LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (40 Sons), New Audio Tracks, And SMS Layout Updates!!

Our recent busy stretch at the SMS continues tonight with some more news and notes, so what's on tap? Along with some updates to the layout of the site in recent days, we also have some new audio tracks to share from some heavier local projects, but first, here's a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for a very familiar band's return next month!

Just four days after their well received return to Sault Ontario, Hamilton hard rock quartet 40 Sons will return to The Rockstar Bar on April 5th for their second local concert in just over a month! I've heard fantastic things about their sound, energy, and professionalism from their show on Thursday, and this is an awesome bonus to add to the end of their Hurricane tour on their way back from Manitoba! Such a quick turnaround isn't entirely new for 40 Sons' local dates either, as they played Coch's Corner gigs 3 months apart in late 2009 & early 2010. Beyond the Friday placement, there will be one extra difference on April 5th: a local opening band, as hard rock quartet The Suicide Kings will play their first (likely) Rockstar Bar gig in 2013 to open for 40 Sons! Their first non-headlining gig since Toystock, their mix of hard rock originals and varied covers should lend itself really well for this show next month, and it'll be great to see them back at it! Like their show here on Thursday, the April 5th 40 Sons gig has no cover charge, a 19+ age limit, and a 10:00 PM start time. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page!

I think I'll have to swing by The Rockstar Bar on April 5th to check out the action, especially with all the positive buzz from last week! Hopefully both bands are awesome, and check the above links for more details!

Next up, here's the latest updates from local grunge band Haggith and their drummer Mike Haggith's solo project! Both have uploaded some new studio material onto their respective Facebook pages, including this new Facebook video of Mike Haggith's solo original "Drown" (well, an instrumental mix of it), as to be featured on his forthcoming 46th solo album "The Present Din". Without giving anything away, the song is softer like his indications of the album's overall sound, but it does build late. I fully expect to review this album later this year upon it's release (maybe in the summer?), but for now, give the "Drown" demo a listen at this location! As a Facebook video, I can't embed it here, but this I can, an audio recording of the Haggith band's original song "Loverbeam" from their upcoming album "Deuce"! Wrote by singer/guitarist Curtis McKenzie's brother/old bandmate Travis, it's a 2 minute original from the guys (minus bassist Caleb Cachagee for unknown reasons), as uploaded to their YouTube channel on Friday.

Fans of Haggith's earlier hard rock/grunge material should enjoy this short rocker, so check out Haggith's new studio track (recorded at PaperClip Productions) below, and stay tuned soon for more news and notes from (Mike) Haggith as it rolls in!



Also in new audio tracks on YouTube, newer Sault Ontario goregrind project Crucify The Whore uploaded a new song named "Fisting Your Nephew" onto label Blood Shed Productions' YouTube channel on Saturday! Off of their newest demo "Fetel Pig Dissection", it has a fuller & heavier sound than their past originals that I've heard (despite it's 64 second length), but the pig squeal & grunt vocals are still an acquired taste. Note that due to some of the imagery on the demo's cover art (including a dissected pig, a'la the demo title), I've embedded just the audio here, but you can still click through to see the full video if you want. Though I'm not offended personally, I don't want to risk offending any readers who may be sensitive to some of the imagery, but no offense is meant to Crucify the Whore or Blood Shed Productions! I appreciate what they're doing and respect their stances on their music and artwork, and if you're up for some new local grind/gore music, check out C.T.W.'s new song below!

Finally for today, I wanted to address some recent changes to the layout of the SMS. If you've noticed some minor additions and removals, it's just to balance out the Sault Ontario & Sault Michigan sides of the page, and better categorize certain links. The "Other Local Metal Links" sections on either side were too large and text-heavy for easy navigation, so I moved a bunch of links from there into their own categories in between the band links and "other" links, so what's changed? I added sections for local music festivals on both sides of the border, and for just Sault Ontario, I added link categories for local internet radio stations/podcasts, local concert/musician photographers, and inactive local concert venues with surviving online pages, with link changes & edits where needed. I also moved our monthly polls onto the right-hand side of the page (and added a section there devoted to links to SMS pages on other websites) to help balance out the two sides, as Sault Michigan still has a lot less links and features. Hopefully this makes things easier to navigate and group, so check things out and see what you think!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news in the next few days as we continue a busy stretch to lead off the month of March! Thanks everyone!

Buckcherry & Haggith Videos, Link Changes, And SMS Layout Updates!!

