LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (White Cowbell Oklahoma & Exiled) And New Video Finds!!

I know some of you are awaiting fallout from this past weekend's Hardcore Homecoming/Random Killing concert, but with a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, I didn't want it all to be de-emphasized, so that will very likely lead off tomorrow's post, so don't worry! Also today, we have an archive video find, a recent metal concert video, and another new show for later in the fall, so here's what you need to know!

I'm getting very contradictory reports about bands playing TONIGHT at The Savoy Bar & Nightclub in Sault Michigan, so here's what we currently know. Last night, Rudyard hard rock quintet Exiled (pictured) revealed on short notice that they'll be playing at The Savoy for the first time tonight at 10:00 PM, preceding their motorcycle club party gig tomorrow, but that's not what The Savoy's own Facebook page is advertising. Instead, they're promoting a show to be headlined by Saginaw rap/rock band Redburn with support from Munising metal quartet Infathom, which Redburn's pages are plugging, but not Infathom's (they haven't posted on Facebook in over a month.) Given that Redburn advertised this show on their Facebook page today, I'm inclined to believe that they're playing, and while not confirmed officially, it looks like Exiled have replaced Infathom on the bill, though we'll correct this if need be.

For what it's worth, Redburn aren't a "heavy" band per say, but you don't see this type of sound in the area too often, and it looks like they'll be playing at The Savoy again in December if you're into a full rap show! Regardless of what goes down tonight, keep The Savoy in mind for some live rock!

Moving to a show that we can 100% confirm, Toronto southern hard rock notables White Cowbell Oklahoma will roll through Sault Ontario on Sunday, November 30th during their 15th anniversary tour, as they'll be headlining at The Rockstar Bar! Notorious for their entertaining jam-heavy live concerts (complete with power tools), their country-infused rock originals should be a fun sight back in the Soo for the first time since their well received concert at The Grand Theater four years ago, so don't bypass this one either, and click here for Donna Hopper's entertaining review of that show from SooToday to see what you're in for! The announced openers are The Paceshifters, a hard rock band from The Netherlands who have a grungy yet modern sound that should go over well too, so don't miss them either! For reference, W.C.O.'s own pages advertise Vancouver psychobilly band Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dollz as opening too during their tour (as they did at their 2010 local show), but the local Facebook event page doesn't mention them.

This 19+ concert will begin at 9:00 PM on November 30th, and there will be NO COVER CHARGE, so there's all the more reason to come out! Check the above links for more details, and if you know White Cowbell Oklahoma's reputation and over the top live concert experience, you won't want to miss this one at the end of November! Stay tuned for updates when & if they come in!

Closing today with some new video finds, here's two new clip of Sudbury blackened death metal band Catharcyst from their co-headlining set opening for IDNS at The Oddfellows Hall two weeks ago! Uploaded to the band's YouTube channel today, they're of Catharcyst playing their songs "A Spell Has Been Cast" and (as embedded below) "Terra", both of which being filmed from the band's merchandise table at the far end of the hall. The video quality of these is not good, with dark and grainy lighting and an angle too far to make out much of anything regarding the band or fans, but the audio quality is solid enough! Check out Catharcyst's new videos above & below!



We'll close today with another archive video of local classic/hard rock veterans Havadder, courtesy of the same Nicolet Tavern concert from February 2012 that gave us their Foo Fighters cover that was on the site earlier this week! Same filmer too (YouTube user Danabelle39), but for whatever reason, her videos from this show were split across two channels. The video on her own channel is of Havadder's 2012 lineup covering Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' "Runnin' Down A Dream" with frontman Jason Roy on lead vocals, and it's a good cover for fans of the original song, but the vocals can be muffled. Check out the full video below!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for Random Killing concert fallout and more in our next post! Thanks everyone!

IDNS/Catharcyst Concert Review!!

Hey guys, it's finally time for our review of Saturday night's IDNS concert at The Oddfellows Hall! Video uploads were slower than expected yesterday (Rotopsy's video gave me a lot of grief), hence why the review is only up now, so our apologies for the wait. The attendance on Saturday was mixed at best, with The Apocalypse Afterparty surprisingly getting the day's peak crowd, but the constant fans indoors kept up a good energy level, and I liked the time management for the sets! Before we get into the actual bands, I'll note that the announced co-headliners, Winnipeg hardcore punk band Bring The Fight were forced to drop out due to mechanical problems, according to promoter Tyler St. Amour before showtime. Disappointing, but hopefully we see them in the Soo at some point!

