London Pub + something else...

Okay, yesterday we had a gig. Or maybe we should call it rehearsals. Or should we call it rehearsal gig. Well the thing is that we borrowed our backline for a band competition which was held at London Pub, Helsinki. We had to have rehearsals before friday´s gig so we decided to play few songs yesterday. Everything went just fine. After rehearsals we stayed for couple of beers. As the evening went on and on we decided to change our musical style into something softer. So right away we took some new promo pictures. Here´s Jussi´s and Mikko´s new hair styles:



By the way. If someone haven´t still seen our "Dedication" -video here it is:





Cheers and sorry:
Mika Kivi / Grendel

Mood=Doom

I recorded my final guitar tracks for "Doomipeikko". Mikko kindly helped me with recording these guitar parts. Mikko and I also discussed about the mood that this song should bring forth. "Doomi" is by far the most longest track we´ve ever made. Over 7 minutes long masterpiece ;D

Mikko also introduced new ideas for new song. It sounded something new that you haven´t heard from Grendel yet. We´ll see where it goes...


Cheers:
Mika Kivi / Grendel

Drums

Today we recorded drums for two new songs. These songs are: "Mättöajo" and "Doomipeikko". First Jussi and I set microphones and other stuff in their places. Then after short soundcheck we were ready to go.


Jarkko started with "Doomipeikko" which is slow song and like I´ve said before it has very doom-ish kind of feeling. Two takes and song was done. After "Doomipeikko" it was time to record drums for "Mättöajo" which on the other hand is very fast and energetic song. In these recording sessions we have low budget equipment. We have two SM58´s for 4 toms, AKG C1000S for snare, tBone SC-450 for two kick drums and tBone SC100 II StereoSet for symbals and other shit. We also used:

Behringer Eurorack MX2004A
Behringer MDX 1400
M-Audio audio interface
...and also laptop PC and iBook...


Oh, I almost forgot. Here´s dude who was present at our "studio". He was quiet and didn´t say a word. Nobody knows who he is or what he was doing. It was very scary. I hope it doesn´t happen again.

Days motto: "Jos se on siinä niin se on siinä". - Mika Kivi



Cheers:
Mika Kivi / Grendel