Hey guys, just three notes before we begin: A., this month's Saultites In Out Of Town Bands Profile IS coming later today! B., I know a band being addressed in this post is playing downtown this weekend, but I'm gonna wait to cover it tomorrow rather than redundantly cover the same details on consecutive days. And C., while I know that a new local band named The Northern Tragedy (featuring at least one member of Changing Waves) is opening for Toronto punk band Dearly Beloved at The Rockstar Bar on October 8th, I can't confirm their genre, full lineup, or online pages yet, but if you can help fill in any blanks, let me know! Now, to today's news, including new concert videos, new songs from a local band, some link changes on the site, and just what happened to the design of the SMS yesterday, so here's what you need to know!

Four new videos of Los Angeles hard rock quintet Buckcherry's headlining concert at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino last month are newly available online! These come from local greeting card distributor Chris Paci's YouTube channel, and though these videos come over a month since Buckcherry rocked The Dreammaker's Theater on August 17th, it's great to finally see these! The videos are of Buckcherry playing their songs "Crazy Bitch", "Lit Up" (though it's incorrectly named "Cocaine"), "It's A Party", and (as embedded below) their set openers "Tired of You" & "Rescue Me", but how's the quality? Chris was far from the stage, and his camera work is shaky, but he gets solid audio and video quality for the most part! That said, Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd still sounds patchy (especially on "Lit Up"), but the band otherwise sounds alright, and kudos again to Chris for uploading these! Check out Buckcherry playing "Tired of You" and "Rescue Me" below, and keep an eye out for future Kewadin Casino concert updates!



Next up, local grunge quartet Haggith have already began uploading studio recordings for their second album "Deuce", despite the fact that their first album "Dragon Joy Ride" isn't even out yet! That said, knowing drummer Mike Haggith's prolific solo output, I expected this fast pace, but it is giving us lots of updates! Two songs from the band's planned second album are now on their YouTube channel, including a song named "Safe on the Outside" and an untitled track. The former song features the full band (minus Caleb Cachagee) and is a lighter hard rock number, while the untitled song is essentially an acoustic Mike Haggith solo track, with him on vocals & guitar. Both succeed at their intended sounds, and they're worth checking out if you like grunge or something a little softer and quieter! As it's a fuller track with more members, I've embedded "Safe on the Outside" below, so check it out and more at the above links, and stay tuned for updates on how to get limited edition band merchandise via their Facebook page!



Now, to address why the SMS looks different, and why the right hand side of the page is blue. So, what happened? Well, in recent weeks, I'd been contemplating cleaning up and reorganizing our listings for links, features, and so on, and I found that the best way to do it would be to completely divide up the page between the Twin Saults. This way, while nothing's lost, it'll be easier to navigate the site depending on what side of the border you're on or want to read about, while also giving Sault Michigan it's own dedicated section that will give them more promotion and attention. Hence the reason why our background now fades into blue on the right, which does have a cool look to it! This includes dividing up our reviews, feature profiles, and the video bar by each of the Twin Saults, with sections geared to either side of the border now on the left or right accordingly, but existing monthly schedules will be maintained. That said, as Sault Michigan has less bands and updates than Sault Ontario generally, I stuck ambiguous links and SMS site formalities on the bottom right to try and balance things, and I want to add more to the Sault Michigan side with time, so hopefully that quest will succeed as we move forward!

I hope you guys don't mind these changes, especially if you want to easily read or focus on one side of the border, or just navigate existing posts and links easier. I want to strengthen the bonds and focus of Sault Michigan and between both cities, so hopefully doing this on the site will help to that effect! While dividing up our "Other Local Metal Links" section (relevant links that aren't bands or active venues, stores, or stations), I did do some link additions and removals, so here's some of what's different! In the "Other Sault Ontario Metal Links", I've removed local bassist Nathan Bouliane's concert promotion group Bonology Lights & Sounds and recording studio Swallows Nest Productions, along with Half Past members' concert sound company Double A Sound, and Brendan Clace's recording studio Dimension Studios, all because their existing online pages either expired or were deleted. Disappointing, especially for Dimension Studios, but hopefully all involved in the above companies stays active in local music, and stay tuned for more site updates!

That's all for now, but stay tuned tonight for this month's Saultites in Out of Town Bands Profile on Beyond Haven! Thanks everyone!

Battle Of The Bands, Coch's Corner, Late & Loud, Reverbnation, And Winkstinger News!!