Saturday night's concert began with local goregrind solo project Crucify The Whore, who put on another reliably heavy set to kick things off! Early fans of Tyler Gibson's solo work were on hand to take in original songs like "Orthostatic Hypotension", "Seshing In June Bugs", and the newer "Entrepreneur", and if you've seen past C.T.W. shows, you'll know exactly what went down as an overall experience! Even with minimal people at the set's beginning, Tyler laid down a solid and energetic set of goregrind that definitely has it's audience, though attendees who don't take to the genre or minimalistic lineup still won't have been convinced. Tyler's guitar work was solid as ever (though I'd like to see him play some more solos), and those pig squeal vocals are well controlled! Another unapologetic and spontaneous set from C.T.W., and Tyler had more where that came from later that night! Is it surprising that Crucify The Whore were the only local band on Saturday that had a live guitar for their set?

Second was the 2014 debut of local punk/grunge solo project Telephone & Address, who I've surprisingly never seen in concert before (Chris Shoust's appearance at Soo Band Roulette aside.) I'd went in expecting an reserved vocal/guitar set, but Chris surprised us by breaking out an acoustic bass and drum machine for a fuller live band sound, which seemed to go over fairly well! As announced prior to the event, Chris did indeed release his new Telephone & Address CD "Need Not Apply" for $15 after his set (along with selling his older "Rotten EP" and some of his writing and video work), and he did play songs from it like "Army of Losers" and "The Way It Goes" during his set. His stage presence was looser than at the roulette, and he was in his element playing his own originals, which compliment his unique singing voice pretty well! That said, his set could be seen as a change from his recent unplugged guitar recordings, but if he ever expanded back to a full band like his older local music work, this would be a good starting point! Solid change of pace, and stay tuned for our rundown of the packaging and songs on "Need Not Apply" this week!

Next was the first public appearance (and last local set of 2014?) from new local rap/metal duo The Apocalypse Afterparty, and these masked bandits definitely left a strong impression for the day's peak audience! While their Smokin' Heroines support was more muted than expected (despite the presence of Wonder Woman), X & Z delivered a spunky and hard hitting set of original songs like "Glory & Gore" that got fans moving! Stage names and personas aside, the connections to the "songwriters"' old bands were clear as day, with old Fury standards like "The Crowd" and "Rebel Scum" returning to the public stage with gusto, but if you were to compare the two bands, The Apocalypse Afterparty are heavier, feature more rapped vocals (and British accents), and are visually more creative. Z announced near the end of their set that this will probably be the last time you see the band for 8 months, believed to be related to Steve Mozarowski's return to the Toronto area until next summer, but they went out with a bang, and hopefully we'll hear more from them sooner than that!

Last of Saturday's local bands was C.T.W.'s Tyler Gibson's other active live grind band Rotopsy, who picked up where Tyler left off with more goregrind originals and a fun and bouncy stage presence! Originals like "Shovel Packin'", "T.F.T.", and "Let Us Rot" were among the older and more recent tracks played on Saturday, and even as a duo, Dylan and Tyler have great chemistry on these tracks! Dylan's vocals are slowly becoming more diverse too beyond scattered grunts, and hopefully he keeps that evolution going. It'd be interesting to hear Rotopsy originals done with a guitar rather than (or along with) a bass too, but maybe this is an intentional choice to differentiate them from C.T.W., who Dylan guests with on occasion already. Still a polarizing band for some, but Rotopsy are having fun, and their brutal originals made their mark as always!

With Bring The Fight's dropout, your co-headliners on Saturday were Sudbury blackened death metal quartet Catharcyst in their long awaited return to the Soo, and I thought they were awesome! The guys powered through a set of brutal and crushing original songs from their long run like "A Spell Has Been Cast" & "Endless Torture", which had the death metal style with some blackened shrieks and tinges, and I'm also very impressed at how they embraced the crowd despite the very noticeable dropoff in attendance after the local bands. Frontman Paul Cipriani and bassist Kipp Grose were especially warm and engaging during the set, and that was great to see, while guitarist Brady McCoy laid down some very cool solos throughout! I'm more disappointed with the crowd level and lack of moshing (I didn't catch anyone starting a pit), but I think Catharcyst made some new fans all the same! Very entertaining set, and hopefully we see Catharcyst back in the Soo soon!

