Wednesday, September 14, 2011

LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Thekillingfield) & Sault Ontario Weekend Concert Previews!!

It's time to preview the first batch of our weekend concert previews! As I've done here and there lately, I'm breaking up the previews into two posts: This one for just Sault Ontario concert previews, and I'll have previews of the Sault Michigan hard rock shows this weekend probably tomorrow with some additional news to fill things out with. So today, let's preview the three (possibly four or five) metal/hard rock shows in Sault Ontario between tomorrow and Saturday, along with speculation on two shows that may or may not be on as scheduled. Here's what you need to know, statrting with a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for TOMORROW NIGHT!

The 33rd Roosevelt Hotel metal night is official for tomorrow night, and there's a big lineup in store for this week, including some local favourites from out of town! North Bay extreme metal trio Thekillingfield will return to Sault Ontario for the first time in 3½ months when they headline this late-announced metal night! Great to see them back so soon, and hopefully their extreme and assaulting sounds will attract some huge moshpits tomorrow night! The local opening bands will be local death metal outfits The Bear Hunters and Shit Liver, who'll both set the tone well with devastating sounds and brutal aggression! Plus, if you missed Shit Liver last night, here's another opportunity to see them! Note that The Bear Hunters' Facebook page says that they're playing with Changing Waves and Redundant tomorrow, but this was not confirmed by Dismembertainment, who posted the actual lineup on their Facebook page earlier today, so don't get confused tomorrow night. Still, it's great to see yet another high quality package of metal at The Rosie on another Thursday, so head down for the show tomorrow night if you can! There will be a nominal cover of $2 (which is easily worth it for the bands you'll get), you must be 19 to attend, and it all starts at around 10:00 PM. Check the above links for more details!

Sounds like a great show, and if you make it out, wish promoter Rich Moreland a happy belated birthday! His birthday's actually today, but what better way to celebrate it than at a metal show, so send the good wishes his way tomorrow night! So go see Thekillingfield, The Bear Hunters, and Shit Liver tomorrow night, it'll be a good one! For a preview, here's Thekillingfield playing their song "To Be Joedy" at The Canadian last year!



Next up, local classic metal quartet Late & Loud are back for another concert tomorrow night! One week after ending their four month hiatus, the talented band will play their first solo headlining show since the spring tomorrow night at The Speak Easy at Algoma University! The show will take place concurrently with a "Heroes vs. Villains" themed pub night at The Speak Easy, so feel free to dress up and join in the fun! I'm sure the band will be dressed up too, so why not break out a costume or disguise for the occasion? This show will have a 10:30 PM start time, there will probably be a 19+ age limit (I don't know if underage Algoma students can get in, but I know they can sometimes), and though there's no announced cover charge, bring cash just in case. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This should be an entertaining concert, and with a different vibe than you usually see at Late & Loud concerts, so don't miss them tomorrow night (especially if you missed their return last week!) For a preview, here's Late & Loud playing their original song "Never Again" at Foggy Notions earlier this year!



Thirdly, I wanted to mention local classic hard rock quartet Full Circle, who announced a weekend set of shows at The Canadian Nightclub for this Friday and Saturday months ago on the now deleted Turner Up Facebook group. Coincidentally, these were the last shows on that old schedule, but I'm positive they have much more to come! This weekend though, are they still playing at The Canadian? Not on Friday night, at the very least. Since their re-opening last week, The Canadian have been trying country nights on Fridays, and local quartet Asylum Country (featuring Full Circle guitarist Kyle McKey on bass) are scheduled to play there this Friday, as cited here. So with that obvious conflict, it looks like one of two things will happen: Either Full Circle will play at The Canadian (or elsewhere?) on Saturday only, or aren't gigging this weekend at all. If they are still on for Friday, the show would likely start at 10:30 PM with a 19+ age limit and likely cover charge of $5 or less, and it would be the first hard rock show at The Canadian since the flood in July. As of right now though, I'm not confident enough to officially say that Full Circle are playing a show this weekend, but if I hear anything definitive, I'll let you guys know!

And finally, Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison is back for another solo acoustic concert on Saturday! This week however, he'll return to The Zone Roadhouse in Goulais River for the first time in three months on Saturday night! As far as I can tell, he will not be at Service Grill Pizza this weekend, so either he's now only there bi-weekly, or he's not on a rigid schedule like he once was. Still, if you live closer to Goulais River, you'll enjoy that he'll be playing at a closer venue on Saturday! No matter the venue, his acoustic hard rock and metal covers are always worth checking out, so head down to the Highway 17 North bar on Saturday night for the show! He'll be on at the sort of early start time of 8:00 PM, there's no announced cover charge, and you must be 19 to attend. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! Should be a great show, hopefully Tym delivers some great rocking covers for his Goulais River fans on Saturday, so make it out if you can! For a preview, here's Tym Morrison covering Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" at the to-be-renamed Foggy Notions in 2009!



That's all for now, but stay tuned for Sault Michigan concert previews and much more either tomorrow or early Friday! Thanks everyone!

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