announcement...

Wash your hands children.

NEW STUFF FROM GREAT BANDS

KAY.

So A Plea for Purging recently released a new track to their facebook page from their new record "The Life and Death of A Plea for Purging."

Its SO rad. Andy Dynamo loves it.

ALSO,
in recent interviews, Micah of Oh,Sleeper went into depth about their new record, and how it will win them new fans, and turn off many of their old ones. Apparently their new cd takes the lyrical perspective of those who DOUBT the existance of God, what goes on in their mind, and the questions they have...

Could possibly be very offensive to those who are a little close minded.....

Kinda like Jesus was ;)

anyway just filling you in!

Jake

NEW PRADA TUNAGE

HEY

This is something im super excited about.

First off, The Devil Wears Prada have always been one of my favourite bands, and their next record has the potential to be my fav record by them yet!!

I can say this cause Ive heard the whole thing.

AND YOU CAN TOO, AND NO IT HASNT BEEN RELEASED YET

Go to deadthrone.com

and stream the whole record for FREE

Go loud friends :)

Jake

new prada stuff!!!

i think ive mentioned this earlier, but THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA IS SET TO RELEASE THEIR NEW RECORD

theyve already released a new track called Born to Lose (i suppose theyve done away with the silly song titles) and have released the album art! (it kinda looks like the canadian tire logo...)

anyway, well have that song on 3sn asap for you to enjoy

get stoked cause I am!

ITS GONNA HAPPEN

GOD WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.

So the band put on a fundraiser show.

We were expecting like maybe 50 kids to show.
and instead?

3 TIMES THAT MANY

We managed to raise ALOT of cash for tour and so we LEAVE TOMORROW!!!!!

Ill definitely keep yall updated on what were up to down in America!

Listen, GOD puts desires and passions in your heart for a reason.
Never stop at pursuing those to the fullest.

Youll be SO suprised as to what HE has planned for you!

Jake

We're Doing It

WE'RE DOING IT

WE JUST BOUGHT OUR FIRST TOUR VAN EVER

THE NEWEST MEMBER OF BEHOLD! THE CITY IS THE MILLENIUM FALCON

PICS ARE ON FACBOOK! GO CHECK ER OUT!!!!!!!
SHES BEAUTIFUL

lol now on friday were having a tour fundraiser show so come out and MOSH HARD

Jake

Loving Arms

Tonight we're playing the TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS BENEFIT SHOW

We're headlining and super stoked about it cause this will be the first show we play that has AWESOME sound gear and mixes!

Gotta go pack gear so pray lots of money is raised for this awesome organization!

Jake

Prep

so the band is set to go on our FIRST real tour EVER.
THIS IS SO SCARY AND EXCITING

turns out theres ALOT of stuff we need to figure out.
first thing, is a VAN to get around in, were currently hunting Kijiji!
second is a TRAILER to carry our gear for us!
third is just MONEY for gas and food!
unfortunately we cant sell merch cause then we'd need visas and have to pay taxes :(
fourth is BORDER we need too look as professional and respectable as we can so they let us into their country!

we need to get signed so OTHER people can worry about this stuff..

Jake

Writing

as the vocalist in my band its my chief responsibility to be the lyricist

at times i find this to be extremely difficult as i face 2 main problems

WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT
and
HOW DO I SAY IT

Recently we've begun working on a new full length cd, and I really want all the songs to have a reocurring theme, that is SEEKING God and how different people do it or where they look.

Gonna be realllyyy interesting to see how this turns out :)

Jake

He Did It

Last week I asked you to pray that God would show up in Sebs life and GUESS WHAT HAPPENED

We were sharing some sleeping arrangements with a youth group we know, and saturday night, they decided to have their own little worship time with an acoustic guitar. Well seb was around while this was happening and Gods presence filled that place like crazy!!!!!

Seb just broke down in that place and had a really great converstation with B-RAD (the youth pastor)

he's SO CLOSE to giving his heart to God so keep praying!!!

Jake

God Is Real

As Ive mentioned before, and will most likely continue to mention, I play in a band called Behold! The City

What I may NOT have mentioned, is that our drummer Seb, is NOT a christian.

He's in fact been an athiest for quite a while. Now, we agreed a long time ago to be respectful of each other's views and that hasnt caused really any issues. BUT being in a band full of spirit-filled christian dudes, seb can't escape the reality of God.

In a little while, the band is going to play at OVERFLOW youth conference in waterloo. Please pray that God will really rock seb's life that weekend!

Jake

Requests

In case youre not aware for whatever reason, 3sn has a new weekly feature the ALL REQUEST ROCK QUEST
What that means is that you call in, ask me to play a song, we talk about whatever, like what your dog's favourite brand of food is,
and then i ask you what THE LOUDEST SHOW ON THE PLANET IS, and naturally you answer THREE ESS ENN

and your song plays.

ta da.

call me 1866 737 LIFE

OR TEXT
keyword: Lifeonline
# 21 21 21

Jake

easter time

easter again.

im not gonna write a big huge post about easter, but i will share with you something God talked to me about a few months ago.

we all know Jesus went through the worst of the worst in his death. And only did so for you and only you. no other reason than that HE loves you enough to die and be tortured in hell for you.

