YouTube Channel Profile Series: Concert Channel & Old Man Wyrn

Here is this month's YouTube Channel Profile, continuing our monthly spotlighting of YouTube channels with at least half of their content comprised of local metal, hard rock, or punk artists and/or concerts! As the first channel that we randomly selected only has 6 videos of 2 bands from 1 concert, not a lot of distinct content to stretch out to three featured videos naturally, so I picked a single video channel to fill things out with. Punk and black metal fans will find stuff to like here, so here's what you should know!

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Concert Channel (http://youtube.com/channel/UCmWdyybXkorRYag_k56-7bA) 

Owner: Unknown, but they are likely from Sault Ste. Marie

Channel Timeline: Launched on November 20th, 2019; All videos uploaded that same day

Channel Summary: All six of the videos on Concert Channel's.... channel come from The Offspring & Sum 41's co-headlining concert at GFL Memorial Gardens on November 19th, 2019, one day before this channel and these videos went live. All videos uploaded have identical titles for each band's set with no distinction of songs.
 
Why You Should Watch: If you loved or regretted missing The Offspring's local date (still the most recent major hard rock or punk show at the former Essar Centre), this channel will be very worth your time, though the scratchy audio compared to videos from other filmers may be a turnoff for some. Note that Concert Channel did not upload anything of opening English alternative hard rock band Dinosaur Pile-Up's set, but click here for videos from them and much more. Also, note that this channel has not seen any public updates since these videos were posted.

 Our Recommended Videos To Check Out:

 

The Offspring - Live at Sault Ste. Marie: Four of the videos on the Concert Channel feature the multi-platinum California punk band The Offspring playing their songs  "Want You Bad", "Bad Habit", "Gotta Get Away", and as featured here, their then-new song "It Won't Get Better". As I noted back in 2019, these are not optimal views, with a sharp almost-side stage camera angle, very bright stage lighting, and scratchy audio quality all being concerns, not to mention frontman Dexter Holland sometimes straining to hit the high notes, but the performances are generally solid and enthusiastic as you'd hope!

 

 

Sum 41 - Live at Sault Ste. Marie: As for Ajax, Ontario punk/metal quintet Sum 41's set, Concert Channel got videos of them playing "Motivation" and, in the channel's most popular upload, "We Are All To Blame". While the video quality has the same issues as on the Offspring videos, Sum 41's hard rocking genre blend comes through well, and the attendee involvement for lighters and such was welcomed on the softer parts of "We Are All To Blame", so Sum 41 fans will be right at home, especially after the long, long wait for them to play in the Soo again!

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Old Man Wyrn (http://youtube.com/channel/UCKRDGY5MZxqiIY1HQxZAM0g)

 Owner: Former Dullahan/Abhorrent Forest multi-instrumentalist Will "Old Man Wyrn" Tholberg

Channel Timeline: Launched on August 13th, 2016; Only video uploaded on January 9th, 2017

Channel Summary: Effectively the official YouTube channel for 2016-2018 atmospheric black metal solo project Abhorrent Forest, Wyrn's only upload here is their debut album "The End of Life", which was simultaneously released that day on Bandcamp. This EP will give genre fans a solid slice of dark, cold black metal (albeit without vocals) that the Soo had lacked for too long, and the convenience of a YouTube copy will be appreciated! However, Wyrn did not post Abhorrent Forest's two later EPs here, nor their one off singles, so head to Bandcamp to hear those, and the channel fell out of use after the project fell inactive.

 

 

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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! In some bizarrely fitting timing, next month's random selection is of the official channel of a band we just introduced you guys to on the SMS the other day, that being new Sault Michigan metal band Buddy Repperton & The Camaros! I swear this was a random pick, happy coincidences just come once in a while, but luckily, The Camaros have lots of videos online to go through! Look for all of this on or around April 26th, and for more news and notes next week! Thanks everyone!