LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (La Promesse & Tym Morrison), The Vibe Lounge's Closure, And More!!

We've got some more news today before we preview this weekend's concerts and review "Woods II" over the next couple of days, including the sudden closure of a local concert venue, the status of a previously advertised concert scheduled for today, and LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, so here's what you need to know!

The 35th Roosevelt Hotel metal night will go down TOMORROW NIGHT as expected, and for the seventh time in eight weeks, Dismembertainment are bringing some out of town headlining talent to The Rosie for this show! This week, the headliners are Rimouski, Quebec hardcore quintet La Promesse, whose punk influenced metalcore sound should bring in some high energy pits on Thursday night! Honestly, their vocals need to grow on me, but they'll fit right in this week, so don't miss them! Two local opening bands are projected for Thursday, including local classic metal quartet Late & Loud, in just their third ever Thursday metal night at The Rosie! Nice to see them back getting shows in following their hiatus, and hopefully they wow the crowd with their covers and originals tomorrow! A second opening band is expected, but has yet to be formally announced, so stay tuned for updates on that front! As always, this show should have a start time of around 10:00 PM, you must be 19 to attend, and there will be a cover charge of $2, which is definitely more than enough for the bands you'll get! For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This is shaping up to be a good concert with some diverse metal bands, and hopefully this goes off without a hitch! Stay tuned for more updates on this concert!

Also for new concerts, Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison has announced his next solo acoustic concert for THIS SATURDAY at Service Grill Pizza! It's his second straight Saturday nighter at the Korah Road restaurant after intermittent Saturday bookings this month, so I'm starting to think he's no longer on a rigid schedule for shows there. No matter what though, we have another night full of hard rock and metal classics in a more intimate setting on Saturday night, so if you need something to do this weekend, keep Tym's next solo show in mind! Like last week, Tym's only playing from 8:00 PM onward with no afternoon set, there's no announced cover charge, and I believe it's all ages (given it's restaurant locale.) For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! Sounds like a good night of music, and hopefully Tym has lots of great music in store for fans and Service Grill patrons alike on Saturday night! Stay tuned for more on this show tomorrow when we preview this weekend's concerts!

Next up, according to recent postings on their Facebook page, The Vibe Lounge on Goulais Avenue is closing tomorrow. The west end bar and concert spot will have their "last night open" on "Broke Ass Wednesday" tonight (as cited here), ending a 17 month local run that started last April. No reason has been publicized for the bar's sudden end, but if something comes out, I'll definitely have it here! Launched by some of the staff responsible for the former Nite-Life Dance Club, The Vibe Lounge seemed to be a nicely maintained bar, and it hosted heavier concerts from headlining bands like Caveman Morrison, Full Circle, Sneaky Pete, That's Chester, Throat Kick, and We The Undersigned during it's run. It's really surprising to hear of The Vibe Lounge's apparent end, but I imagine it's very west-end location couldn't have helped attendances sometimes. I know the guys at The Vibe Lounge did their best to make it a great new bar and lounge, and it will be surprising to not have it around anymore, if this all is true. If you're a Vibe fan, definitely head there tonight to send the bar out with a bang, and hopefully down the road, another bar comes to that spot! If I hear any more on the Vibe Lounge's closure, I'll let you guys know!

That said, I've moved The Vibe Lounge from our Sault Ontario Concert Venue Listings to our Other Local Metal Links section due to their impending closure. While I was moving inactive venues, I also moved The Bottoms Up Lounge out of the venue links due to it's inactivity as a metal concert spot, especially given that only Tym Morrison (of SMS-covered acts) ever played there. Another older Tym Morrison venue (The Big Cheese in Heyden) was removed for the same reason, but they don't have a website for me to use to keep them around. Things should be up to date now for which venues are active for concerts!

Finally today, I wanted to address a concert some of you guys may have heard about since last month. On August 19th, you may have seen a SooToday article on their entertainment page promoting a concert taking place TODAY at The Oddfellows Hall that would be headlined by Vancouver punk/metal outfit Kill Matilda. Solid band, nice mix of punk, metal, and horror movie themes, and with a female singer too, so they'd definitely be worth checking out! Kill Matilda's publicist confirmed the show with me by e-mail last month, and the local date is listed on the tour poster on your left. That said, I never publically confirmed the show on the SMS because Dismembertainment (who were going to book the show) never publically announced it. But with SooToday plugging it, I had to address it, so are Kill Matilda playing in Sault Ontario tonight? Nope. When doing some research, I found this topic on the 705 Video Magazine forums (registration required to view) where Dismembertainment's Rich Moreland confirmed that he had to cancel the show. Had it went on, there was apparently tentative plans for some professional filming & an interview, which would have been awesome, but that's out now. Shame this show didn't go through, it'd have been great, but Dismembertainment have lots of awesome stuff on the horizon (like Napalm Death), so keep an eye out!

Also for possible concerts, The Nicolet Tavern's marquee board is advertising Full Circle for this Friday and Saturday, but I'm not positive if these shows are going on as announced or not. The band has yet to publically announce any dates for this weekend (via a Facebook event page or otherwise), so I'm not sure what's up. For what it's worth, the band hasn't played anywhere in two weeks, and I heard that drummer Scott McClurg recently came down with a cold, but whether either will affect this weekend's shows or not isn't known. If I hear definitively that Full Circle are playing at The Nic this weekend, I'll let you guys know!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews tomorrow and our review of Woods of Ypres' "Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth" on Friday! Thanks everyone!