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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:35:04 GMT

Withdrawal June 1 Royal Albert
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withdrawal at the albert last night

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Sun, 25 May 2008 02:28:58 GMT

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playing 3 shows with grave maker next week. playing means' cd release in winnipeg on saturday. fun times. gonna play some new songs.

grand theft auto 4 has nitzer ebb, sisters of mercy, leeway AND cro-mags? tight.

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:04:30 GMT

THE GREAT WITHDRAWAL TOUR WRAP UP!

so we got back from tour on sunday. here's a wrap up.

wednesday: got up at 6am to get the fluids changed in the van, left later than we had planned. slept in the top of our bunk. it was cramped. listened to alot of tegan and sara. got to the show in saskatoon just early enough to see life in hand play, but just late enough to miss the super faggy mosh band. it was pretty ok, not too many kids bought merch and there was alot of push mosh from weiner kids in full effect. but overall we played good, got paid well and had fun. lots of mud in the area, so that sucked to walk through. played some NHL 96 in the van on my laptop. when we started our set john kapp threw a chair across the room at some people, it ruled. partied with some regina friends after. saw some familliar faces. ate at boston pizza, in typical 306 fashion. dine and dashed. stayed at gord's sisters that night, slept on the floor.

transmission fluid problems. the first of many.

thursday: woke up with a nose full of dust from the carpet on the floor. went and got some mcdonalds for breakfast, that sucked. we were really broke at this point on tour cause we hadn't been paid from our jobs yet. hurtin'. began driving to calgary. pretty uneventfull. saw some prehistoric monsters though. got to calgary. show was ok, big venue though and there were a couple of other shows going on that night so that hurt attendence a bit. the promoter gave us home made vegan friendly veggie burgers, they were basically like meat flavored oatmeal cookies with tissues for buns. pretty brutal. one of the opening bands were fucking horrible. total art-noise dork shit. pulling teeth ripped though. played some super punch out on my macbook. we ran out of gas about 30 minutes outside of calgary, but our buddy who lives out there came out and saved our asses. it ruled. drove to gord's sisters in edmoton. got there way late. crashed downstairs in a pretty cold basement next to joel.

out of gas outside of calgary.

friday: woke up. was pretty tired. everyone else was played GTA4 while i lurked the net. went to some restaurant with ross and joel. ate pretty good. everyone else ate some weed brownies ha ha. got to the venue, it was tiny. like playing in the bathrooms at assiniboine park only not smelly. at first we were unsure of whether the show would be good or not but then the place fucking packed in and was totally fucking bonkers. sold out of the remainder of our demos, so i had to sit in a closet and burn a bunch while kids were going apeshit for pulling teeth. sold a bunch of t-shirts. a perfect hardcore show. we got paid alot too. can't wait to go back. went to ross's cousins place, checked out email, and we got an offer from a label. pretty awesome considering we finished our demo on sunday! slept in a cold room on an airmattress but felt pretty good.

saturday: got up way too fucking early because we were hoping to reach regina early enough to aprtake in a bbq at the danger room. however, the world had different plans for us because about half an hour outside of edmonton we started having van trouble. turned out our tattered engine belt just couldn't take it anymore. luckilly we coasted into a gas station and watched out engine overheating. it sucked. however, fate smiled upon us and some backwater hick managed to have a belt. so he hooked us up with one, to the tune of $130, and we were on our way. made it to the show just in time for it to start up. all of our friends were there and it was at an amazing venue. kids fucking went off. chain mosh, kids getting thrown over tables and shit. pure violence and mass hysteria. we played really tight and i had an amazing time. thank you so much to all our friends who came out. pulling teeth shredded hard, did a nirvana cover. it sucks though cause john kapp tore his leg up bad when this was all going on. sold out our red longsleeves, so we'll reprint those soon. the after party was a gong show for reasons best not discussed in a public forum. stayed at our friend's and left pretty early in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zVzTzubaSI
the regina show

sunday: fuck vans. straight up fuck them. next van i buy is gonna be way baller, cause no more 600 dollar vans for us. the van finally shit the jeans jsut about an hour outside of brandon, which made it pretty close of a call for us to make it to the show that night. luckilly we are hard and punk as fuck and don't give a shit and we went to winnipeg and shredded anyways. it was the last show at the label art gallery and while i am sad to see it go, it couldn't have went out on a better note. all in all, this tour was awesome, and i'd do it again in a heartbeat. and will. because ontario is next in the end of summer, when we start touring off our EP!

this show is gonna be straight up retarded. this shit will sell out for sure so if you want tickets, holla at ya boy.

