I'm in Michigan seeing family for a Christmas vacation this week, so why not focus on an Easter Upper Peninsula band for today's post, namely St. Ignace deathcore band Heavy Lies The Crown! When we last left off with them, the guys were hyping their return to The Vernors Room at The Crofoot Ballroom downstate in Pontiac, where they were slated to open for Born Of Osiris once again on November 7th. Five second teaser videos on their Facebook page in the following days confirmed frontman Brandon West's earlier mention that his old high school classmate Tyler "Dirty6" Chambers was flying in from Colorado to be a guest DJ for this set, marking the first time they had a live mixer on stage with them since drummer Blaze Beairl's debut with H.L.T.C., which was also when they opened for Born Of Osiris last year. On October 27th, Brandon and guitarist Jaxon Massaway starred in this video where they attempted to promote the concert.
I stress, "attempted", as they kept breaking into laughter when trying to set it up, especially from Brandon's amusing term that he came up with (and quickly regretted) for their fans. Amusing watch, so click here to give it a look! Jaxon was able to get a proper promotional video from his vehicle that same day, where he noted the stacked lineup and ticket availability from band members, but did not mention Dirty6. The next day, Brandon uploaded a brief vertical video where he reminded fans to check out their newest singles "Shame" and "Happy Fun Fun", and he addressed why their runtime is short, saying "it replicates... the whole entire songs (and) it's the same duration as we are & the length of what we are". Read into that however you like, but the video seemed to cut off mid sentence too. Embedded below is a new 6+ minute update video from Brandon, where he notes two more concerts coming up on November 12th & 14th that Dirty6 might also have guested on.
You may also see guest singers jump up on stage on an impromptu basis too, and Brandon reminded everyone that the band has four drummers in its ranks to allow for instrument swapping! I think Christian is the only one who can't drum. The November 12th show saw them return to The Sanctuary in Hamtramck (where they opened for Living Dissection in October), this time opening for Vermont metalcore band Saving Vice. Two days later, they headed back to The Music Factory in Battle Creek for the first time since March, but he didn't elaborate on that concert in this video. After reminding the whole "impromptu guests can join us to sing" angle, he also brings up that their album recording sessions are ongoing, even if they're just been releasing one-off singles as of late. Good to see fall plans continuing to fall into place at that point, so give Brandon's update video a watch below!
In an update video shot from his vehicle on November 2nd, Brandon was waiting to pick up guitarist Jaxon Massaway for rehearsals for the Born Of Osiris concert (he showed up early because of Daylight Savings Time), and he noted what the official lineup will be for this concert, though note that he did not mention guitarist/drummer Kaycee Mason as taking part in this show. No word on if his status with the band has changed, but he was in the "Happy Fun Fun" video from October. The Born Of Osiris show was a success, as you can see in this video shot by an H.L.T.C. band member (I love The Vernors Room's layout!), and photos of the guys hanging out with Born Of Osiris were posted to Facebook in the aftermath. Embedded below is a (horizontal!) update video that Brandon shot while en route to the Hamtramck show outside of Detroit on the 12th, where he noted that the Battle Creek show on the 14th also saw them open for Saving Vice.
A pop-up gig at the practice space of Detroit metal band Influence was also slotted in between the two. Bassist Christian Cook was unavailable to make the Battle Creek trip on the 14th, so Rob Vandewiele of the Detroit metal band Nothing After This filled in for that show on short notice. Kudos to Rob for helping out! Dirty6 was not referenced either, for the record. The rest of the video was just hype for the show and to buy tickets/merchandise. We'll have more from Heavy Lies The Crown's trifecta of downstate November concerts soon, but give this update video a watch below, and stay tuned for more news and notes on the SMS this week! Thanks everyone!
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