Day 5

So, some days of no updates but we haven't been resting. Drums are done for 7 tracks and some more songs will probably be recorded as well.

Started with the guitar sound today. In line with the drums philosophy, I decided to go for exactly the same sound as on Dödens Evangelium. Unfortunately I didn't have the mic position and stuff written down, but luckily I have a good memory. Some fiddling with different positions and amp settings while comparing it to the tracks from the previous session that I was smart enough to make stems of and burned to dvds, and we basically nailed it! Renew ourselves? What for?

Day 2

Things are taking shape! Got 3 tracks of drums down yesterday and I spent the afternoon editing them together. Two more tracks done today. While we were aiming for three, it was definitely an accomplishment considering the complexity of these two.

The drums are sounding really good by the way, I've gone for the same kind of tuning that I did on the previous album.

Waiting for a new pair of speakers as well, thought they would arrive yesterday but I haven't heard a word. Hopefully tomorrow...

Day 1

The Ondskapt recording has commenced... Everything has gone well for some reason, a bit too well! Starting to wonder when the curse will take effect.

The guys showed up one after another, we started rigging the drums, miced up the kit. Lots of spot-mics this time around, three OH plus spot mics on the ride, hihat and splash. Had a little dispute over which snare to use; we found the perfect sound in one and everyone in the control room agreed. The drummer came in and said the snare sounds too "80's". Nobody else understood why that was a problem...