anyways, other than all of that, i am way tired. and just plain stoked on life. we played with set foot at some church earlier in the week. it was fun. they were super nice dudes. we covered "hollow" by integrity, and they covered "vocal test" by integrity. so between the two of us we could have done the first 5 minutes of the humanity is the devil ep. it ruled.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:35:55 GMT

withdrawal's demo is done. we should be getting it back like, tonight or tomorrow and then i'll post them shits...

come hang out!

april 30th: saskatoon @ le relais w/ life in hand, failed states, palms to the sky
may 1st: calgary @ rehab center w/ pulling teeth, epi-demic, in vacuo, voices
may 2nd: edmonton @ grosvenor hall w/ pulling teeth, high jinks, hominid, byk
may 3rd: regina @ oddfellows temple w/ pulling teeth, life in hand, amour fou, failed states
may 4th: winnipeg @ label galery w/ pulling teeth, perfect scar

life is busy busy busy.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:03:56 GMT

i'm in the studio right now, conjuring satan.

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:06:32 GMT

blah.

all i've been listening to lately is tegan and sara. so good.

my cat is the best. bless that little orange fatty.

playing alot of metal gear solid lately. great game, it is one of the very few games where you are actually interested in the progressing story, not the act of mashing buttons. very cinematic.

where are some good places to get some grub in this city? suggestions people.

me and some weiners are going to minneapolis for a few days on monday, gonna go see converge/eat at the tripple rock. should be tight!

withdrawal did some recording last night. recorded two new songs "the glory of going down in flames" and "curse of gemini". it was my first time using my new gear. sounds pretty good all things considered, although one of the mics i had on a tom sounded like shit but oh well. it's all for pre-production stuff until we go into some retardedly expensive studio in 2 weeks.

i'm a bit nervous going into an expensive studio might end up "de-hardcore-iefying" the record, but we're all pretty much agreed upon the sound we're going for. somwhere between "palehorse" and "rise and fall".

recording is pretty fun, but i hate recording vocals. it just sucks going from singing into some shitty mic i'm holding with my hands to standing in front of some britany spears microphone.

nothing much to report. i am kind of in the mood to listen to morbid angel ha ha.

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:39:14 GMT

april 30th: brandon @ tba
may 1st: calgary @ the calgary rehabilitation center with pulling teeth
may 2nd: edmonton @ grossvenor hall with pulling teeth, high jinks, hominid, b.y.k
may 3rd: regina @ oddfellows temple with pulling teeth, life in hand, amour fou
may 4th: winnipeg @ label art gallery with pulling teeth, victim of extinction

watch as withdrawal and pulling teeth defend evil in league and ride our mighty steeds of horror across this doomed country, leaving a trail of hellfire in the wake of man's destruction, all in the name of the mighty morning star lucifer himself. hail satan!

other than that, life is boring.

i like futurama. that is all.

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:51:27 GMT

playing a show tonight at the zoo. it's gonna be a gong show. vegas odds are predicting a 1:3 chances of a fight happening during our set. i like those odds. tonight will be ridiculous.

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:10:16 GMT

what's up withdrawal western canada tour in may? attention canada: you're fucked!

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:50:00 GMT

WHERE IS AARON TUGWOOD WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:53:32 GMT

is there anything more infuriating than craving on kind of food all day, and having to settle for another? fuck!

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:54:21 GMT

the lowdown:

- withdrawal played our first show the other day. it was probably the best show i've ever played in winnipeg. it was sold out, all our friends went apeshit. some definite ignorant mosh. quite out of line... quite ripping. felt good. can't wait to play again. unfortunately that is at the zoo next month with quagmire and nailbrick. at least we'll have another song to play.

- i feel like i've lost grip of my life, and it just goes where it goes. i can't control anything, and anything i thought i had control of controls me. my life is like watching a paper boat sail down a river; oblivious towards its inevitable doom when the bottom rots out from the water and it sinks under the current. GOOD TIMES.

- my hair is just about at the half point of being "thrashin". do i man up and grow my hair out? or do i cut it short and eurofaggy? decisions decisions.

- now that the writers strike is over, i can back into being obsessed with "the office" again.

- my mom is still very sick, not out of the woods yet. depressing.

- warmer weather = denim dan

- been listening to alot of cynic lately. simply amazing noodly death metal without any loss in songwriting ability. you don't see that much of that out there.

- missing earth crisis in chicago is a fucking bummer, but seeing converge in minneapolis is gonna be awesome.

