Inherit The Void - The recordings are done, Inherit The mix...

Last week I finished my share of the recordings by singing for two days and screaming my lungs off for three days.

I guess the best word to describe my feelings right now is "purified". I didn't have problems with my voice, the sound came out as brutal but clear as I want it and with a sense of determination. A big thank you goes to Ville and Mikko for kicking my ass so passionately and to Alkku (sound engineer) for making the whole process so easy going.

The only problems that I had was my head. Yeah, I know, it's nothing new, I'm a wackjob but seriously. I have never had such bad headaches in studio while recording. This has to have something to do with getting enough oxigen while singing/screaming but also the way your blood runs to your head on the neck area. I guess my neck is pretty much jammed, haha! The headaches started immediately when we started to record and even though I took some walks around the neighbourhood to get some fresh air alongside with a heavy doze of ipubrofen or codeine the pain didn't go away. My theory is this: jammed neck equals bad blood circulation to your head causes painful pressure to your head while screaming. Well, I guess it's just a normal routine when it comes to me recording vocals, there's always something trying to make my day a bit harder. Whether it's a bad case of hemaroids or diarrhea, or a stupid everlasting headache to fight with. But, I don't complain, I'm used to it. No pain, no game. Chuck Norris is the man! You'll definately hear me on the album going through that headache.

Anyway, back to the issue! The coolest moment of the recording happened right after I was done with my parts. We started to record the choirs and chants for the scream parts. Let me introduce you "The Bloody Hyena Choir Boys":

Williami "Howlin' Owl" Kurki
Samuli "Screamin' Rattlesnake" Mikkonen
Tomppa "The Raging Achtung-horn" Saarenketo
Antti "Dauntlessin Samwais Hellwig" Kopoti-Kokkonen

I acted as the "responsible" producer of this whole choir thingy giving the boys some instructions how to make a nice roaring chant shout. I have to say, I'm amazingly surprised about how easily we managed to get everything recorded when considering that only Tomppa had sang backing vox before. Everybody did a great job and the choirs sound massive and most important, it's us doing it, not anyone else. I'll promise you this much; we'll be adding another mic on stage starting from the first gig we'll do after the album is done. The evening continued with some heavy alcohol consuming and my last glimp of memory of that night is from the grill line of the Legendary Grilli Manix opposite the Legendary Torvi restaurant. Man that burger was hard earned.

Now the mixing starts and we'll be adding updates to our website as some news occure. We have plenty of shows already lined up for next year and we'll have more info about the album release in few weeks. It's almost impossible to sit down and wait for the release date but we're keeping ourselves busy with posting the news and making the promoplan for Inherit The Void. We're also planning to make a video on one of the songs so this will be interesting as well. And, of course the practise. We'll start putting up the live set to be the best it can be, in our opinion ;).

Wait... and Inherit The Void. Only five months to go...

~ Jules