I was thinking about what lengths love like that would go to.

God immidiately told me that IF, by anymeans, the penalty for our sin was MORE

if Jesus had to go through MORE than he did.
be dead LONGER than he was,

by ANY LENGTH, TO ANY DEGREE

he'd do it again and again and again

without hesitation, regret, or remorse


thats love.

british christian hardcore?

Tonight I received a call from an older gentlemen. He asked me if this was 3sn. I responded yes (as I am not akin to falsifying the truth.) I was expecting him to tell me how evil metal is etc.. But instead he asked me a question to which I had no answer. "What are some christian metal bands from Britain?" I CANT THINK OF ANY. None that are full time, professionally touring type bands.. Anyway I need your help. We're relying on you. British Christian Hardcore bands? TELL ME 1 866 737 5433 Jake

just wanna say.

God is the type of God who answers prayer.

Every prayer you pray, God has an answer for you.

Sometimes you wont see the answer right away..

Not because God wants you to suffer longer or anything.

But because he knows EXACTLY when receiving the answer will count most.

He is the type of God who meets your every need, and loves to just talk with you.

Go tell him whats up!


Jake

Faith is hard

Faith is hard sometimes.

To believe youre being led in the right direction, when you have no idea where you're going.

And on the way, the ground your using to support you seems to be really unstable.

Its tough to keep going on.

But we have to.

Its what God asks of us and really, trusting him is the LEAST we can do after what he went through to save us.
He literally faced the worst tortures that Hell could conjure.

Only for a bit though ;)

I REALLY wish I was there to see the look of TERROR on satans face when He stood up in victory and walked right out of there.

I'm sure he wasnt too gentle about it either..

Stay in faith friends.
We serve a God who's stronger than the worst possible confinements in the universe.
And He knows what He's doing.


Jake

Well I'll get to that...

Ever watched stupid sitcoms on tv that you really just dont like?

My friends came up with a good premise for one:

Captain Kirk.
And a time machine.
Goes back in time.
But gets stuck in an apartment in the 80's.

Bill Cosby's apartment!

The problem is that Kirk is stuck with Cosby while he keeps making attempts to fix his time machine.

But bumbling Cosby keeps messing up his plans accidently and offering him Jello.

Funny? No?

hahaha just think about it.

Jake

VIDEOZ :)

Just thought I'd share the good news with you all :)

As I am sure youre well aware, I play in a band called Behold! The City

Lots of good things have been happening for us and I think its just because we keep praying our direction as much as possible.

Lately something has started for us, which I believe has the possibility to change this band forever.

A guy by the name of Kevin Millington contacted us, and told us that he'd like to shoot a documentary about a band on the rise, and said that we were perfect for it as our band has a special focus.

We started shooting last night at a show we played in Burlington. We did some personal interviews and I ended up spilling my heart and guts in front of a camera for almost half an hour.

All the guys have such passion and I really hope our love for God, and recognizance of the underground hardcore community really comes through what is portrayed in this film.

Also, we're shooting our first music video this tuesday and wednesday.

PUMPED

Please keep us in your prayers everyone.

Thanks

Jake

if youre not going anywhere.

Lately ive struggled with feeling like ive been stuck.

Im in a school program that i dont like, i have no idea where i wanna go in life, or how long the things im currently holding onto will last.

so stuck, but drifting.

i confess that ive felt frustrated with God cause if he's supposed to be leading me, why am i not going anywhere?

I know im not the only one whos feeling this way.

Today, God gave me the answer to this kind of dilemma.

Ask, and listen!

Jesus repeatedly said that if you ask ANYTHING in HIS name, he'll do it for you!
That simple.

The bible says that the steps of the righteous are ordered by God.
Stand on that scripture, confess it over your life, and watch God just smash down doors for you in any area.

The second step after asking and faith is to really seek God.
Make sure you spend time with God, apart from whatever else goes on that day.
This time is EXTREMELY important in our spiritual lives.
Its in this quiet time where we give God our full attention, without the distractions of our daily lives, and thats where God will teach you and show you the most things, like in my case, where to take the next step in my life.

Hope that helps somebody somewhere.

Jake

new gear feels so good

lots of newww things comin your way this year.

we started with an interveiw and new track from Right Before the Rise called Lucifer.

the song is basically about how pathetic satan is in comparison to who God has created us to be, and the authority and power we weild in this world simply because we carry the name JESUS with us.

for reals

check out Luke 10 for the deets

new stuff is happening for behold the city too

the most prominient is that we are currently getting all new gear.

Igor just got a LTD ESP Deluxe EC-1000

google it ;)