- i can't stop regretting endings. maybe it's my punishment, and maybe i deserve it. i don't even know what to say and i never get the chance to. i can't ignore it.

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:27:28 GMT

tight.

just a reminder folks, cancer bats/port amoral/on our side/withdrawl is just over a week away. if you need tickets, lemme know. you will, because i'm not guestlisting you! 10 bucks each, not shabby. we're gonna have 2 shirts for sale, and my zine "tree of woe".

valentines was yesterday for me. it was neat.

all i've been up to lately is band practice, going to the hospital, hanging with the ladyfriend, smoking low grade crystal meth. the same old same old.

i can't think of much else to say. other than hopefully xmoshuax gets my refferences in the next song!

world of ruin

this is a monument to all destruction; the world of balance is dead!
destroyed empire. a tower tall has decided the fate for us all.
hopeless.
three gods have led us astray.
darkness has taken our last ray of hope.
three gods have left us to die.
no hope left it's our end of days.
we dare not stand against his might
with strength he has stolen: his power imense.
a one winged angel, a prince of the dead.
how could we have know nthat a man could become stonger than a god?
sitting atop a fortress of dead... the fabric of earth has torn into two.
a monument to non existence; destruction comanded by a nihilist.
heavenly beam of destructive light... judgement rains down death.
3 gods dead.
phoenix rises, burns and falls: theres no one to fucking save us all.
fallen one; look to the sky: our architect of the worlds demise.
theres nothing left in a world thats burnt down
life left to live as a slave with a crown.
heartless angel. forsaken. yet god?
rules a world that has been torn to pieces.
our friends are dead, our world is destroyed.
still we search for what we're living for.
for what we're fighting for.
what is worth living for.
still there's very little hope left.
we can't stand alone against his strength.
if we stand to lose, then all is lost. all is lost.

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:23:49 GMT

blind overwhelmed completion as your desires and atrocities
come to pass exposing your soul to weakness
all set deep beneath leaded glass
precious flesh and greed beyond your hopes beyond your dreams
Hollow
fire in me
I can't feel
I can't breathe
Together externally boxed
in flesh entirely
Fulfillment of your pride self absorbed,
never,
ever satisfied
Visions of depth and confusion entangled with disturbance
and sin A time is called for atonement as this nightmare comes to an end.
In the blackened heart of all your fears circling around,
I invite the shadows near no longer contained by your evils outweighing the curse of humanity.

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:56:39 GMT

GOD TOLD ME TO SKIN YOU ALIVE....

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:15:54 GMT

it's hard to face each day feeling shame, and more guilt instead of feeling happy. i think i have some sort of built in failsafe to stop myself from feeling happy. i though i was ok, but in the long run i did more damage to myself than you.

"your image drives me face first in regret i thought was dead"... what foreshadowing.

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:57:19 GMT

the war against giygas

the apple of enlightenment
has turned to ash inside our mouths.
we've wasted every chance we've had to ascend beyond the realm of the mortal plane of existence.
our carelessness has been our weakness with which we have ensured our extinction.
our time is already past.
I ACCEPT THIS FATE.
I WILL SLEEP AND ROT.
know this; nothing matters in the fucking world.
in the end we're all just names on graves.
names on graves lost in time.
forgotten.
you've allowed yourselves to be bought and sold so many times.
slithering snakes we are the human race.
self absorbed, we're over fed.
minds rotten from society's waste
gorged obscene, we crave the taste.
no, i can't miss a world thats addicted to drugs.
addicted to violence. addicted to sex.
allows suffering, violence, prostitutes.
disgusting. and nothing pure matters.
everything has been wasted. surrounded by seven deadly sins.
nothing matters in this fucking world,
in the end we're all just names on graves.

Headwires says:
sounds like what a boss would say in a video game right before you fight it
Headwires says:
good stuff
adamantium dyson ext 6354 623L says:
thats perfect cause thats what i'm all about.
adamantium dyson ext 6354 623L says:
we even have a song based on final fantasy 6 LOL.
Headwires says:
haha
adamantium dyson ext 6354 623L says:
thats seriously the best compliment about my lyrics i have ever had
Headwires says:
its true man...if i was raiding and some monster said that, i knew we'd be in for some serious shit
Headwires says:
like "does everyone have enough helth pots?", shit
adamantium dyson ext 6354 623L says:
lolololololololol

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:17:47 GMT

bummer

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:16:07 GMT

at the momment, i feel odd. not sure if it's regret, or guilt. or maybe a combination of the two. i need some time to collect my thoughts.