We're very behind on news around here, so let's get another post up on the site, our 8th in the past 5 days alone! This is completely dedicated to news, including details on a local concert venue's impending move, some lineup news for the upcoming battle of the bands, a local metal act's new original recordings, upgrades to a popular music site's layout (and how your bands are affected), and another local metal band's latest updates, so here's what you need to know!

Local bar/concert venue Coch's Corner's days at it's current location will end next weekend, according to recent Facebook postings. Employee (and Frightlight/T. Rex Manning frontman) J.D. Pearce has revealed on their Facebook group that this coming week is their "last week" at the old Days Inn location on Bay Street, and they're serving discounted food and Caesars through the end of next week. Final events will include an open mic night on Tuesday and an all-you-can-eat pasta dinner on Thursday, with proceeds going towards the move, which is expected to be to the old Foggy Notions/Feedback location at 708 Queen Street East. Coch's Corner pages haven't publically acknowledged that they're in fact taking over the Foggy's building, but from what I understand, they apparently purchased the lease to the location earlier this year and have been renovating the interior in recent months. Note that there's been exterior renovations around the old Coch's Corner location recently too, but I'm not sure what will exactly become of that. An opening date for the new Coch's Corner has not been announced yet, but I don't believe it's coming right away from what I've read online.

I've always liked Coch's Corner as a concert spot, especially it's warmth, usually free admission, and solid concert bookings since I hit drinking age, but I assume that the move will be a benefit for them, especially with such a nice location as the old Foggy Notions building! I just hope that they handle the noise complaint issues that dogged Foggy's are addressed well, as that's an elephant in the room no one wants. I don't know what's happening to the old Coch's Corner spot, but hopefully it's used well in it's next purpose, and if you love Coch's, head there this coming week to send it off fittingly until the move and re-opening! Stay tuned for more on this as it comes in!

Next up, here's the latest updates towards the Sault Humane Society Battle of the Bands next Friday at The Grand Theater! The current lineup appears to be three bands smaller, partly because classic hard rock quintet Turner Up & funk rock trio The Vertically Impaired have both been removed from the battle's lineups on their online pages. I have not heard any reasons for their withdrawl, but hopefully nothing bad happened to them! The other band that has dropped out is local blues rock quartet The Moves, as per conversations I had with bassist Nathan Bouliane Thursday morning. Their withdrawl is due to external commitments, which include work that drummer Dave Pihlaja has with the Manitoulin Island folk project Lyndon's Frozen Lake that day. It's disappointing to see them drop out, especially knowing the battle success that their members have had recently (every member has been in a battle winning band), and I had pegged them as an early dark horse to watch at the event. Hopefully the three bands are back out there soon, they're all very talented! Replacements for the three bands are not being sought, so the battle will now have 9 bands at the most, but it's still a huge battle with lots of metal talent, so stay tuned for more updates as they roll in!

Thirdly today, remember how local extreme metal quintet Winkstinger has apparently been working on studio recordings towards a debut EP? Well, five unmastered original songs from the sessions have been posted onto the band's new Soundcloud page, so we can check out some of their recent hard work! The posted songs include their originals "Stop! You Can't Interrogate Someone With Brain Damage!", "Sadist", "Move It, Peenie Weenies, My Hands Are On Fire", and two songs I don't recognize off hand with the titles "Bidniz" and "Nunya", so click the above links to stream each new song! I don't know if this is all they recorded or not, but it'd be cool to hear studio versions of songs like "Fuck The Rest" and "Where'd We Go Wrong" too! Still, these are nice to hear in clearer quality, but you can tell they're not mastered yet. Assuming that these still have a physical release in the works, I won't give detailed thoughts on them yet, but if you enjoy Winkstinger's chaotic and often amusing concerts and originals, definitely stream these tracks, and I'll keep you posted if we hear more from these recording sessions!

Also in the news today, here's the latest stuff from local classic metal quartet Late & Loud! Remember how they hinted at possibly releasing their debut EP at the Sault Humane Society Battle of the Bands that they're competing in next week? Well, don't get your hopes up, as they revealed in a posting on their Facebook page on Monday that the release has been postponed. A reason for the delay wasn't announced, though they admitted being bummed, while adding that "awesome recordings take time." The current tentative plan is to release the EP in May, but have a full blown release party weekend in July in it's honour, but what could that entail? In a post on the Musicians Wanted Facebook group on Thursday, guitarist Jonathan Tiberi inquired about bands interested in playing a "3 day festival" in early July (my guess is over the July 7th weekend), and though he didn't go into great detail, he said to message him on Facebook if you're interested in participating. From what little I've heard, this sounds fairly ambitious, but hopefully this flies as well as the early word suggests, so stay tuned for any possible updates relating to the EP & it's release as it all comes in!

