Update on Tabula Rasa?

[RedCriss]

I just wanted to check if there are any news on the new album? Are all of the separately recorded parts already put together to entire songs?

Can we expect some teaser in the near future? Otherwise it would be a very long wait until March/April... :huh:

Cheers!
Criss

[Pelle Åkerlind]

Hi there!

I guess we have been lazy when it comes to keeping you updated...
Everything is recorded now and sent to Johan (the engineer, not mr bass...:grin: ) who will add the last vocals to the rest of the songs.
I'm really looking forward to hear all the finished songs. It's been a while now since the music was mixed and I hardly remember what it all sounded like... :)

I can't guarantee that there will be any teasers available but I'll see what I can do... :p

[SantaP87]

Oh:happy: that's sounds great. Can't wait to hear finished results.


I'm really looking forward to hear all the finished songs. It's been a while now since the music was mixed and I hardly remember what it all sounded like...

It means that will be surprise for you too? :grin:

[Khemra]

Hi there!

I guess we have been lazy when it comes to keeping you updated...
Everything is recorded now and sent to Johan (the engineer, not mr bass...:grin: ) who will add the last vocals to the rest of the songs.
I'm really looking forward to hear all the finished songs. It's been a while now since the music was mixed and I hardly remember what it all sounded like... :)

I can't guarantee that there will be any teasers available but I'll see what I can do... :p

Tack!!
Great news. Can't wait to hear the new songs.
Any shows in Germany or Sweden planned for 2009 so far???

[RedCriss]

I'm really looking forward to hear all the finished songs.
So are we! :)

As soon as I know the release date, I'll start to count the days...

Thanks for the update!

By the way, again the wrong avatar (didn't you tell us you're god) :grin:

[Pelle Åkerlind]

I'm not smart enough to find the right avatar... :grin:

[RedCriss]

oh, I guess you are smart enough, otherwise you couldn't come up with amazing drum patterns... but maybe you don't want to make it obvious for anyone, so you hide like the wolf in sheepskin... right? :)

[Pelle Åkerlind]

Ok, here's the ugly wolf... :grin:

[Khemra]

Ok, here's the ugly wolf... :grin:

Oh my God, please, NOOO!!
I can't stand that. I want the old avatar back *gg*
:D :D :D


Nah, it's a nice one

[SantaP87]

Ok, here's the ugly wolf... :grin:

Oh no, why ugly? Great one! Powerfull, focused, strong... and concentrated on something :grin:
I have feeling that you watching at something interesting :huh: what's there? :grin:

[RedCriss]

something interesting? probably in the audience... :)

Great pic, much better than the anonymous "god" would have been!

[Pelle Åkerlind]

I'm not looking at anything, just trying to look cool. Failing miserably as usual... :grin:

[Pelle Åkerlind]

By the way...
I have the full Tabula rasa here now... :grin:

I just hope that you'll like it as much as I do.

Cheers!

[RedCriss]

By the way...
I have the full Tabula rasa here now... :grin:

I just hope that you'll like it as much as I do.
Hm... give us a sample and we'll tell you... :D

I think we will like it... can you tell us how many songs are on the album? 10? 11? I'm just curious...

[Khemra]

I have feeling that you watching at something interesting :huh: what's there? :grin:

Probably the nice chicks in the front-row? *lol* :D :D

[Pelle Åkerlind]

There are 10 songs on the album. 11 on the japanese version.

[RedCriss]

Well, then I'll have to search for the japanese version... :)

[Urban breed]

Well, then I'll have to search for the japanese version... :)
Tsk, tsk... *shakes finger*
Haven't I told you all how Bonus Tracks are nothing if not a truly bad idea?
If there's a version of an album with fewer tracks out there then that's the one you should get.
The more tracks you take out the higher the overall quality.

[RedCriss]

If there's a version of an album with fewer tracks out there then that's the one you should get.
The more tracks you take out the higher the overall quality.
Are you gonna tell us that a song with your voice on it is not high quality??? :unsure:

hm... strange... thought that every of your songs is worth listening to... but good to know that it's not... :grin:

Seriously, sometimes bonus tracks do not really make an album better... when you told me the 2nd cd of MotD just contains songs of several other bands, I lost my interest and just ordered the original.