And finally, Toronto crust punk quartet IDNS took the stage on Saturday night for their own hard hitting and chaotic set, and they ensured fans left on a high note! Playing a near relentless set of hardcore & crust-influenced punk with some death metal touches, you know a band is going on all cylinders when they're hard to photograph, and singer Sean was all over the place in that regard! Plenty of short, no nonsense, and grimy action to be had, and Matt, Preston, and Darren all held up their ends of the bargain as well, and while they lacked the technicality of Catharcyst, they made up for it in intensity and punk attitude! Late fans definitely enjoyed it (I know Ringsnaps did), and if this show was an experiment into future Heavy North Entertainment shows with punk headliners, I think it passed with flying colours on a critical level! I just hope there's more fans the next time out. IDNS delivered a great set, and hopefully there's more to come!

Photos & videos of each band can now be checked out at this link and our Facebook page, and remember, we will be outlining copies of Telephone & Address' new CD this week in a separate post. As for videos, here's Crucify The Whore playing a new untitled track and "Bunk, Shake, and Headache", Telephone & Address playing "Go To Hell", The Apocalypse Afterparty playing "Glory & Gore", Rotopsy playing "Swamp Donkey" & a track whose name begins with "Lesbian Luxuries...", Catharcyst playing "Burn Elvira Burn", and IDNS playing original songs to be named!













That's all for today, but stay tuned for a new news post tomorrow! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (The Bear Hunters & Tym Morrison) And Sault Ontario Weekend Concert Previews!!

Now that I'm back on a good internet connection, we can get things back on a decent schedule, and from that, we have some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS today, and this weekend's Sault Ontario metal/hard rock/punk concert previews! For reference, we do plan on covering Exiled's show on Saturday for our Yooper readers, but to avoid it getting lost in the shuffle, that will be in tomorrow's post, so don't worry! Now, here's what you need to know!

Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison has confirmed his newest Harp Bar & Grill gigs for TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT in his ongoing weekly concert arrangement there, so we'll officially add his September gigs there to our concert listings! Apologies for the short notice regarding this weekend's gigs, he just confirmed them via their Facebook event page yesterday. Tym's September gigs at the former Madison's Pub amount to his 40th-43rd consecutive weekends there, and unlike in other recent months, Tym is scheduled to host & play at the Friday open mic nights AND play a normal Saturday solo gig all month long with no listed breaks, though of course, we'll let you know if any of the shows get bumped (or if another return to The Roadhouse Bar & Grill is added.) Like usual, Tym's gigs this month (including shows this weekend and on September 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th) have no announced cover charge, 19+ age limits, and 10:00 PM start times. Check the above links for more details, don't miss his hard rocking cover hits this weekend, and here he is covering Journey!

Next up, local death metal standouts The Bear Hunters will finally release their debut album "Eternal Hibernation" on Saturday, October 18th at a CD release party show at The Algonquin Pub! Note that the Facebook event page outwardly credits The Rockstar Bar as the host venue, but further reading confirms it will be downstairs. Currently slated to be the band's first local concert appearance since last month's Archspire show, The Bear Hunters (along with two opening bands to be announced) will take the stage for a brutal night of metal, in what the headliners are calling "the biggest moment of our career", so diehard fans won't want to miss out! The guys will play two sets, including the entire "Eternal Hibernation" album in the first, and newer non-album songs (like their newest track "Neckbreaker") in the second. CD copies of their debut album will be on sale that night, though prices and online availability have yet to be announced, and there will be a contest for advance ticket buyers to enter where you could win a free copy of the album, a band t-shirt, and more surprise band merchandise, so keep that in mind!

