THUNDERSTONE: New studiodiary entry, video available!

THUNDERSTONE has issued a studiodiary from the recordings of their 5th album:

"First of all, sorry about the delay in writing this. It has been a hectic two weeks and all of it in a nasty autumn flu.

Anyway, on the first weekend of October I flew from London to Helsinki as it was my turn to lay down some tracks for the upcoming Thunderstone album. I flew in a day earlier with a 38, 5 degree fever and a constantly running nose, which also meant that during the descent I practically became deaf. Resting for a day opened my left ear but I still could hear only a bit with my right one when I stepped into the studio. Not the best possible beginning, huh?

Obviously, there wasn’t much I could have done with the ear issue, but I could have refrained from the typical Finnish booze mayhem the night before the actual recording day… I remember being so happy (and writing about it in the previous studio diary) that I wasn’t hung over during the Evolution 4.0 recordings. Now I was not only hung over like a troll, but also in a fever. Imagine how great I felt when the red light went on and the ‘tape’ started rolling…

Thanks to strong British flu medicine and a relaxed schedule the day turned out to be ok, however. It had been quite a while since I’d heard the first versions of the new songs and there was one schlager that was completely new, so it took me a while to get my chops straight. At the same time I really felt ‘in touch’ with the songs, as they are stuff that I really like. Hold on to your horses, folks! There’s going to be some killer riffery on this one!

We laid down bass tracks for five songs and on the second day also finished some songs that we had as leftovers from the ‘summer camp’ in July. I used my basic gear, a list of which you can see below. All in all, despite a feverish start, the session turned out to be a lot of fun and we actually got a decent amount of playing done. I will return to the studio in November to record the remaining tracks. Until then: Drink beer and get naked (although when it’s cold, don’t do it outside, or you’ll end up with a fever like me…)!

-Titus-"

Recording new album 2008