FALLEN ONE

we're defeated. we're turned to dust
pulled under the weight of the losses: there's nothing left for us.
and if there existed a heaven i couldn't be any further away.
the only thing darker than we see is how our desperate future decays.
i have to look so deep inside for the faintest glimmer of hope in a world full of nothing at all, it's getting harder for us to cope with so many mistakes to remind us that we're constantly failling at whatever we try.
every hero that i've ever had became a liar, a coward, or dead.
i'm drowning in darkness...
gave up my faith.
abandoned by christ.
left to rot in sacredmental waste.
the darkness.... gets worse.
my life.... is cursed.
we feel no catharsis as we watch our lives destroyed;
torn appart by ravenous angels. my face sweats out misery.
i contort with madness... i don't know how much more i can take as i can't mask my impulse to surrender: every other emotion is fake.
heartless. hopeless. lifeless. listless.
darkness; our end time is near.
our own misery ecompassed is in fear.
theres no point in living when nothing is worth it at all.
there are flies on the windscreen and blood on the streets.
death is everywhere as if everything bleeds.

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:40:31 GMT

if anyone needs tickets to this shit, i'm your hook up. 10 bucks each. this show is gonna be intense and i'm finally gonna have my zine "tree of woe" for sale at it. we'll be very heavy. here are the lyrics for the second song we will be playing that night. it's very very very fast.

HER SECRET

a skeleton draped in pale grey skin,
no beauty outside and she's ugly within.
never be beautifull, but so hard she tries
refusing to eat, thin sunken eyes.
bone thin and she's covered in paint
that she puts on her face as a way to escape
the face she was born with, she can't see the truth
she was a beaitifull once now she looks like a corpse.
shes stuck in nightmare but she thinks its a dream.
watch as she sifts through glamourous trash.
i wish i could shake her, break her free from this curse
but the attention she gets only makes her feel worse
they use her for sex and she has no self worth
society has made her an object.
she's lived in a world where she's picked apart
put on a pedestal for all to see.
it is no wonder she can't cope with the pressure
she has inside her head to be beautiful for everyone but herself.

VIGO THE CARPATHIAN SAYZ:

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:21:44 GMT

FOOLISH HUMANS, NEXT MONTH ADAM'S NEW BAND WITHDRAWL IS PLAYING THEIR FIRST SHOW. THEY'LL BE PLAYING WITH THE CANCER BATS, PORT AMORAL AND ON OUR SIDE. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THEY WILL BE PLAYING SOME SHOWS WITH PULLING TEETH. GO TO THEM. BE CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THEIR MOUNTAIN RIFFS, HAVE YOUR FACE MELTED OFF BY THEIR SEARING THRASH LEADS, AND TRY NOT TO LOOSE YOUR MIND NAVIGATING THEIR LABYYRINTHIAN SNAKERUNS OF HOLY TERROR INFLUENCED METALLIC HARDCORE. PEACE FAGGOTS.

you heard it here first.

boom shaka laka

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:21:39 GMT

hello adam dyson, what have you been up to lately?

just hanging out. being cool. being tired. didn't get paid on thursday, which is so gay and hurting. tuggy was nice enough to lend me some cat food for slayer. she is thankfull. practicing with a new band today, nothing serious, but it's gonna be pretty fun cause i'm playing bass. i haven't shoveled my driveway in a while, so there is a wall of near solid ice preventing me from backing my car out correctly. i've been listening to way too much merauder lately, if too much is possible. can't wait for my shifts to change at work so i can actually hang out with people. blah.

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:16:46 GMT

here's the big update from big a.d

- new years was ok. ryley moshed his wall good, and throwing couches at people during "stone temple pilots" is rad. i wish jasdave had killed that coke head though. i expected rowdier though.

- holidays have been ok. me and joel living on our own is pretty lol. it's a bit disorganised, a little too many empty beer cans courtesy of joel, and my cats learned to expect to be fed at noon when i wake up, not 5am by my mom. i just sit around and watch dvds while stealing free internet from some foolish familly in the area.

- girl situation is actually basically awesome for once!

- band is going awesome. been practicing alot, and all our songs are designated shredders for sure. we have about 6 songs done, one more and we're gonna record a demo. it sounds somewhere between slayer, ringworm, integrity and buried alive. we're called "withdrawl". we'll probably be playing some shows in a few months.

- band of brothers is the best tv miniseries of all time. no foolin.

- you're dead.

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:42:56 GMT

i am just glad this stupid shitty christmas is almost over.

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:12:56 GMT

what a weirdo you are, adam dyson.