Finally, it's not just Facebook and YouTube that has seen their music pages see an upgrade in recent months, as another popular website for local bands has seen major upgrades. That site is Reverbnation, which launched a new layout and look in (I think) March which is mandatory for all users, including local bands and musicians on the site. It's designed to be more modern and easier to use, with easier to use administrative tools, an enhanced music player, and more integration with Facebook, though your band's control room looks essentially the same from what I can tell. Read more about the new look at this location! It's overall a very nice upgrade, though early on, I did have issues with song playback. Luckily, this doesn't destroy the look and feel of your band as much as the MySpace layout change did in 2010, so you shouldn't have to go back and edit too much of your pages. I recently added some new favourite bands and approved some old comments to the SMS Reverbnation page, so click here to check it out and get a sample of the new look of Reverbnation! Notably, another music site with local bands has also had a major facelift recently, but we'll have that in a future post, so stay tuned, and go make sure your band's Reverbnation pages flow well with the new look!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for an all-video post later tonight! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Banned), YouTube Notes, And Lots More!!

Here's a quick news post for you guys to check out this morning, which I honestly wasn't planning to have until perhaps tomorrow, but when a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT calls, you've gotta get it posted with some advance word! That's this post's top story, but read on below as well for new audio recordings from a local guitarist, lots of assorted news stories, and a note on recent YouTube changes. First off, here's details on this new show!

Kinross hard rock quartet Banned are returning to the concert stage TONIGHT, just in time for a night of St. Patrick's Day live music! They'll be back at The Bird (a.k.a. Golanka's Bar) in Sault Michigan tonight for their first advertised concert in almost two months, as revealed on the band's Facebook page late Thursday night, and I apologize for the short notice, I only just heard about it yesterday. It's good to see Banned back, I was wondering where they've been over the last while! If you're looking for some St. Patrick's Day revelry with a heavier soundtrack in Sault Michigan, Banned at The Bird is about as good as it gets, so don't miss the show tonight! Details are admittedly scant, but the show should be at around 10:00 PM tonight with no cover charge and a 21+ age limit, but make room for green beer, and check the above links for more details! This sounds like a good time full of solid music and with the holiday setting, what better way to welcome Banned back to the stage? Go see them at The Bird TONIGHT, and for a preview, here's Banned covering Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" at their last show in January!



Next up, Sneaky Pete guitarist Mario Carlucci has posted some new solo performance clips onto his YouTube channel over the past three days! The newest is a slower instrumental with a nice groove named "Sequence 01 5" that'd fit a softer bluesy rock song pretty well, but I dig his upload from Wednesday named "Shut The Funk Up" more though! The title implies funk, and that's what we get in this funk rock number with more creativity and solo standout parts that add up to a very catchy and listenable tune! Neither of these uploads are videos, with only audio and an accompanying picture, but they're still worth listening to, so check them out at the above links, and here's "Shut The Funk Up"!



Thirdly today, here's three assorted shorter stories from the last little while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist, band, or concert name:

• Ex-Bring The Fallen drummer Travis St. Amour is looking for a singer for a new metal band he's part of (possibly a relaunched Unleash The Blackened Sky?) The start date would be late April, likely after Travis comes back from North Bay, and out of town shows are a goal for the band. If you're interested or want more details, reply on Travis' post at the Musicians Wanted Facebook group from this past Wednesday!
• A post on their Facebook page on Thursday implied that local extreme metal quintet Winkstinger have began recording sessions! Whether these are towards an album release of some kind or not is unknown at present, but a post on guitarist Jesse Cook's personal Facebook page mentioned that drum recording was done on Thursday with bass next. This is all news to me, but I'll keep you guys posted as more comes out!
• Tickets for April 7th's Ypres Metal Fest are NOW ON SALE! I'm 100% certain now, and you can pick them up at Northland Music, The Canadian Motor Hotel's front desk, or through promoter Rich Moreland or David Gold's sister Marie (contact links for both here.) Despite earlier mentions, I've heard nothing recent about tickets being at The Rad Zone, but I'll keep you guys posted if I confirm their availability there. GET YOUR TICKETS A.S.A.P.!!