Yes, relocated rhythm guitarist Josh Stephney will be back with the band on October 18th as well, for just his third Bear Hunters concert appearance since moving to Brampton last year. Admission will be $5 in advance (with ticket details to be announced) or $7 at the door, a 10:00 PM start time is announced, and you must be 19 to attend. For more details, check the above links! The news comes on the heels of an ambitious Facebook page post on Tuesday where the band confirmed that they're also working on a new EP named "Aftermath" that will compile B-sides from older and recent recording sessions that, while not fitting for their planned second album, deserve to be heard all the same. As such, we likely haven't heard these songs in concert, but fans should be excited! The same posting also alluded to new band merchandise, an online store launch, a music video of some form, and future recording sessions for a second full length album, but further details on each have yet to be made. Sounds like The Bear Hunters have some huge plans in the works, and we'll have to see how/if everything falls into place! Stay tuned for updates!

Finally for now, a new Heavy North Entertainment ALL AGES show goes down THIS SATURDAY at The Oddfellows Hall (their first since their teases of the promotion's end), as they have a huge night planned with 8 bands to help ring in the fall, including three out of town metal bands! The headliners are Toronto crust punk quartet IDNS (short for I Don't Need Society), who should lay down some impressive and fast death/punk originals on Saturday night, so Shit Liver fans should be right at home with their set! The long awaited local return of Sudbury blackened death metal quartet Catharcyst will also occur on Saturday, and their brutality will come right after a set by Winnipeg hardcore punk quintet Bring The Fight (not Fallen), whose own energetic & hard hitting originals should appease locals on Saturday as well! An expanded lineup of 5 local opening bands will include Blood Shed Productions goregrind artists Crucify The Whore & Rotopsy, local doom/punk trio The Revolution (formerly the second Brutaly Fatal), the public concert debut of new rap/metal duo The Apocalypse Afterparty, and local grunge/punk solo project Telephone & Address' first set of the year!

Note that this will be The Revolution's first set at a Blood Shed-affiliated show since breaking from the label, while I don't know if Telephone & Address new album "Need Not Apply" will be on sale yet or not. This ALL AGES concert goes down on Saturday at an early start time of 5:00 PM, and admission will be $10. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This should be a stacked concert for local metalheads and punk fans, so don't miss out on this marathon of sorts on Saturday, including for all 3 out of town bands! For a preview, here's a live IDNS studio session from January!



That's all for now, but stay tuned for our Exiled preview and more recent updates tomorrow! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (IDNS), The Endast Concert Preview, And More!!

As August's last week presses on, let's get to some news today, including new videos (and a related apology), a local punk project's return, and a preview of a special Wednesday night show, but first, here's a cool LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for next weekend!

Heavy North Entertainment will not be ending their concert promoting days, as they're bringing a new ALL AGES concert to The Oddfellows Hall on Saturday, September 6th that will be headlined by Toronto crust punk quartet IDNS! Short for "I Don't Need Society", IDNS have a brutal death metal/punk hybrid sound, many short originals, and an aggressive stage show that should fit in very well next weekend, so be sure not to miss their set! Two more out of town bands will be making their way to The Oddfellows Hall that night, including the return of veteran Sudbury blackened death metal quartet Catharcyst to our neck of the woods (nice to see Paul and company finally get a new local booking!), as well as a set by the explosive Winnipeg hardcore punk quintet Bring The Fight (not to be confused with Bring The Fallen), so be sure to check out both of them A.S.A.P.! Local support will include Blood Shed Productions goregrind acts Crucify The Whore & Rotopsy, as well as local doom/punk trio The Revolution (formerly the second Brutaly Fatal) in their first set at a Blood Shed-affiliated concert since their split from the label, so it's nice to see that things are being patched up!

The local openers will be rounded out by new local rap metal duo The Apocalypse Afterparty (in their public concert debut) and local grunge/punk solo act Telephone & Address' first known public set of 2014, so be there early for their sets too! This concert (which was briefly linked with J.D. Pearce before handing it over to H.N.E.) will have a $10 admission fee and an announced early start time of 6:00 PM. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This should be another solid show from H.N.E., and I'm glad to see that Tyler's not stopping his concert promoting just yet! Stay tuned for updates on this show over the next couple of weeks!

