Weapons Of War

Today It´s been a beautiful day. In other words - a perfect day to spend in the studio ;-) Recorded some more guitar-solos and now there´s soon really nothing much left for me to record, guitar-wise.. And most of the backing vocals have also been recorded so we´re actually getting in the stage to rap things up! But we have yet a surprise or two to announce, so stay tuned...

Yesterday, It was Mr. Bassman´s birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY C.G!!

Da Pete

Just Another Heavy Metal Day...

Today It´s been raining cats and dogs. In other words, a perfect day to work some more in da studio. Roger came along to document some more for the upcoming "Making Of-DvD". I recorded two more guitarsolos for the songs Who Are You and In my Dreams, and now I´m eager to have the boys give their verdict.

If you look real close at the picture, you´ll find that the guitar-cord seems to be plugged into my .... We´ll the camera caught me this time. That´s really the secret behind my meaty guitarsound.. ;-)

See Ya!!!

/Pete

Scream Until You Like It!!

Background vocals, background vocals, and some more backing vocals..




This evening´s festivities started with a listen to Peter´s guitar solos that he recorded during the weekend, and it just blew me away... :-D All thumbs up!! Ol´Pete is my fave guitar player in da whole world and he delivers the goods with perfection.





After that, i re-recorded the verses for "In my dreams", Richard soon showed up and we were ready to make some noice.. I spent most of the evening in the control room and was quite happy doing that. Conny came along after a while and the whole band had a generally good time as the three stooges (Conny, Peter and Richard) wailed away while they recorded backing vocals for "Behind the wall", "Inside the fire", "Anger Management" and a couple of more songs.



A productive but still a relaxed evening, nice..








More guitar solos coming up this week i hope. Cheers! /Fredrik

The Shreddin´ Continues...

Today, I´ve spent the whole afternoon in da studio to record some more guitarsolos... Redid the solo for "Behind The Wall" because the lads, after listening to what I´d done previously, thought that that I could to better. Rick gave me a hint on a melody that I should work on, and I did. It made me think "Outside the box" and it´s now a completely different solo, compared to the original one, and I think this one is gonna fit the song better. It´s melodic, powerful, majestic and beautiful with loads of harmony-guitars.

Then I worked on the song "Stone Cold". It´s a funky/groovy kinda tune and I played around with my wah-wah-pedal.. The result, to me at least,

is pure rock´n´roll with a of WTS-kind of feel to it.

I ended todays session by finishing the solo on "Inside The Fire". The result became a kinda oriental-sounding thing. I don´t know the name of the scale I´m playing, but as I said.. think oriental/egypt/asian.. kind of Blackmore-ish..

I´m keeping my fingers crossed that the lads will approve.

Next week, we´ll gather to lay down some more harmony-vocals and I´ll get the verdict from the three stooges on this days session..

All the best!!

/Pete

White Trash Stomp !

Tonight was really a night of screaming and stomping!
The whole band gathered to lay down some nice
screaming background vocals.
The song called "In My Dreams" will feature
some heavy marching army feet, and we really stomped our
hearts out, trying to capture the raw power of an army strong!
Then we yelled through the night, 3 songs were done, and
a late night finally came to an end. Stay tuned...

The Greatest Enemy Photo Session !

Tonight we went far away from the studio with photographer
Katriina Mäkinen, and our mission to get some nice pics to
use for the cover of TGE and future promotional work.
Over 200 pics were taken, and are now under strict
consideration to be picked out for future use.
Here is one pic though, probably not going to be picked,
so get a hold of this rare item :)
If You are curious about Katriina Mäkinens work behind the lens,
check out her myspace at http://www.myspace.com/mz_katriina

Let The Shreddin´ Begin !

Today, Roger and I went to the studio to start recording some guitar solos. I tweaked the guitar sound for a while, and started working on the song "Behind The Wall". After running through the song a couple of times I finally recorded a solo that I´m quite pleased with. Even Roger approved. It contains both melody and some hammer-ons. The latter´s something I haven´t done in years. Later this week we´ll be recording some backing vocals with all the lads gathered in the studio. It´s kind of a busy week so I don´t know if I´ll have the time to record some more on my own.

See Ya!!

/Pete

When All Is Screamed And Done!

It feels kind of weird/nice/sad..



With the help of Peter I recorded my last corrections regarding lead vocals for "The greatest Enemy" last night and I consider myself pretty much done now. We are waiting for one more possible guest vocal appearance on one song and if that one works out, i guess ill have to redo some stuff on that song, we´ll see.. Next week its time for the whole band to show up and record some barking backing vocals, and this upcoming weekend, Peter might be in the studio recording some blistering guitar solos. Have a nice weekend ya´all!

/Fredrik

Ace Of Bass

Conny and I went to the studio this friday, and listened to all the bass tracks he´d recorded previously. We felt we could improve the sound on some song so we re-recorded a couple... More vocals and perhaps o guitarsolo or two later on this week.

Until next time..

/Peter