And finally, I wanted to note a recent change to many local music-related pages that you guys may visit. Earlier this month, YouTube converted all channels on the popular video website to a new format that some users had already voluntarily began using. This is mandatory, similar to the MySpace layout changeover from November 2010, and if you had a lovingly created custom layout (or maintained one in lieu of the new format), it's mostly gone now. The background image (if you had one) will still be there, as will biography & channel details, but the pages now have a cleaner & simpler look that has less room for manipulation, though various layouts and page views still exist. No videos were directly removed from pages either with the changeover, so if any of yours were pulled, the new layout isn't why. As an example, see what the SMS' YouTube channel now looks like at this location. I picked a layout that let you guys see all recent uploads & various playlists up front like before, but info on what I've posted, liked, and subscribed to (along with channel comments) now have separate tabs. Other channels will look similar to this, and if you haven't logged into yours this month, it'll look pretty bare, so go make your channels look how you want again, and hopefully this new look will grow on us all!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for last month's poll results and this month's new poll TOMORROW, along with more news soon! Thanks everyone!

Happy (Belated) 4th Anniversary To The Sault Metal Scene!!

Well guys, we're keeping with a fast paced schedule on the SMS now that my computer's back from Staples, and now, finally, we can talk about our 4th anniversary surprises in detail! I was hoping to (obviously) do all of this on Monday, July 4th, which is the day we started the SMS in 2007, but hey, things happen and believe me, I was pissed at the inconvenience of it all. Now that we're back in working order though, I can properly unveil and detail the surprises and announcements in a way that Facebook statuses cannot! So let's kick this off with the biggest news of all for the anniversary! The first news is that we are now selling official Sault Metal Scene t-shirts! This was an idea that I've been deliberating on for some time now (you may have seen the occasional hint or reference to it on our Facebook page), but for the fourth anniversary, I finally decided to pull the trigger! Hopefully I can answer any lingering questions you guys have on the shirts, so hopefully this post will cover them. The shirts are black with our logo in red on the chest, with nothing on the back (Keep it simple unless demand grows.) They are nice quality Gildan's 100% cotton t-shirts, and they come in sizes S-XL. The shirts will be printed on a order-by-order basis by AudioLife through Reverbnation, where we already have a "band page" set up, and as such, we now have a "Sault Metal Store" activated there for you guys to buy the shirts from! A link is also now on the SMS page itself on the bottom left, and our Facebook page has a "Store" tab to allow you to buy shirts through there too. I opted for Reverbnation due to it's ease and integration with our existing pages, and because it doesn't cost me a dime to make merchandise to sell! I handle the designing, and AudioLife/Reverbnation make the shirts from recieved orders and send them out. I had a great offer from RedD Monkey's Steve Mozarowski to make up shirts with him, but I thought that this would be simplest in terms of cost, space, and online access. Still, "some metalhead" recommends you bands give him a shout, his work is great! The shirts cost $12.97 (tax included), which is the absolute lowest I can make them for this style without sacrificing quality. The shipping cost to Sault Ontario is $8.49, but shipping to Sault Michigan is only $6.39, so if you live over there or use Weir's Furniture Store, make note of the $2.10 savings! I could have raised the base price & earned the difference, but I don't want to take your money. I'm not making a penny through this, I just want you guys to spread the word and support the SMS if you wanna by rocking a shirt! At present, you can only buy shirts with major credit cards, though if you give me the total shirt/shipping cost in person, I could order you one and have it sent to your address. When I ordered my SMS shirt, it took 4 weeks to ship, though keep in mind that the postal strike happened in the interim, so it will likely come earlier than that with your orders, especially if you're shipping to Michigan. At present, Reverbnation does not offer PayPal as a payment method, nor do they offer shirts in kids sizes or in sizes above XL, but if those become available, I will absolutely let you guys know! And for the record, I have NO shirts stocked at home, this is by online demand only. At least at present, if you want an SMS t-shirt, you'll have to order it, but trust me, it's worth the order! My shirt is nice quality, it's well screenprinted and it's durable, so as long as you take care of it and follow the washing instructions, it will last! Of course, I don't control the quality of how AudioLife makes the shirts, so click here for details on exchange or refund info if it came to that, though hopefully it won't. If these shirts sell well (time will decide that), I'll consider expanding the store to include other shirt colours, designs, and types, and maybe even hats, mugs, and bags. That all depends on if SMS shirts sell well, and if you'll honestly buy them, so click here if you're interested, and check the above information for more! You follow us, why not wear us and show your support? Second for the fourth anniversary