Season's greetings, one and all! I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, or if you don't celebrate, Happy Holidays! I hope you guys are having a great day full of presents, family, and of course, metal! My new computer's my big gift, but the metal gods did send me a Revolver magazine, among other surprises! And this post is more or less a present post for you loyal Sault Metal Scene fans and readers, featuring either my "presents" to you guys, or Christmas themed local metal items! So here's the one I'm sure caught your attention first:
It's our new official logo! Why the change, and why now? Honestly, I fell out of love with our old logo, introduced on our second anniversary in 2009. It served a great purpose to establish an original identity, but it proved to be too pixelated, detailed, and soft-edged than I think we deserve. I wanted something simple, sharp, but still undeniably metal, and this is the final product! I made it over the course of a few days with Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, and I have different versions ready for customization where needed, like for major concerts and local album releases. Another reason for the change is to have a simple logo to slap on press materials and posters if need be, because you never know what will come up or be asked concerning the SMS! Oh, and why now? It's Christmas, why not surprise you guys? I thought about waiting until our fourth anniversary, but I'll have surprises then too! However, if you guys have feedback on the logo (good or bad), let me know, cause I'd like to hear anything you have to suggest! So there it is, our new logo, hopefully this lasts a long time! Now, here's a couple more Christmas surprises for you guys to go along with some recent YouTube uploads for the season!
While we're on the subject of Christmas, here's a story that doubles as both an appropriately seasonal news item, AND a new story! Today, Sault Michigan/Grand Rapids death metal trio End of Existence posted a new audio track in honour of the holiday season, a metal cover of Mykola Leontovych's holiday classic "Carol of the Bells"! It just features guitarist Steve Giles and drummer Greg Giles, with Bob "Orb Hearthstone" Helsten's vocals not featured. It would have been interesting to see him sing (or growl) the "Ring, Christmas Bells" lyrics over this! It's a solid cover, they've appropriately metallized this song, and it's worth checking out, especially given the season! This may seem negligent, but I only just figured out today that you can embed Reverbnation songs onto the SMS, so I can actually share this song here! So check out End of Existence's version of "Carol of the Bells" below, and of course, Merry Christmas to Bob, Greg, and Steve!
It's our new official logo! Why the change, and why now? Honestly, I fell out of love with our old logo, introduced on our second anniversary in 2009. It served a great purpose to establish an original identity, but it proved to be too pixelated, detailed, and soft-edged than I think we deserve. I wanted something simple, sharp, but still undeniably metal, and this is the final product! I made it over the course of a few days with Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, and I have different versions ready for customization where needed, like for major concerts and local album releases. Another reason for the change is to have a simple logo to slap on press materials and posters if need be, because you never know what will come up or be asked concerning the SMS! Oh, and why now? It's Christmas, why not surprise you guys? I thought about waiting until our fourth anniversary, but I'll have surprises then too! However, if you guys have feedback on the logo (good or bad), let me know, cause I'd like to hear anything you have to suggest! So there it is, our new logo, hopefully this lasts a long time! Now, here's a couple more Christmas surprises for you guys to go along with some recent YouTube uploads for the season! 
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