Two more of Sykotyk Rampage's new albums are online for streaming on their Reverbnation page, so get your environ-mental suits ready! The local crash band uploaded their 27th album "Karrs" on Sunday, with their 24th "Genius Mushrooms With Thoughts Of Intellect" uploaded over the last two days, finally finishing last night. Only that album's direct successor, "Genius Mushrooms With Thoughts Of Stupidity" remains to be posted, though keep an eye out for it! Neither the newest albums nor the last three are on their store yet, but I expect that they'll be there to purchase soon as well. What can we expect from the newest albums? "Genius Mushrooms" is definitely more experimental than some of the other new releases, but it's definitely not the heaviest album they've ever put out. There were also a couple of changes with the track listing, as a song named "Action" replaced "Parked", and the closing track "Nobody" was omitted in lieu of two new songs, "Iditerod" and "Shiver". No reason was given for the changes, but seeing as we got an extra song out of it, it all works out! As for "Karrs", it's similar in sound to "Bucket Of Ham" with it's varying styles, ranging from heavier crash numbers to softer and slower tracks, but all of it is very sykotyk!
I won't divulge too much on them though, as I hope to review them down the road, but fans of blue Chinese metal crash punk will be right at home with both of the newest albums! Check the above links to listen to both of them, and stay tuned for more updates! While we're on the subject of Sykotyk Rampage, I would like to formally announce that we will review one of their new albums this weekend on The Sault Metal Scene for this month's CD review! But with 6 new albums (one yet to be released), which one will we review? Well, after listening to the 5 released albums (the second "Genius Mushrooms" album aside, I want to do those in order), I've chosen "Zombies", the 29th and "newest" of the 2011 Sykotyk Rampage albums for the next review! Why'd I pick "Zombies"? Basically, because it's the heaviest of the new albums, though does that correspond to the best? Time will tell, but stay tuned for my review of "Zombies" at the end of the month! And yes, harsh music lovers, I do plan to review the other new Sykotyk Rampage albums released this month, just not immediately, as I space out multiple album reviews by the same band to avoid biases. That said, look out for a new Sykotyk Rampage review of some kind early next year!
Next up, Hempfest is indeed coming back next year! Looks like organizers are getting an early start on preparations for the 14th annual marijuana culture festival to ensure that all the kinks are worked out, especially given the mixed reception I heard fans had for it's return. What should we know almost a year out from the next Hempfest? Well, it will take place in Ophir once again from August 6th to 13th of next year, adding an extra Monday to the schedule for 8 days of Hempfest (presumably camping for the first 4 days and entertainment for the rest again.) I'm a bit surprised it's not later in the month like usual though, but it should all work out! Admission is $100 at the gate or $75 in advance for the full week, with drops if you come later (-$15 or -$10 a day respectively.) Single day passes will be $20 (there's no package deals past Friday), and though tickets aren't available yet, there are purchasing links at the official Facebook event page. This year, there will be vendor fees, so visit that link for details on that front too, but I don't know of medical marijuana exemptees will get free admission again. As for the lineup, no one is confirmed yet, but I've heard preliminary hopes from a few bands that they'll be back next year. Hopefully Robert Neron and the Hempfest organizers have an easier time managing Hempfest next year, as it deserves to succeed and last locally! As details come out for the 2012 Hempfest, I'll have them here!
Now, here's some news from Woods of Ypres as the recording sessions for "Woods V" continue at Beach Road Studios in Goderich, Ontario! Producer Siegfried Meier has been keeping fans updated on the sessions via his Twitter and Yfrog pages, mostly via some cool studio photos of David Gold and Joel Violette working on their tracks, but Siegfried did leak a possible song title for Woods V: "Death Is Not An Exit", which David seemed to confirm on his own Twitter page on Thursday with what could be that song's chorus lyrics. If true, it sounds like a good song title! Despite plans to not return to Twitter until September, Joel Violette did some tweeting to say that "Woods V" is "sounding huuuuge" and update fans on the weather situation in Goderich last weekend, which saw hailstorms and a tornado, though from what I can gather, nothing related to the "Woods V" recording sessions was damaged. As for David Gold's Twitter page, he is finally mentioning the sessions, including saying that at least one song has been completed and that there was tracking delays due to the storms. Good to hear everyone's safe, and I can't wait to hear more from the recording, so stay tuned for more "Woods V" updates as they come in!
And finally for today, here's this week's classic video! For a third time, we have an old video of Sault Michigan hard rock quartet Monkey's Uncle from the Jager days to share on the SMS, so here's what you should know! Like my previous classic video upload of their cover of "Hair Of The Dog", this comes from likely the same St. Ignace concert in February 2008 at The Northern Pines Lounge at their Kewadin Casino. This time, it's of what was then Jager covering Nickelback's "Figured You Out", but how does it sound? Missed start on the video aside, they do mostly a good job, although Henry Switzer's vocal range doesn't pull off the chorus as well, and the guitar sounds a bit off. Bit dark too, but that's the fault of the lighting inside, as the video quality is pretty good. Filmed by a concert attendee and uploaded onto the band's MySpace page on February 16th, 2008, you can watch the original video at http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/28444179. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED!!! All credit for this video goes to Monkey's Uncle and the original filmer, I'm just spreading this video to a wider audience like it deserves! So with that said, check out this week;s classic video of Monkey's Uncle covering "Figured You Out" below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news, weekend concert previews (including Whitesnake), our next Saultites In Out Of Town Bands Profile on Infathom, our "Zombies" review, and more this week! Thanks everyone!
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