With something of a backlog accumulating for local metal, hard rock, and punk news/notes, let's begin digging ourselves out of that hole with a primarily Sault Michigan/E.U.P. post on this Monday night, along with a new original song teaser from a metal band on the Ontario side of the border, but let's lead off with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!
Kewadin Casino's website's entertainment pages have been updated to reflect concerts at their on-site lounges through the end of June, so who is taking the stage and when among hard rock/metal acts? Three definitely heavier bands are scheduled, with the first being local classic metal/hard rock quartet Tarnished, who will return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin branch on Friday, May 16th & Saturday, May 17th! The band has yet to corroborate these bookings on social media, but they will be Alex, Josh, Chris, and Ron's first stops in St. Ignace since their gigs at the Driftwood Sports Bar last month, and their first at The Northern Pines Lounge in almost two months. Should be a fun time for fans of Tarnished's old school covers and hard hitting originals, so don't miss out, in just under two weeks! These are 21+ concerts with no cover charges and 9:00 PM start times as usual.
I also wanted to acknowledge that, in the original schedule listings on Kewadin's entertainment pages before the June shows were added, the casino had listed shows from local hard rock cover quartet Rhythm & Brews at The Rapids Lounge at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin that same weekend. Of course, bassist Chris Leask and drummer Ron Suchey are in both bands, so unless there was something I didn't know re: lineup changes, I assumed that there would be a cancellation on one side or the other, and in the current listings, the Soo shows that weekend now belong to online page-less local classic rock cover group The American Band. Hopefully we hear more from Rhythm & Brews in time!
Next up, Traverse City classic metal trio Peril will make their way north of the Mackinac Bridge for two Kewadin Casino weekends in this two month stretch, starting with shows on May 30th & 31st at The Northern Pines Lounge in St. Ignace before rocking The Rapids Lounge in the Soo on June 27th & 28th! Their month-ending dates in St. Ignace will be their first there since mid-March, but their Sault stops next month will be their first at The Rapids Lounge yet this year. It's good to see this Jeffrey Hudson-led band back at both branches in relatively quick succession, and hopefully there's a strong turnout across both weekends for their tried and true old school covers! Like with Tarnished this month, all four Peril shows are 21+ affairs with no cover charge and 9:00 PM start times (and no, their sister band Scarkazm are not scheduled in this timeframe). Visit the above links for more details, and look for more from Peril up here!
Lastly for verifiably heavier bands under the Kewadin Casino umbrella, local hard rock band Exit 808 will return to The Northern Pines Lounge in St. Ignace on June 6th & 7th! Fans last saw Exit 808 at the Musicians Unite fundraiser concert at Bird's Eye Outfitters last month, with next month's St. Ignace stops being their first at that Kewadin branch in 2025. It's always good to see this talented and modular hard rock group back with more double vocalist-led cover action, so keep both of their upcoming shows These dates should have Blaze Beairl back on guitar or bass after he missed Musicians Unite, but it's not yet clear if Exit 808 will have any guest musicians or new additions over that weekend. Expect these to be 21+ shows at 9:00 PM with no cover once again, and see above for more details on Exit 808's mid-2025 plans!
Finally for today, here's a mild surprise, namely a new teaser video from Sault Ontario metal duo Hollow Sky! In their first public update since May of last year, Liam and Adam revealed on their Facebook page on April 18th that they are "working on some new material", attaching this vertical video of a tracking computer featuring a snippet of a new original song featuring clean and harsh vocals. Way too soon to comment on the song proper (which would be Hollow Sky's third original), but it's promisingly heavy, and Adam seems to like it! Check it out below, and stay tuned for more from Hollow Sky!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site this week! Thanks everyone!
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