As life passes, sometimes we experience events where you just have to be the bigger person, let things go, and know that malicious and hurtful people will get what’s coming to them in due time.

Personally, I don’t have time to waste on anger, jealousy, insecurity, and other petty B.S. I would rather dedicate my time and energy to creating and writing the best music that I can, playing shows, and living my life to the fullest.

Besides, those of you that know me realize that if you piss me off or do something fucked up I will write a song about it.

(Insert Evil laugh here).... 
The voice of reason…

Last weekend, my favorite holiday came and passed and Mortal Madness started a new year of chaos.

Thursday night we played our local haunt Cherry Street Station, the coolest hometown metal bar around. The usual crowd was there, and thanks Dennis Holly and Chris for partying with us into the wee hours of the morning. The sun was coming up by the time I got home. Phil drank wayyy too much jager and  slept on the bathroom floor Friday morning and still played the the three shows and kicked ass each night!we played with our buds AMIDO BLACK in New London for an all ages show at the Backstage Pass/El N Gee/Jinx. That club has an identity crisis. There were some really cool costumes. Burton got best costume in my book, only because I had no idea who he was! Also, this was a momentous occassion because it was our first show with 5, our new second guitar player. I'm telling you, I really expect Gliniak and Dave to be on the cover of Guitar World.

Saturday we played at Legends and met some really cool musicians and hung with good friends Bury the Weak. Dorothy and the Gladiator princess stole the guys hearts all night. We played too powerfully though, cause we shorted the circuits and the power at the bar went out!

Sunday we met Mongrel and another female fronted band who I don't know the name of but they were awesome, it was like Janis Joplin fronting a metal band. Worcester metal scene is going strong! Special thanks to the Tammany Hall sound guy who is great!

And after all that we are completely satisfied with the fact that after four shows, a long weekend, I still had a voice, and we all got up on Monday wishing we had another show that night!!!

I LOVE BEING IN A BAND! I just wish I could do this for a living. Thanks to all of you that came out to share this with us!

The voice of reason

So Saturday's show was INSANE. We played at the Backstage in Groton, CT next to the strip club Roses Cantina When we got set up on the stage in walks four scantily clad dancers and they climb up on the stage with us and start dancing to our music! You can check out the pics on "Livin with the Madness" site, (Madness Mary). One of the strippers really took a liking to blue beard and was grinding up against him...

No, we didn't pay them to do this! I guess they just wated to feel the MADNESS:)

Also, if you ever get the chance to check this place out THE BACKSTAGE is is a small club but the stage is great. We had a lot of fun, and the owner is a really cool dude that likes to drink Absinthe...with a toasted sugar cube...

So for those of you that missed this show, you better show up next time!

Ally

the voice of reason in the madness...

THANK YOU Amido Black (You guys kicked ASS, as always) for putting us on the bill at the Backstage Pass (formerly the El N Gee) The show last night was unreal. One in your face band after another. I haven't had my eardrums blown out like that since the last Ozzfest I went to. I have to give it up to our new friends In the front rows last night, the energy last night was SSIIICCCKK...

For the aspiring musicians that we met, keep the faith and remember that to succeed at anything you need a shitload of hard work and sacrifice. Don't get discouraged, everyone pays their dues.

I know some of you were asking bout the new material, we are going into the studio again next month to get some tracks down (Including the song for Dimebag, "Till the End") As soon as they are mixed etc you'll be able to find them here first.

See y'all at the next show!

the voice of reason in the madness....

Now that we're off our little unexpexted break (no pun intended Phil),

We're back on the scene and experiencing the typical bullshit that bands go through.

For some reason, it is always every man/woman for himself. Everyone is extremely competetive. There are only so many record deals and so many shows and so many fans out there. You really don't know who your friends are.

For some people success comes easier than to others.

When I reflect on how far we have come in the past four years as Mortal Madness, and on everything that we have sacrificed to become this well oiled machine, I ask myself whether it was worth it...

I come up with the same answer every time.

Yes, it is worth it. For the fans that come up to us after the show and say hey, I really dug that song...for the people that request us on WCCC...

If our music reaches just one person who can connect with what we're feeling, what we've been through...then it is all worth it.

If my music inspires one more musician to pick up an insturment or a microphone, it's all worth it.

And for those of you that really know us personally, and everything that we sacrifice everyday, I just want to assure you that it is not in vain and we will prevail.

In the words of Phil Anselmo, "Never try, you either do it or don't waste my time."

Ally

The voice of reason

Where there is pain and anguish and misfortune and catastrophe...where there is jealousy, rage and insecurity...where there are liars, backstabbers, beggars and thieves....Where there is humanity there is heavy metal.

For those people out there that do not understand...

There is a universal bond that brings us together. There is a strength within everyone. There is a good to every evil. A right to every wrong. Two sides to every coin. And for every photographer a different angle.

Where there is sickness, there is the chance to heal. For every death, there is a birth. For every war there is creation.

For every chasm, we can always build a bridge.

Though walls will crumble and fall, the bonds of love are the strongest of all...

For every catastrophe, for the six weeks that we aren't playing shows, there is a reason...

Mortal Madness is in a cocoon, biding our time, building our strength, we emerge with a new sound, a new purpose, renewed vitality...

Licking the wounds...

We are still going strong. Wait till you hear the new shit!!! Darker and heavier than ever...With all the loyalty and trust and damned determination that are the heart and soul of Mortal Madness.

Thank you for your support. It makes everything worth it. I still believe.

Ally

The voice of reason in the MADNESS

See you at PROJECT INDEPENDENT!!!

We are in the running! Vote for us Dec. 1 to win a national tour, we won the New England regional competition last fall, buy the compilation at projectindependent.net