Today's all video post is packed with recent updates, including a new solo performance clip from Saul Michigan, a local solo artist's latest updates, and another's free upload of their old album, but let's lead off with the latest from local/St. Catharine's grindcore trio Shit Liver! For one, the other opening band has been named for their Algonquin Pub concert on April 6th, namely local indie/hard rock quartet Vol. in their first announced concert of the year. Our source is the show's official Facebook event page via a quiet recent update by promoters Six, Two, Oh.. While it is odd to see Shit Liver headline a show with no other extreme metal acts, both Vol. and the previously announced Stegadeth have a lot of talent and should provide an entertaining element next month! That said, Shit Liver have big news, as they released their first ever music video today on their YouTube channel! This is for their new song "Wait" from their upcoming third album "Hitting The Fan" (which comes out on March 13th!), so what should you know on it?
Filmed by "Cannibal Cam" and edited by frontman Josh Penno's film company Spacebag Productions, the video features Shit Liver performing interspersed with footage depicting what appears to be excessive police response to a peaceful protest. Without commenting on the song yet (we'll wait for our review of this album next month!), the video is well shot and edited, and I can see this in Stingray Loud's rotation for Metal at Midnight! Shit Liver fans will definitely want to see this video below, and stay tuned for more on the release of "Hitting the Fan" as it rolls in!
Next up, here's a new video from Sault Michigan classical metal project Theatre of Night's Facebook page, as shared from keyboardist Craig Harrison's personal Facebook page yesterday! A black & white, 19 second clip of guitarist Steve Giles during "Saturday recording", it's well done, but it's short length leaves you wanting more, which may be the intent! Give it a listen below, and check out some album-compiled (but not for sale) collections of their older material on their Reverbnation page!
Also, here's some more recent updates from Sault Ontario hard rock solo artist Mike McCleary! Back on February 13th, Mike posted a couple of acoustic covers of Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden songs to his Bandcamp page as a free single release. Both are well adapted to the unplugged nature of the recording, and are an intriguing listen, but I think I prefer "Mr. Crowley" to "The Trooper" in terms of Mike's vocal style and the song's new structure. Give them a listen above! Mike has also posted a selection of studio material as videos to his Facebook page over the past month, so let's start to run through a few of those today! One was an upload of "Date Night With Darkness" from his new album "Weight of the Truth" on February 12th, with the visual of a cassette tape playing the song, while another (embedded below) is of his song "Aylan" from his debut album "In Ruins", which is reportedly being reworked for a future re-release.
Also uploaded to his YouTube channel on February 23rd, this song is written about and to Aylan Kurdi, a 3 year old Syrian refugee found dead on a beach after being driven from his country (a photo of which being widely circulated last year), with only the song lyrics featuring as visuals. I'll hold comment on the song itself for now, as a review of "In Ruins" is very possible for later this year if the re-release is at all imminent, but given the serious topical nature, it's all the more notable, so give it a listen below!
Finally for today, local hard rock solo musician Tym Morrison has posted his 2006 debut album "Solo Project" onto his YouTube channel! His first uploads there in three years (is it surprising that he has no videos from Gliss shows there?), this might be the first posting of this album for free outside of Tym's website, so if you haven't heard/don't own it, here's a good chance! In track listing (but now YouTube upload) order, the songs are "Battle Love", "Cry", "Drug Dealers", "Our Evil Ways", "Grama", "Hypocrisy", "Only Linux", "Souls of Serenity", "Void Within My Heart", and "We Are Damned", so click each link to hear each track. "Solo Project" was an entertaining showcase of Tym's guitar playing and songwriting talent, and while he's mostly focused on covers in his matinee acoustic concert era, I'm sure he still breaks out these songs on occasion! Might his unreleased second album (which can be streamed here) be next for YouTube? Give "Battle Love" a listen below, and hear more from Tym's first CD above!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site as the week and month roll along! Thanks everyone!
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