Next up, here's a preview of a special mid-week concert going down THIS WEDNESDAY, as Montreal thrashcore quintet Endast will make their long awaited return to Sault Ontario for a headlining show at The Rednecks Saloon! Last seen locally 4 years ago at the former Foggy Notions, it's been way too long to see Big James and the guys back in the Soo, and their technical and very intense originals should be welcomed back with open arms at this concert, so be sure not to miss out on the return of Endast! Local support will come from two PaperClip Productions artists making their debuts at the former Nicolet Tavern, including local grunge/alternative quartet Haggith (making just their third live appearance since their reunion, and second with new bassist James White) and the aforementioned Revolution, who will be playing their first live set since opening for Anciients in June. Interesting choices, especially given the brutal thrash and death metal to follow, but the locals should make a solid impression! This show is being promoted by Bear Hunters guitarist Mitch Sirie, marking his return to booking out of town headliners after (I think) a 2 year break, which is cool to see again!

This 19+ concert goes down this Wednesday at 10:30 PM, and admission is FREE, so why miss out on all of the action? For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! It's been far too long to see Endast back on a local stage, so kudos to Mitch for getting them back here, and I hope to see you guys there for all of the brutality at The Rednecks Saloon THIS WEDNESDAY! For a preview, here's Endast's music video for their song "Soiled Hands"!



Also today, remember the pop punk/screamo band For July that we rolled into our coverage on the site last month as part of our features on defunct and inactive punk bands? Well, they appear to be back as an active project! Frontman Dave Hunter has recently launched a new For July SoundCloud page and posted some audio tracks there, and while three of the songs ("Change Is", "Fable", and "Don't Hold Your Breath") are re-posts from their MySpace page, two new "work in progress" songs ("I Let Go" and "The Emo Song") have also been uploaded there. Dave notes on SoundCloud that he recorded all the instruments and wrote, recorded, and mixed all of the songs by himself, which currently points to For July becoming a solo project without ex-members Jordan Latour & Ryan McLaughlin, but whether Dave plans to build a new live band down the road or not isn't publicized yet. If you liked older For July songs, you'll probably like the new "work in progress" songs, with "The Emo Song" having an explicit fast pop punk sound, and "I Let Go" being more emotional and slow paced.

It's nice to see Dave bring For July back, and hopefully things pick up and succeed in their current incarnation, so follow the band above for new and old media, and For July are now in our active Sault Ontario band links!

Lastly for today, here's some more new videos from local grunge/hardcore duo Bad Back! Uploaded to drummer Nathan Sauve's new YouTube channel over the past few days, one of the videos is of Nathan playing a drum solo (a'la his old "Nathan Sucks" videos) from a top down angle, interspersed with him imitating a ringing phone, I think. Short, but a solid performance, so click here to check it out! The other video comes with an attached apology on our part, as this comes from the private concert last week that Bad Back played where they opened for out of town punk duo Bardos, but when we plugged Nathan's earlier cover videos from this show, we erroneously said that the show in question was Das Bunkerfest. Blame the dark lighting, I couldn't make out too much, but our sincere apologies for the screw-up, and all 3 of Nathan's newest concert videos were from the private Bardos show! This video features the full set that Bad Back played that night, so what songs made their setlist on this night?

The video includes their originals "Breeding Weak", "Lung Bucket", "Drum My Way Home", "Party Bus", "#1 Hit Single", a cover of The Foo Fighters' "I'll Stick Around", originals "Shirt Tucker" & "Oh!", and the previously uploaded covers of Tom Petty's "American Girl" and NOFX's "Linoleum". Strong 37 minute video for fans of Bad Back, though the covers can be messy, and while the lighting was brightened a bit this time, the colours are a bit more washed out this time. Nice and intense, if from a far camera angle, so see Bad Back's set at the Bardos private gig below!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for our Saultites In Out Of Town Bands Profile on The Fairmounts TOMORROW! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (The Suicide Kings), Plus Plenty Of Other Recent Updates!!

In what actually may be the last post of our 69 day streak (I have very little in the queue to guarantee a Monday news post right now), we have a bunch of recent news and notes to get to today, including updates to a few upcoming all ages shows, an archive album discovery, a new concert video, and more, but first, we'll start with a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, so here's what you need to know!

