Next up, here's a gem of a new Woods of Ypres video that you guys might be interested in! On Wednesday, former guitarist Bryan Belleau (Gates of Winter) uploaded this video from April 2009 to his YouTube channel of he and late Woods of Ypres mainman David Gold during the writing process of "I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery" from that year's "Woods IV: The Green Album", and it's an interesting glimpse at the beginnings of this epic doom ballad! Featuring David on the keyboard with Bryan largely off screen on guitar, it's discernible as most of the song, and the melody's there, but there are noticeable differences, including guitar riffing through the intro (which was just the piano in the final product) and a synthier keyboard tone in the first verse, but the latter chunk of the video is more faithful to what made the album. It's great to finally see this video, and it reminds me of back when David used to release vlogs and clips from Woods of Ypres recording sessions! I wonder if Bryan (or any other ex-Woods of Ypres members) have any videos like this to share? Kudos to Bryan for posting this, and definitely check it out below!Thirdly today, here's three short notes relating to hard rock/metal musician searches on the local Musicians Wanted Facebook group from the last week or so that you guys may be interested in! As always, these are in alphabetical order by name of the inquiring musician:
- Former Bring The Misery guitarist Daeson Lesage is looking for a singer for his new band, which are apparently influenced by Protest The Hero, Rush, and Queen, which is promising in itself! Preference is on a singer with a "clean powerful voice" & vibratos, but recent postings indicate they may have someone. Still, if you wanna try out, message Daeson at this location!
- Former No Arrow drummer/Faithless Sin guitarist Joe Falco is looking for guitarists and/or bassists for a band he's looking to put together, with him on guitar, though indications of a genre weren't given, and I think he has a drummer already. If you're interested in trying out or jamming with Joe's planned new project, message him at this location, and let him know your musical influences!
- Young local musician Jon Livingstone is looking for a female singer for a new rock band he's starting. Guitar playing ability is optional, and the age range would be 15-18. I have no idea if this band would be heavier or not, but if you're a teenaged girl with singing talent, shoot Jon a message at this location!
And finally, here's some updates to our monthly CD reviews at the SMS! (I should update these more, I kinda slack on them.) These are just factual edits to information on the album, for the most part, so none of these (or future CD review edits) will be editing the content of my actual review. They were products of how I felt at the time, and though I have changed views on some of them for personal and external reasons, I don't want to undergo revisionist history and change my initial impressions out of fairness from their original intention. On my reviews of Gates of Winter's debut EP & their "Lux Aeterna" album, I updated details on the albums' availability & keyboardist Brian Holmes' departure, while also restoring and changing various photos due to dead links & changed URLs on MySpace, while I made similar edits to our review of Lion Ride's EP due to their breakup, the album's changed availability, highlighted song names, and one restored photo. Finally for this first batch, I updated our review of Fitswitch's EP to freshen up notes on their then-lineup and their song "Rust Angel" being used frequently by successors Frightlight. There's much more to come, so stay tuned for future updates to the info on our monthly CD reviews!That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and our review of "Woods III" this weekend! Thanks everyone!
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