LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (The Saigon Hookers) & New Videos!!

The holiday weekend is on, the Rapture is avoided, and The Sault Metal Scene keeps rolling on! Today's post is mostly video-related, as we have a new rehearsal video from a local band, a new demo from another band, and a recent TV appearance that you may have seen, but first, here's a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!!

Kitchener hard rockers The Saigon Hookers are coming back to Sault Ontario! Last seen on March 4th, the good friends of Lion Ride will play in town for just the second time when they return to The Rockstar Bar on June 25th! The news was broken on the band's Facebook page on Thursday, with the show also listed on the band's itinerary on Reverbnation. Doors are listed to open at 9:00 PM, but further details aren't given on the concert. For what it's worth, The Saigon Hookers' March show didn't have an announced cover charge and it was 19+, so I'd assume these would be similar the second time around. I also figure there will be an opening band, which hasn't been announced yet, but for reference sake, punk supergroup Brad Example & The Role Models filled that role in March. Check the above links for all current details! The Saigon Hookers were really fun to see live when they played here the first time around, and here's hoping I can check them out next month too! Stay tuned to The Sault Metal Scene for updates as they come in!

Now we have a three way dance of new local videos, and first, here's a brand new Life's Eclipse demo! The Eckerman, Michigan quartet uploaded this track onto the Werehold Records YouTube channel yesterday, and it's the full version of their song "Out Of The Cold" from their "Deeper In The Woods" album! This was previously posted as a one minute instrumental demo, but was deleted and replaced with this longer version! It;s actually just the second full song with vocals that we've heard from the band (following the demo of "Red Dawn" from their MySpace page), and how do they sound? Very good, harsh and suited to the song, but unique at the same time! Very heavy track, and it's nice to hear a lot more of this song compared to the original upload! It ends abruptly, but it's well played and you can hear the talent readily! So here's the new version of Life's Eclipse's "Out Of The Cold", with vocals!



Also new for videos is that first Gates of Winter rehearsal video! It was only hinted due to the "rehearsal 002" video that guitarist Bryan Belleau posted on Tuesday, which implied there'd be a "001", and it's now up on frontman Lee Maines' own YouTube channel! Like the second rehearsal video (which Lee also uploaded), this is under a minute long, but this just features Lee playing new riffs by his desk. Nice and brutal, as I'd expect, with the technical flourish we've came to expect! Not a whole lot to say on it, but if you want 58 seconds of preview metal from 1/5th of Gates of Winter, check the video out below!



And finally, as you may have heard, local hardcore quintet As It Stands were recently on Shaw TV! The band were featured in a interview/performance on Channel 10 (if you have Shaw) once every half hour on rotation all this past week, as conducted with Shaw TV's Christian Lemay. The interview features all 5 members of As It Stands discussing their musical influences, the band's history, their songwriting process, their touring and recording plans, and much more! As for the performance, clips of the band playing their original "Conception" at The Roosevelt Hotel were specially filmed for the piece, and were shown between the interview portions. With rotation of the interview likely to cease tomorrow with the beginning of a new week, I figured I should save the piece as best as I could, so last week, I propped my camera in front of my TV and filmed it for perseverance! I apologize for the quality, I don't have proper capturing equipment or programs for television broadcasts. I have no clue if any sites or pages would have this video posted in it's original quality after the fact, so I figured I should upload it just in case. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED!! All credit goes to As It Stands, Christian Lemay, Shaw TV, and Shaw Cable, they did all the hard work and deserve the attention!

Good video, overall! The performance clips are as good as you'd expect, and it's nice to see high quality video at The Rosie! The interview is different in that Christian Lemay isn't shown on camera asking the band questions, with the band passing the microphone between them to narrate the video themselves, which works well enough! It's always good to see some TV exposure for any local band, and in case you missed As It Stands on Shaw TV this week, you can check out the video below!



That's all for now, but stay tuned tomorrow for a new news post featuring a bunch of new songs, a preview of Monday's Isosceles Project concert, and more! Thanks everyone!