Leadvocals finally done!

Last weekend we managed to get the leadvox on tape (disc...) We started out Friday night by going through the lyrics and vocal arrangements. We also had to finish the lyrics for "Former Member Of (A) Society" - (not quite sure yet if the A is going to last...) - We wrote the 3rd verse and then Henrik came up with this insane, but brilliant idea for the last verse, - Why not add some growling here?.
- Ehhh, what? Grrrowl? Hell yeah!
It all ended up much cooler in the end (Jonathan Davis style), but you will hear when it´s done!

We started out Saturday with some coffee and semla (Swedish delicatesse...) Then we began to soundcheck the Röde Classic. It went straight into my Focusrite Octopre, using compression and high-pass filter. Then via Lightpipe to Digi 002R. K.I.S.S. as my old sound teacher used to say...(keep it simple, stupid) As Henrik was a bit sore in his throat he had already been warming up his vocalcords with some Famous Grouse and honeywater. This worked surprisingly well!



We recorded "Hollow Soul" and then moved on to "Universal Human"... By this time our loved ones had returned from their walk, and my daughter Hilda 2,5 years old was very curious about what we were up to... It was time for lunch! Sofia and Sara made a marvellous chicken salad and we got started on some beer... We also agreed that we (me and Henrik) would make the dinner, tacos by the way... Well we then finished U H and moved on to Former Member.... Henrik is singing the highest note of his vocal range in the chorus of this song I think. It took a while to nail it, but he did a great job!


We both were happy with the result so far and now it´s up to me to record some harmonies. I will also be finishing the synths and guitars.
To the left - Hilda, trying to tweak some sounds...

Also featured in the pics is our newest member, Elias (Henrik and Sara's son), 2 months old. He proved to have some vocal ability at the end of the night, just like his father... Here he is sitting in Sofias' lap just chillin´!

I will post a clip or two from this session sometime this week, so stay tuned!

/ Airbag

Yikes!

It looks like we are finally going to record the vocals this upcoming weekend. We decided two weeks ago to do it, but as Murphys law always seems to f**k things up, I tried not to get my hopes up. Well, yesterday I got a phonecall from Henrik and I was sure that he would say; -Hey man, something´s come up.... To my surprise he said; -Before I say anything else, we´re coming up this weekend! I have a cold but I´m treating it with herbs and whiskey and shit!
Yes!!! So finally I can warm up the old Röde Classic.
We surely will be warming the sauna aswell... So stay tuned for some clips with vocals in the near future!

We also talked about the fact that it´s been almost a year since we recorded the drums... but it seems that time runs faster than ever...

Stay metal!

-Airbag