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Genre: Death Metal
Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Members: (Members not in their last full lineup in italics. This band's lineup may be incomplete. E-mail me at robertfigures@outlook.com if you have any additions or corrections!)
Mike Ladouceur* (Skull After Betrayl, The Bear Hunters), vocals/guitar
Joe DelBasso (Quite Frankly), rhythm guitar
Jestin Ryan, rhythm guitar
Justin Lam (The Bear Hunters, Jack Spades), bass
Johnny Lowrie* (The Bear Hunters, Caveman Morrison), drums
Jayson Day, vocals/bass
Joe Bumbacco (RedD Monkey, The Fury), drums
(The * refers to band members whose last names have since changed. Mike's current last name is Vincent, while Johnny's last name is now Belanger.)
Audio/Video: Devastation of the Heavens (or D.O.T.H.) have a few examples of surviving media from their run, including one live video from July 2006. An instrumental jam session video featuring Mike, Jayson, and Joe Bumbacco loosely covering Slayer's "Raining Blood", it was filmed by former local concert promoter Aisha Day, but it's admittedly very rough (as the comments and rating for the video will tell you), so out of respect, I won't embed it here. D.O.T.H. drastically improved by their last show in April 2007, where their other two surviving media files (their proposed album's title track "Heaven's Final Apocalypse" & a cover of Metallica's "The Four Horsemen") came from, so hear their original below from their PureVolume page, and check out more at the above links, including both tracks on YouTube!
Info/Analysis: Devastation
of the Heavens were a young Sault Ontario metal band that
was active from roughly 2006-2007. Possibly evolving from the earlier Death Rise, D.O.T.H. notably opened for Gates of Winter
at The Oddfellows Hall in 2006, before peaking early the next year with
appearances at two battles of the bands, along with a few Bawating high school performances. D.O.T.H. quietly
disbanded by the summer of 2007, with members moving on to newer
projects, including local death metal quintet The Bear Hunters, who
featured 3 D.O.T.H. members in their 2010-2011 lineup. D.O.T.H. showed
some of the talents and success that many members had in later projects,
but they work to do, especially if the comments for their 2006 video
are any indication. There was clear improvement by their demise, with
overall solid guitar & bass work, and increasing chemistry, but
neither Mike nor Jayson had a great voice at the time, and there were
some timing issues, especially in 2006. D.O.T.H. had the potential to
make a larger impact if they'd kept at it, but at least most of their alumni have hit bigger heights in newer bands!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I hope you guys liked this month's Defunct Local Band Profile! Next month, we'll be looking at two bands for the second time in three months due to the first band we randomly selected having no media, but who's on tap for May? We have the defunct Sault Michigan metal project Cherubic Red lined up, along with the late 2000s Sault Ontario metal band Faithless Sin (featuring No Arrow, Gates of Winter, and Quite Frankly alumni), so watch out for all of this on or around May 10th, and stay tuned tomorrow for our recap of tonight's second night of this latest battle of the bands! Thanks everyone!
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