To celebrate the the 1 Year Anniversary of The Bleeder Blog, Thorny Bleeder Records has just released the second volume of their Free Album Download series, entitled Get Thorny 2. It features over one hour of new music from seventeen independent Canadian artists. Thorny Bleeder Records is based in Vancouver BC, home to the 2010 Winter Olympics. They embrace file sharing and encourage their fans to engage with them and their artists on social media sites. They're a new type of independent record label for a new era in music, helping to bridge the gap between fan, artist, management, and label.

Get Thorny 2 features new music from Columbia, Ross Neilsen, Black Hat Villain, Stars Of Boulevard, TV Heart Attack, Whitfield, Burning Borders, Burn Hollywood Burn, Isle Of Thieves, The Rebellion, Floodlight, Run The Red Light, The BaDD HaBBits, The Painted Birds, Scott Valentine Presents, Cory Woodward and the British Columbians. You can download Get Thorny 2 for free directly from their website here:

http://www.thornybleeder.com/index_files/now_available_free_album_download_get_thorny_2.html

The label has also planted the download on numerous bit torrent trackers, but they need more seeders. So this is a call to all torrent freaks to download the new Get Thorny 2 torrent and keep the seed alive!

Your support keeps the music coming, let's keep the music alive!

Happy New Year everyone, I hope your holidays were happy & safe!

Well, 2010 has arrived & has brought with it some good news from Warehouse Studios legendary mix-master,  Mike Fraser! He has been hard at work in the past few days mixing two of our soon-to-be smash hits, "All My Friends Are Dead" & "Rain or Shine". They sound absolutely incredible & I can't wait to share them with you! They're definitely going to blow you!!! Ummm, I meant blow you AWAY...pervert! There's one more to go & it's my personal fave, "One Way Street"! It's looking like an early spring release, if all goes according to plan!

It's pretty cool to think, that out of all the bands Mike has worked with (Metallica, AC/DC, Van Halen), Black Hat Villain is his final project of 2009 & the decade!!!

We hope to be playing quite a few shows in the coming months & want to show what it is we do best, ROCKIN' OUT LIVE!!! We'll most likely have some dates in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!!!

So here's to 2010 my friends, a very pivotal year, I can feel it! I sincerely hope you are all along for the ride!!!

Abe & BHV.