SMS Poll Results, And This Month's New Poll!

It's that time of the month again, it's time for a new poll on The Sault Metal Scene! But before that, I wanna post the final results from this month's poll!

1. Ministry of Zen & Fingerbone at Coch's Corner, January 24th (8 votes)
2. Other (7 votes)
3. Cattle Decapitation at The Oddfellows Hall, April 12th (6 votes)
4. Today I Caught The Plague at The Oddfellows Hall, June 11th (5 votes)
5. YMCA Battle of the Bands at The Grand Theater, March 20th (4 votes)
6. Who Made Who at The Canadian, May 15th (2 votes)
7. Blessed By A Broken Heart at Oddfellows Hall, January 9th (1 vote)
7. Blind Witness & To Cherish at The Oddfellows Hall, May 19th (0 votes)
9. Upheaval of an Exorcist at Oddfellows Hall, February 20th (0 votes)
9. Carnifex & The Last Felony at The Grand Theater, March 11th (0 votes)
9. Stillbroke at The Verdi Hall, April 1st (0 votes)
9. Black Dog at Coch's Corner, April 24-25th (0 votes)

Let's work our way backwards...I'm surprised that no less than FOUR choices had no votes. I figured there'd be fans to vote for those shows! The only one I'm not too surprised with is Carnifex, cause of the winter storm almost stopping it, but were there no fans for the others? Only one vote for Blessed By A Broken Heart...I can't accurately judge cause I wasn't at that one, but at least someone voted for it! And I loved the Who Made Who show, but only 2 votes? I guess it depends who voted.

5th was the YMCA Battle of the Bands, while Today I Caught The Plague was 4th. Pretty good results for both shows, the Battle had a good turnout and reception, while TICTP and the other bands are all talented! Despite some attendance issues, Cattle Decapitation placed third, better than I was expecting! And well deserved for such a great show! 2nd was Other, which could mean anything. I doubt the 7 people who chose it picked the same concert, but it does show the diversity that local fans may have for their preferred concerts!

And first, with over 23% of the votes is...Ministry of Zen and Fingerbone! I am completely surprised this was number 1, I didn't think the crowd was big enough! But it was one hell of a show, so in a way, I can see how it topped the poll! Now, I know this poll is just a small segment of local music fans, and not scientific in any way, but maybe this is a sign that Ministry of Zen should come back? Who knows, but the results are definitely interesting!

So there's the last poll's results! And as I promised, I'm not leaving you Sault Michigan metal fans out! This month's poll is quite similar to the last one, just it's based around shows that you guys get! So I pose the question to you all: What was your favourite Sault Michigan metal concert in the first half of 2009? For this poll, I kinda struggled with the format, cause across the river, shows are different, as bands play more often than in Sault Ontario, and often do double dates on weekends, so I wasn't sure how to format it. But, I decided just to let you guys pick your favourite show as part of the general umbrella of the headlining band, no matter when you saw them this year.

Some of the bands in the poll are local, some aren't, but it's up to you who you liked the most from January-June of this year! I'll briefly go over the choices, I won't go too in depth cause I can't hit Sault Michigan concerts easily yet, but I'll be as fair as possible! So, here are your choices! (If I missed any shows that happened, or made a mistake, my apologies!)

Band: Absolute (Pickford, MI)
Shows: February 6-7 and 27-28, & June 26-27 at The Bird; March 27-28 at Dondee Lanes

Band: Bad Side (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: February 13-14, April 10-11, and May 1-2 at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino

Band: Free Refill (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: January 29th at Bay Mills Resort and Casino

Band: Graveyard Tan (Michigan)
Shows: January 23-24 and June 19-20 at The Satisfied Frog

Bands: Great White (Los Angeles, CA) and Britny Fox (Philadelphia, PA)
Shows: January 10 at The Dreammakers Theater at Kewadin Casino

Band: Half Stupid (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: May 15 at Malcolm High School

Band: Integrated System of Machines (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: June 12-13 at The Corner Pub Bar and Grill

Band: Jager (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: January 2-3 & 30-31, and February 20-21 at Dondee Lanes; January 9-10, February 6-7, March 20-21, April 17-18, and May 29-30, at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino

Band: Kilacel (Muskegon, MI)
Shows: May 29 and June 12-13 at The Corner Pub Bar and Grill

Band: Nixxon Dixxon (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: January 16-17, February 27-28, March 27-28, April 17-18, & May 15-16 at The Satisfied Frog; January 23-24 at Dondee Lanes; February 14 at Kewadin Casino; March 6-7 & June 12-13 at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino; April 24 at The Cisler Center; April 25 at The Malamute Saloon

Band: Nudge (Michigan)
Shows: April 24-25 and June 12-13 at The Satisfied Frog

Band: Peril (Michigan)
Shows: February 27-28, March 13-14 and June 5-6 at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino

Band: Shift (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Shows: January 9-10, February 6-7, March 13-14, April 10-11, June 5-6 & 26-27 at The Satisfied Frog

Bands: Skid Row (Toms River, NJ) and FireHouse (Charlotte, NC)
Shows: March 5 at The Dreammakers Theater at Kewadin Casino

Band: Staind (Springfield, MA)
Shows: April 28 at The Dreammakers Theater at Kewadin Casino

Vote today! I'm hopeful we'll get enough votes on this poll to get some ideas on what you guys like over there! That's all for today, news has been kinda slow the last couple of days, but here's hoping we have more to report very soon! See you guys real soon!