Real name: Out of the Void

Effective period / Period of releases: 2018 - 2020

Members: Gord Dillon, Joe Babcock (2)

A Canadian heavy metal band formed in Chatham, Ontario, March 2017 by guitar players Gord Dillon and Joe Babcock. The band’s sound has been described as a combination of some of the early metal genres (i.e. NWOBHM, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal) combined with an early 90's flavour (i.e. Epic Metal, Power Metal). Out of the Void (OOTV) are heavily influenced by the late 70’s and early 80’s metal scenes with a tinge of early to mid 80’s thrash thrown in for good measure.
The concept for OOTV has existed for close to 30 years in one form or another. Early on names for the band morphed from “Titan” to “Even Flow” to “Tip of the Spear” until “Out of the Void” seemed to take hold.

Screaming Earth Studios is the private recording studio for the band, located in Chatham Ontario, and was used exclusively to record the songs for all the band’s release. The Earth Screams was release in April 2018 and consists of eight songs themed around Good vs. Evil, Politics, History, World War, Depression, Horror and Fantasy. The band was excited to have “The Earth Screams” professionally mastered at Metal Works Studio in Toronto in early January of 2018. OOTV quickly followed up with their 2nd release "Evil Unleashed" one year later in May 2019. Evil Unleashed is another eight song release that touches on the themes of Good Vs. Evil, Gun Violence, Addiction, World War and Cultish Leaders. As Covid-19 descended upon us it slowed the release of "Sad Shadows In Flames", the bands 3rd studio album. The album barely made it as a 2020 release squeaking out on the last day of the year after 8 months of delays. Sad Shadows In Flames consists of 9 songs focussed mainly on Beating the odds, Fiction, Good vs. Evil, Self Reflection and Vampirism.

The band's discography currently consists of three studio albums. Many of the songs have been written over the past 30 years by main song writer Gord Dillon. Gord took on lead vocals for the band which was not the original plan but these two guitarists lacked someone to put a voice to the music. Joe Babcock convinced Gord to just give it a try and see what happens and the rest is history. Gord would describe his vocal style as simply “…just getting it done”. Joe perfects and mixes all of the music you hear which is a combination of him noodling or Gord conveying a hook or riff that goes with the lyrics. Both musicians have their main parts in the band and collaborate extremely well to challenge each other both lyrically and musically to refine each song. Also, showing up from the Void, every once in a while, are two mysterious characters, D.E. Athearly (Drums) and Blitz Krieg (Bass). It is said they are from the ether but D.E. seems to have some type of control over Blitz. When you see one the other is not far behind. Both character fill in on bass and drums through a series of talented friends of the band.

Joe assumed lead/rhythm guitars, bass and drums on both releases. Gord took on vocals and plays rhythm guitars. Also credited on the first release is Bobby Pilutti, a friend of the band who consulted on the drum parts to help anchor the rhythm section. D.E and Blitz keep their distance until they hear the call and spring into live action. They seem to shy away from the studio and are drawn to larger crowds of people.

Currently, Out of the Void is working in studio on their 4th release, set for December 2022.