What music are you listening to?

This band keeps popping up uninvited on my Facebook feed. I finally gave them a listen and, to be fair, I have heard worse.

This is Battleground by When Rivers Meet.

My favourite singer is a year older today. Nothing heard from the lady herself yet, but fans have been posting greetings on her fan forum for a day or two already. The singer, in case you haven't realized from my past posting, is Floor Jansen, currently lead singer of the band Nightwish but also building her resume as a solo artist.

"Fire" is the song that, now nearly three years ago, was her first solo single after 20+ years in bands. This is a live performance from Dutch television from shortly after its initial release.

Two Grammy nominations. Four Juno nominations including two for this year's awards coming up in 3 weeks. Spiritbox are rising stars in the international metal scene. While the face of the band is vocalist Courtney Laplante (who can go from melting your heart with her soft, sultry clean vocals to melting your brain with her magnificent screams and growls), the guys behind her are excellent musicians, too, esp. Courtney's hubby Mike Stringer on guitar. They dropped their second LP yesterday and if this doesn't land them some more award nominations (and maybe finally some wins) I'll be surprised and sad. This is one of the best of a bunch of great tracks.