All vocals done. All rhythm guitars done save for one chorus. Tomorrow’s the day for acoustics and solos, i.e. the fun stuff, hopefully 
Looks like we’ll get everything done by Tuesday and have a the shit mastered on Friday, already booked a session at Finnvox. Feeling relieved! The new songs kick so much ass!
Stay tuned,
Jari / Embreach
Another day, another practice session. Today, we pretty much finalized 2 of the songs (to avoid spoilers, let’s call ‘em Alpha and Beta) structure-wise. Now it’s just a matter of fine-tuning the guitar and bass lines, throwing in some mad drum licks and writing a couple of missing vocal hooks. Alpha is going to be an all-out, no-questions-asked opening track for the album while Beta is slightly slower and darker, possibly with a glimmer of hope thrown in for good measure.
Along with these two tracks, we practiced Gamma, which nearly wasn’t going to make the album, but after a couple of new ideas it’s now one of the best tracks we’ve ever come up with. It’s modern metal up front, but under the hood there’s a huge chorus full of despair (and not just pretty vocals) and a middle section that’s truly hypnotic.
Last but not least, we’re going to be polishing a true gem: Delta. We haven’t played this one in ages, so it’s going to take some practice to get it flowing again. A pretty epic track all in all, with great melodies to boot and an atmosphere hard to beat.
Tomorrow morning, I’m off to a luthier with 2 electric guitars, 1 acoustic and a bass in the trunk. By the end of this week, we’ll hopefully have all the songs in perfect working order, instruments fine-tuned to perfection and a relaxing and inspirational weekend ahead of us.
Unsurprisingly,
Jari / Embreach
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