Before we tackle this weekend's hard rock concert previews, let's cover some recent video finds from both sides of the border, starting with live footage from Monday night's
Black Mastiff-headlined concert at
LopLops Lounge! Promoters
Oh!No Collective were on hand livestreaming all three acts for the first time post-name change, and we'll start with the featured Edmonton stoner/hard rock trio, who were filmed playing their new CD's opening song "Downed By A Sound" and another song I couldn't immediately place. Black Mastiff sound good in this performance, almost like a doomier Monster Truck, if you can make sense of that, and it's a shame there's not more fans up front. Of course, being on a Monday night AND the same day as the election doesn't help, but you can see what Black Mastiff brought to the table below, from a couple of different angles! Oh!No also shot
this video of opening indie/alt-rock quartet
Man Feelings playing an original song of theirs, and it has nice melody, if not the aggression of the night's other acts!
The other video from LopLops on Monday is of prolific local folk punk/metal solo artist
Chase Wigmore, who recently confirmed on
his Facebook page that his planned Devil's Night solo album release (and by extension, it's attached release concert) has been postponed for personal reasons, though he is more direct and blunt in his actual post. Disappointing, but fans still got to see him live this month, and you can see it for yourself in the Oh!No Collective's livestream! Captured in progress, this has Chase in full folk punk mode with melodic intensity and nice guitar work all around! That said, I wouldn't have been filming from so far away, which just accentuates the low early turnout (at least zoom the camera in or something.) Give Chase's video a look below, and stay tuned for more from him and/or Awokest soon!
We'll close today with a long overdue look at the various Facebook preview videos (all relatively short) posted by Sault Michigan classical metal band
Theatre of Night in the lead-up to
their third annual Christmas tour, which kicks off next month and will have a return date at The Dreammakers Theatre at
the local Kewadin Casino on December 14th! The first of these videos went up on August 19th, starting with
this 39 second clip of guitarist Steven Giles shredding, which serves as a nice showcase of his skills! That same day, the band posted
this minute-long video of singer Rachel Mender covering Evanescence's ballad "My Immortal" karaoke-style, which isn't well framed if you want to see her front-forward, but this is more proof of her very nice vocal abilities! Neither of those videos are Christmas-related, but the band remedied that a week later with
this video featuring tracking for a version of "What Child Is This?" with Rachel on vocals.
Similarly on August 31st, the band shared
this video of bassist Scott Andringa laying down bass tracks in studio, which is short like the others, but he performs as well as you'd expect, and we again see a preview of the tracking on the computer. We have seen the occasional teaser video of computer tracking for actual
studio copies of Christmas carols with the recent touring lineup, but
are these just for the band's own rehearsal purposes, or might we
actually see a "Christmas Night" reissue with Rachel, Scott, and Erik on
board? In any event, the clips have a lot of promise, no matter what lies
ahead! A few weeks later, Theatre of Night brought us the video we'll leave off with today, which features both Steve & Scott rehearsing/recording in studio, this time by playing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", with more tracking monitor visuals in the middle.Nice to see the guys playing off of each other so well, so give this video a look below, and stay tuned for more from Theatre of Night's Facebook page (and group?) soon!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews and more tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
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