surprises is, obviously, the new design of the SMS page itself. With Blogger's new updated template designing tools and the general aging and busy look of our old layout, I thought it was time to freshen up the look, while keeping it looking similar to before. I won't burden you guys with every change, but here's the major ones. The sidebars with the links, listings, polls, and so forth are now transparent black, which is a cool effect, and gives a seamless flow to the screen area. The banner is now taller to increase the customization possibilities (and make our logo more prominent), while many of the "border lines" are gone from surrounding text and photos, giving everything a cleaner look. Visited links are now blue & links now only highlight in purple, as I felt blue fit better given our Sault Michigan coverage. Link colours also now apply to sidebars too. I freshened up our band links by splitting the Twin Saults' respective band lists in half: One each for active bands, one each for inactive bands (i.e. defunct bands or ones that have not been visibly active in the previous year.) This way, you guys can get a better gauge of who's currently active in the local music scenes on both sides of the border without clutter from defunct & inactive bands, who are grouped separetely below the active ones (though if I made a mistake in my categorizing, let me know!) Also, each post now features buttons at the bottom to share individual posts on external websites like Facebook & Twitter. I've removed the out of town concert listings too because, in all fairness, our local fanbase isn't within easy driving distance for most of the shows, though we'll still mention them! And finally for notable changes, we now have an official mobile version of the SMS page formatted for smartphones, iPod Touches, and so forth! It's not really custom to our layout yet, but I like the formatting for it's ease of reading, though you can switch to a desktop view if you want as well. I hope the changes don't throw you guys off, cause I tried to maintain our old look while bringing it forward in design and style. There's more tweaking to be done though, so I will let you guys know when I change or add anything new! Third for the anniversary surprises is a new monthly feature series! I debated between Twitter and the site we chose for this one, but in the end, we picked the more active and varied of the two on a local metal basis, so our new monthly series is the YouTube Channel Profile Series! There's tons of people, bands, and groups on YouTube that have videos of a local metal interest, from live concert videos to original songs to jam session clips, there's plenty there! On the SMS, we tend to mostly feature new videos, videos from bands playing from concert previews, and so forth. There's a lot of older & unexplored channels & videos that deserve your attention, so starting on July 22nd, we will profile three YouTube channels with either a 50% level (or higher) of local metal-based videos, or a high number of videos in general of a local metal interest. We'l tell you who runs the channel, what to see there, what the overall quality is like, what videos are worth watching, and so on, cause there's a lot of hidden gems! I haven't decided a method to pick the channels yet though, though there will definitely be a form of random selection, and for the record, the SMS channel will NOT be featured. I talk about it enough as it is! So watch out for this new series on July 22nd, and from the 19th-25th of each succeeding month! And finally for surprises, The Sault Metal Scene is now on yet another music site! We have accounts on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Reverbnation, but now, we've made the jump to PureVolume! I've been using PureVolume for occasional band sourcing and material for years, and though it's nowhere near as popular locally as other music sites, I thought we should continue our reach by joining PureVolume, which has a nice interface to promote band material and information! Active bands like Frightlight, Tym Morrison, and Sykotyk Rampage all have a presence on PureVolume, while notable defunct bands like Infrastrate and D.O.T.H. all have utilized PureVolume in the past, and in some cases, the only page I have access to for a given band is through here, like with Bad Habbit. It's a nice little site and has a ton of solid bands from all over the world, so definitely consider using it if your band wants to extend themselves further! Our official PureVolume page is kinda bare at present, but definitely visit and make note of it to check our over a dozen local hard rock acts (including a new discovery we're profiling this week), and become a fan or friend today! Stay tuned for more updates from the SMS & PureVolume! That's all for now, but I do want to thank you guys sincerely from the bottom of my heart for all of the incredible support & readership that I and The Sault Metal Scene have been offered over the last four years (and two days.) Whether you read every day or see me as just "some metalhead", I appreciate everything you guys have done and said to help this site prosper beyond my wildest expectations that I had in July 2007. I hope you guys will follow along over the next year as we hopefully make our biggest strides yet in the local scene, as I really hope we can get even bigger going into 2012. Seeing 1,000 Facebook fans would be awesome, but you never know what will be up next! Thank you all for everything, we wouldn't be where we are now without you guys! Stay tuned later today as we continue to get back on track from the weekend delays, as we review Monday night's Titan's Eve concert! Thanks everyone!