Rockstar Bar Battle of the Bands winners The Suicide Kings will play their first show since their win last month when they make their first ever Roosevelt Hotel appearance on Friday, May 17th! This is ostensibly a replacement for their planned Rosie debut last weekend (which was called off due to a double booking), though unlike those planned gigs, they are only playing next Friday, as the Greber-headlined death metal concert is already scheduled for the following Saturday (though Suicide Kings bassist Mitch Sirie will play that show too with his other band The Bear Hunters.) As for The Suicide Kings, it'll be great to see the battle winners back at it with their high energy hard rock originals & some newer covers, so don't miss their first stop at The Rosie come next weekend! Admission should be free for this 10:00 PM concert, and you must be 19 to attend. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! I hope to hit this concert and go check out The Suicide Kings' full concert set for the first time, so stay tuned for further updates!

Next up, local hard rock/metal supergroup Skeyes of Seven have posted a new video from their Garden of Bedlam-opening set at The Rockstar Bar on April 26th onto their YouTube channel on Friday, and it's of their new original song "Fallen Faith"! Filmed by an attendee on an HD camera of some kind,  it's got nice video quality of this solid new track (I love the heavy choruses), though the lighting looks very reddish/purple through this camera, and the angle is a bit jittery early on. Very good stuff overall, and I can't wait to hear more, so give Skeyes of Seven's new video a look below!

Also in the news, here's the latest from all ages local concerts being promoted by AlgomA drummer Jamie Vincent! Firstly, local death/stoner metal quartet Giwakwa have been confirmed as the replacements for RedD Monkey at the upcoming Sleep When You're Dead/Winkstinger concert at The Oddfellows Hall on May 29th! This will be their third local concert set and their first ever all ages gig, so be prepared for a brutal set of originals from this promising recent metal band! Also in recent Jamie Vincent-promotion updates, he indicated on his promotion company's Facebook group recently that Edmonton punk band Catgut (featuring his former Flint bandmate Jesse Silkie) are coming to town in August, which should be interesting, while he might be bringing in Vancouver drone metal duo Ahna in June, though this is NOT yet official. I know they've tried to get local dates here before, so hopefully this works out, but if you can help with a possible booking for Ahna's unique experimental sound around June 23rd, contact them at this link! Jamie's got a lot of big things coming up, so don't miss out, including the Royal Red Brigade-headlined punk/metal show on Friday!

In a bit of a shift, I wanted to let you guys know about an archive album discovery I recently came across that deserves a mention on here! During a trip to Value Village last month, I surprisingly found a local alternative hard rock CD among the used albums for sale, that being "How Empty I Am", an EP released by defunct local trio Sulfur way back in 1997! In case you're not familiar with them, Sulfur were essentially a predecessor to the early-mid 2000s London metal quintet Papa Fogals Chair (who featured all local/Thessalon natives), and the Sulfur lineup present on this CD includes singer/guitarist Andy Chillman (now of the London acoustic band Too Much Unsaid), bassist Mike Bird, and drummer Derek Turner (now of local metal standouts Garden of Bedlam), though future PFC bandmates Adam Chillman & Joey Grisdale are credited in the liner notes for other contributions. Recorded locally at Satellite Sound Studios, this 8 song album was in good condition, and it's proof that you should always have a sharp eye when browsing through a local used CD rack!

I definitely wanna review "How Empty I Am" on the site in the future, as it's heavy enough for SMS coverage (if a bit more alternative-leaning than PFC were), and when I do, I hope to post the album online for you guys to check out! That may depend on when I can get my computer's tempermental disc drive fixed/replaced, but stay tuned for more on this awesome find from the scene's past, and if you're at a store with a used CD section, don't take it for granted! Sulfur's album might be there, or more!

Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter news stories from the last little while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by profile, band, or site name:

• According to a post on the SMS' Facebook page on April 23rd, Sudbury death metal veterans Catharcyst are looking to play a show in the Soo, though an intended date wasn't given. It'd be awesome to have Catharcyst back in town, but they need some booking help, so contact frontman Paul Cipriani on Facebook if you can help out!
• In what's admittedly a minor update, Facebook event pages have listed weather forecasts for the timeframe of the event since March. This won't have a direct bearing on most local metal concerts, as few are outdoors, but keep that new addition in mind if you're planning around weather!
• In our last update to this series for the time being, I've added info on the final placements for Rockstar Bar Battle of the Bands performers in our profile of last year' Sault Humane Society Battle at The Grand Theater, along with amending notes on winners Late & Loud's EP releases. Stay tuned for updates to another of our special feature post series' hopefully this week!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for a new news post early this week, if all goes well! Thanks everyone!