Hello!
Spring is finally here, the sun is shining, the air is fine…and we’re closed in the studio!
Anyway, the song “electro” (workin’ title…you know) is done and I can say it is very good (ok, I think it is great but it’d sound a little bit pretentious, so…). It is a 7:50 minutes long piece in which you can find almost every ingredient of our sound. Like some electronic sounds, some Spanish-like guitars, some very heavy stuff, some funky stuff, odd time signatures, and other things …All in that song, and to me, it works very well…sometimes more is more….oh and probably it is our first song in years with the chorus in a major key…curious

So another song completed from the white board!!

The next one is called “Mumble Mumble” (Someone asked me why I choose that workin’ title when I wrote it…can’t remember now), it is a more “direct” song in terms of length, about 5 minutes, but with a very weird time signature …For musicians interested in those kind of things, the main verses are like: 7/8 + 7/8 + 7/8 + 15/16 ….pretty sick…for us at least
Devilnax has finished the cover image for “In Crescendo” and it looks very beautiful and…diverse. You’ll see.

Spring is finally here, the sun is shining, the air is fine…and It’s time to stop writing and go outside….CIAO!

P.S.: Don’t forget to check the video “Episode VI” (these videos are edited by Cristian, our Keyboard player, so thanks to him)

At this link :   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npE4C1A-5Ww

(Diego Cafolla) 

Hi Folks!
Back again, and “Morning Rain” is finally finished.
We had some extra work this month… Thundra and I are finishing the new recording studio…The “Sound Under Pressure” studio is moving to a bigger and nicer place, as you’ll soon see…
Devilnax, Cirstian, Thundra, and myself, last week met Mauro Marani of Insign Creative Lab, who is the guy who directed the videoclip for the song “Evasion” . We talked to him about some ideas for the new video. He immediately got the main “vibe”, and just started coming up with great ideas for it. So, I think we’re headed in the right direction to do something interesting on the visual side. In the meantime Devilnax started working on the artwork, shooting weird photos, and doing other curious stuff with eggs…those creative artists sometimes go a little bit psycho…

We just listened to the pre-productions trying to figure out how the music could be represented visually. And we ended up with a bunch of weird ideas…I have to confess that it probably won’t be your typical Prog Metal artwork (even if, let me say, I honestly don’t think we’re a “Prog Metal” band in the classic sense of the word)…but the idea is interesting. We have to look at the real thing to know if it works in the real world .
Giampiero Ulacco is workin’ hard on the mix of the first song. Usually I let him work alone for a first version of the mix, then I’ll listen to it and join the process, suggesting changes and other weird stuff (I know he’d say “breaking balls” hehehe…)


You know, we’re waiting for it with a little bit of curiosity, mixed with anxiety and anticipation (of knowing how the record is going to sound …). Anyway, as said, we started another song titled “Electro” (on the “infamous” whiteboard of course….see previous posts for more info). It is the longest track beside the “Suite” (it is about 7:30 in length) and one of the weirdest in terms of structure and key changes… Anyway, I think it’ll be very funny (hard??) to play live... you know, the harder it is to play, the more fun you have, at least when you play it well.
So we have another video Episode…you’ll catch with your ears, a glimpse of “Morning Rain”...but you’ll have to wait for the record to hear the whole thing I guess…
See ya’…
(Diego Cafolla)

VIDEO EPISODE "V": In Crescendo - Making of (episode V)