Some time before christmas I was at a local record store and found 'Operation Mindcrime' for just € 4,99. As I didn't had this album yet, I immediately bought it - including two bonus tracks. And though I spin it quite often, I listened to the bonus tracks only once...

On the other hand, I really like the bonus track on Serenity's 'Fallen Sanctuary'...

[Frod]

Tsk, tsk... *shakes finger*
Haven't I told you all how Bonus Tracks are nothing if not a truly bad idea?
If there's a version of an album with fewer tracks out there then that's the one you should get.
The more tracks you take out the higher the overall quality.

This makes no sense does it?
So what you are saying is that you should not get the album with bonus tracks (more tracks).

Then you say that the quality will be better with more tracks.
If that would be the case I would believe the bonus track-album would have better quality. But, what makes the quality change between albums of different number of tracks?

Well, you are probably just writing something that makes no sense, you probably mean that the record without the bonus tracks would have better quality, due to exclusion of the bonus tracks.

[Frod]

oh shit, ok, "the more tracks you can take out"... that is exclude... so "more" is less. I get it, but, the reason for the higher quality can not be due to physical characteristics of the CD anyway.

[Pelle Åkerlind]

Well, it looks like Urban finally have gotten into drinking alcohol becouse the bonus track is the pearl in this albums oyster! The level of songwriting in this masterpiece is beyond fantastic and I'll probably end up earning a fortune once the radio stations get this golden puppy spinning... :grin:

[RedCriss]

Well, it looks like Urban finally have gotten into drinking alcohol
No way, I can't believe that... :)

the bonus track is the pearl in this albums oyster! The level of songwriting in this masterpiece is beyond fantastic and I'll probably end up earning a fortune once the radio stations get this golden puppy spinning... :grin:
I'll keep my fingers crossed! :excl:

[HE££Rai$er]

Hey Pelle, any release date confirmed yet?

[Pelle Åkerlind]

Hey Pelle, any release date confirmed yet?

Eh... I think so but I'm the drummer so I don't have a clue about anything as usual... :grin:

[RedCriss]

Ok, no problem... just let us pass the question on to the other bandmembers :grin:

[Bool]

As for the Tabula Rasa release date - take a look here, guys:
http://www.rockreport.be/releases.asp
It's scheduled for 26th of April and you can view the cover:)

And as for the bonus tracks.. Perhaps it's true the less tracks the better album. There are exceptions, though. One of them is Hardline 'Double Eclipse' - bonus track in Japanese version roxxxxx. I think (some of) you guys like the album since Urban included 'Rhythm from a red car' in his 'setlist' (in a different topic..) :)

[RedCriss]

As for the Tabula Rasa release date - take a look here, guys:
http://www.rockreport.be/releases.asp
It's scheduled for 26th of April and you can view the cover:)

And as for the bonus tracks.. Perhaps it's true the less tracks the better album. There are exceptions, though. One of them is Hardline 'Double Eclipse' - bonus track in Japanese version roxxxxx. I think (some of) you guys like the album since Urban included 'Rhythm from a red car' in his 'setlist' (in a different topic..) :)
Ah yes, thanks, just checked it... and the cover again shows the mascot from Nosferatu and Book of the Dead. On the new cover the way the head is placed reminds me somewhat of Iron Maiden's Eddie. Has "he" already also a name or shall we just call him "bloodbound's mascot"? :)

Bonus tracks? The limited edition of Tabula Rasa will contain a video called "A year with Bloodbound". The crucial question now is: is it worth watching? :grin:

[Urban breed]

I think (some of) you guys like the album since Urban included 'Rhythm from a red car' in his 'setlist' (in a different topic..) :)
I may well be the only one in the band that knows that song.
(Not counting Fredrik, the go to guy whenever you want to know anything about an artist/album.)