Garden of Bedlam have officially started an account on Signmeto, a website set up by Roadrunner Records as a way to help discover and expose rising talents in metal and rock music. Bands can sign up for accounts on Signmeto, upload their music, and get it rated and reviewed by registered users, or "scouts". The higher the ratings, views, and critiques, the more likely Roadrunner Records will be to taking notice of your band for possible deals and promotion! Basically, they're giving rising rock bands a chance to get noticed, and it's really cool of them to set this up!
So how can you help? Sign up for a scout account at this location, and then you can find Garden of Bedlam's account by clicking here! (Or you can search for them on the search function there too.) Then, you can rate them as a band, as well as individual aspects of their sound, like their riffage, songwriting, power, and vocals! Also, you can post reviews! Spread the word, cause the more attention we can give to Garden of Bedlam, the better the chances that they may get noticed by more people outside of the Sault area! I've registered, rated, and reviewed, now it's your turn! They need your support! Thanks to Buzz for letting me know about this!(Oh, and FYI, Roadrunner Records are very legit, they have bands like Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Soulfly, Stone Sour, Dream Theater, Megadeth, Opeth, and Cradle of Filth on their label, among many others!)
Next up, I have a pile of updates for Quite Frankly's upcoming concert on August 20th at The Speakeasy! Local indie band The Narrow Door have also been added to the lineup (joining The Outside Lights, Quite Frankly, and Caddy Street Avenue), while the bands have been announced as getting 45 minute sets (save for The Outside Lights, who are getting an hour for being headliners.) The doors open at 6:30 PM, with the show starting at 7:30 PM, with no planned intermissions either!Yes, it is all ages, but the bar will be open for those of you who are 19 or older! And tickets will be just $5, and you can get them at the door! Now, I know Quite Frankly are the only real "hard rock" band on the lineup, but I'm sure there's some indie fans out there, so maybe some of you guys will be even more interested! Thanks to Mike Gualtieri for the info, and check out Quite Frankly at this location!
Alright, now I'm happy to report that a local metal band have finally started an official internet page for themselves! Local thrash band Necropolis have created an official MySpace page! There's assorted band pictures there, a listing for their upcoming concert on Sunday with Woods of Ypres, and not a lot else. But it is new, more information and audio/video should be soon to follow! I'm just glad to see a page for these guys online finally! Check it out at this location, and stay tuned for news on their concert this Sunday, and any future Necropolis news! And you can now find Necropolis' official MySpace page in the Local Metal Band Links on the left of the page!
And finally, I will discuss Buskerfest. Now, you guys know it as the annual buskering festival on Queen Street where street performers from all walks of entertainment perform for us fans, who then give some cash if we choose! It's always fun to attend, especially for the stuff you don't see much any other time of the year in Sault Ste. Marie. But you're probably asking yourself "But what does this have to do with local metal?" Well, for one, Buskerfest general manager Donna Hopper is a frequent sight taking great photographs at local shows!
But also, a local musician was one of the performers! Half Past frontman Luke LeBlanc performed there this past weekend as "Kyle Bucket", one half of local sideshow performers "Karnival Of The Grotesk"! As evidenced in photos and video I've seen, he was doing everything from eating fire to having staples fired into his head with a staple gun! Speaking as a fan of sideshow performers, that's just cool, and insane! Check out lots of Luke's photos at this location, and this video from Buskerfest of Luke emceeing and getting stapled immediately below!That's all for now, I will have more news and updates very soon! And remember, check out Woods of Ypres this Sunday!!!
Awesome show And awesome Luke got some press BUT what about the guy breathing the fire ? who is he all we know is he is from the Sault and goes by the name Inferno on the video what can you tell us about this side show freak?
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