Interesting Local Metal Videos I Found On YouTube!

Before I begin this post, did anyone notice some things looked a bit different on the SMS lately? Well, I did some minor tweaking to it! I brought back the old "barbed wire" background, and using some HTML edits, I was able to remove the rounded corners from the posts and sidebars (round isn't metal!) Also, all the arrow icons pointing to posts and sidebar items are now blue, and slightly extended so they flow better with their respective backgrounds. Hopefully you guys don't mind the changes, I think they work pretty well!

Now, it's time to share some videos with you guys, videos of the local metal variety! You know I like finding old local metal stuff people may not remember or have heard about, and YouTube is no exception to that! As part of my SMS-related activities, I often search YouTube for anything local metal related, and I figure it's high time I show some vids you guys might be interested in!

First, we'll start with a defunct local metal band named Chillum. They were active in the early-mid 2000s, and I know little else. No pages, no sites, and no band bios. However, they are definitely local, and they have plenty of videos! YouTube user DingersProduction posted seven live videos from a Chillum concert on YouTube in April 2007! Not sure where it is, or when it was shot, but Chillum sound real good in these clips, covering bands like Sepultura, Down, Superjoint Ritual, and Zao! I'd love to find out more about Chillum, and if you can help at all, let me know! For now, check out this clip of Chillum covering the Gwar song "Jack The World"!



Next, I have a video featuring a metal band from a popular cartoon series. No, not Dethklok, I'm talking about Sons of Butcher! These guys are best known from their Teletoon show of the same name that aired from 2005-2007, but they're a real band that release albums and tour as well! They've come to Sault Ontario twice, in November 2006 & June of last year! There's no videos of either concert floating around online, but there is this clip of Sons of Butcher after the 2006 show at a LAUNDROMAT in the Soo, doing (what else) their laundry! Kinda funny, and if you like Sons of Butcher, you should check out this vid! (Thanks to YouTube user crustafarian for the upload!) Also, anyone know what laundromat that is?



Now, here's something you don't see often: A sit down interview with a local metal band! Karen Johns from SooNews.ca conducted an interview with Gates of Winter and producer Miguel Gauthier last year during the recording of their album "Lux Aeterna", and the video is online! The band are asked questions about their music, influences, and how they used the internet for promotion, among other topics! SooNews.ca are kinda infrequent with their video articles and interviews, but when they do a piece like this, it usually turns out well! The band seem happy and close in the interview, and really dedicated to their music, and as we all know, the album was stellar! Nice interview, check it out below!



And finally for this post, we'll go to another interview with a local band, but this one is by a WAY bigger network. Back in 2003, when they were still based in Windsor, Woods of Ypres were interviewed and profiled by CBC's Eric Rosenbaum for a CBC News piece on black metal, and the video is online! Frontman and then-drummer David Gold is interviewed in (where else) the woods, while him and the other members of the band talk about everything from their sound and appeal, to their future and what their music means. There are mistakes ("The Woods of Ypres"? "Black metal, also known as death metal"?!), and you can tell that the CBC knows little about metal in general, but it's a nice piece that explores Woods of Ypres and black metal, and hopefully it gave them some much-deserved exposure! Check it out right here, and thanks to David from Woods for uploading it to YouTube!



So there's some local metal videos you guys should check out! Visit The Sault Metal Scene's official YouTube channel to check out the over 400 local metal videos I've favourited, including concert clips, music videos, jam sessions, single songs, anything as long as it involves a local metal band or concert in some way! ADD US AS A FRIEND OR SUBSCRIBE TO US TOO! That's all for today, I'll see you guys at The Speakeasy tomorrow for the Woods of Ypres show! A review and photos will follow, and I WILL HAVE FREE CDS!!!