Neither date has an announced age limit or cover charge. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, Tym has some new original music online to check out! In the past two months, Tym actually posted six songs to his YouTube channel, so what is there now? "To Say That You Care" is a love song written when Tym was in high school, and will appeal to fans of Tym's acoustic ballads in concert! More recently for compositions, Tym wrote "Little Missy" for his wife, and it's arguably a stronger ballad given Tym's development as a musician! Lots of photos of the two of them in the slideshow too. "Lucifer Deciever" is a metal song about "Lucifer, Freemasons, and Jesus", and while I won't get into the video's content here (not that kind of site), Tym shreds it up well with some strong riffs and solos! The last two are the instrumental "Souls Of Serenity" & "We Are Damned", which were both first heard on his 2006 "Solo Project" album.
The former has a video relating to Tym's faith, while the latter is about "world issues" and has more viewpoints and political stances that I'm hesitant to discuss on a music blog. I really liked both songs musically though, so keep these new YouTube copies in mind! Embedded below is "Dungeons & Dragons", which was once planned to lead off his unreleased second album, and while I don't know if this is the original recording from those sessions or a revision, fans of Tym's more 1980s metal-inspired songs will take to it! The video features footage from or inspired by the D&D cartoon and video games. Check out Tym's new and re-posted music above & below, and don't miss him tomorrow at The Eagles Club!
Next up, here's a surprise that Sault Ontario has been without for way too long: a battle of the bands! Some readers may recall Jay's Piston Broke Pub kicking tires on hosting a multi-night battle last year, but this would be the first one in Sault Ontario (as opposed to karaoke or general talent competitions) since the NLFB Meltdown battle of the bands at LopLops in 2017. Sault Michigan has had two since then, even! This planned battle of the bands will be a one-nighter on Thursday, September 25th, and it is being held by 705Live Sound Co., who provide live sound at many local events, concerts or otherwise, but unlike any local battle held in the SMS' lifespan, this will be outdoors at the Downtown Plaza. Yes, the stage is covered, but for everyone's sake, I hope that the weather holds up! This will be a judged battle, but details on band registrations, criteria, prizes, and more are to be announced.
I know that the pandemic played a role in why there hasn't been a battle of the bands of any scale in Sault Ontario in almost eight years, but still, eight years is a long time, so kudos to Mike and the Downtown Plaza for getting this one going, and hopefully it proceeds to completion unlike the Jay's battle last year! Stay tuned for more on this battle of the bands when it comes in, and visit the official Facebook event page for more details!
We'll close today with one more promotional video for tonight's Pillory-headlined metal concert The Pit at Soo Blaster! This minute-long clip comes from Pillory's Facebook page on April 6th, and features clips of the death/thrash metal trio performing at a jam session, as well as at concerts at The Canadian Nightclub, Rockstar Bar, Robbie Adamson's church in Leeburn, and Soo Blaster. Some of the source videos are clearly from their 2015-2018 run with Jordan Leach on bass, and while most of the footage is publically available online in full elsewhere, I don't recognize the Soo Blaster clip as being publically uploaded or shared (it has to be from when they opened for The Fixer & Indigo in August). The backing audio is a recent recording and not synced up with the visuals. Nice little snapshot of death metal-era Pillory, so check it out below, and don't miss them, The BAG, Convergence, and Maynard Hayes tonight!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site over the long weekend! Thanks everyone!
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