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Post by Guitar Demon on May 7, 2006 10:05:51 GMT -6
yup, gonna kick ass WINTERSUN, the band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, have posted the following message on their official web site: "We entered the studios [on May 2]. The day went setting up the drums, changing the drumheads, miking the drums, making the basic drumsound and Kai playing too fast all day long (and driving Nino crazy). Jiiiihhaaaaa! [On May 3] we [started] the actual recordings. "In this studio session we will be recording only the drums, rhythm guitars and bass. I [Jari] will continue recording the vocals, solos and synths/samples at my home 'studio'/rehearsal place during the summer. The melody/acoustic guitars I will be recording with Teemu. The mixing will take place in autumn and the release is scheduled for the end of this year. "The album will be called 'Time' and the track titles are: 01. Sons of Winter and Stars 02. Land of Snow and Sorrow 03. Time 04. Fire 05. One with the Shadows 06. Storm 07. Silver Leaves "Seven epic songs and quite long ones, over 65 minutes of material. It's a theme album. The music has some new dimensions, but has also the recognizable 'WINTERSUN style.' So hopefully you will stay patient, the wait will be worth it!"
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on May 7, 2006 21:06:24 GMT -6
sweeeeeeeeeeet
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Post by Guitar Demon on Oct 23, 2006 7:39:08 GMT -6
newest news on this
"We have to inform you that the last three shows which were in Sweden and Norway are not going to happen in the upcoming European tour. AMON AMARTH are heading straight from Europe to support CHILDREN OF BODOM in their American tour and this is the reason. We are very sorry for this but it wasn't in our hands and we hope to play some Scandinavian shows in the near future. Also the Ragnarok festival that was supposed to be in May 2007 is cancelled.
"The reason for cancelling this festival is because we have booked Sonic Pump studios to mix the new album with Nino Laurenne in May 2007. The schedule for releasing the second album, 'Time', hasn't been able to hold for many reasons and some of them has been really delaying and slowing down the recording process. And when the recording couldn't [be] finish[ed] in the schedule also the mixing had to be cancelled and re-scheduled. Jari is still working very hard to finish the album and to make the best possible second release for WINTERSUN.
"The release date is now planned to be somewhere in August 2007 but I promise that the wait will be worth it! We are very sorry for this delay! Have patience."
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Post by Requiem on Oct 23, 2006 11:26:52 GMT -6
I will wait.........sadly its the only thing I can do
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on Oct 23, 2006 12:38:00 GMT -6
hey im guessing someone here has wintersun and i cant find it anywhere can some one share the wealth? i shall repay you
aim: blindhitman666 msn: rabbifoodslicer@yahoo.com
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Post by MorbidGuitar on Oct 23, 2006 13:41:11 GMT -6
yea, its sooooo gooood. hit me on msn sometime
Im lookin foreward to the new album too!
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on Nov 5, 2006 0:29:45 GMT -6
wintersun officially owns all...yes everything and now that ive listened to the whole album more than once through makes me want more...even more
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Post by Requiem on Feb 21, 2007 14:08:36 GMT -6
It is almost Time for the new album jk we still have months of waiting
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Post by MorbidGuitar on Nov 20, 2007 6:50:48 GMT -6
when is this supposed to be released? did i misread that saying the end of '06?
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on Nov 20, 2007 8:57:49 GMT -6
apparently pushed off till 2008 according to MA
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on Apr 11, 2008 9:49:33 GMT -6
older news from official site 17.04.2007 News update The mix has been cancelled and the release of "Time" is delayed even more. I´m sorry to disappoint everyone...again, but the album is not gonna be released this year. And unfortunately Nino has the Sonic Pump Studios booked full for this year, so we might have to think of something else.
Reason for this delay is that, I´ve set the bar really high on this album, but my equipment aren´t even close what I need to work faster. I have to push the gear what I have to the limits to get the best out of them and I have to do a LOT of workarounds which is very time consuming. Then all the thousand technical problems added into the mix isn´t helping. Basically every piece of gear has been broken at one time or another during the making of this album, feels like there´s a curse. Takes ages to solve the problems and send the stuff back and forth making the warranty changes. All this has made me very frustrated and un-inspired. Hasn´t helped with my stress about the deadlines either, slowing me even more. I work the best when I´m happy and lots of times I haven´t been. It´s been the most difficult record to make in my life. The album is very huge, I don´t know if it´s gonna fit even in the 74 minutes of a CD. The track count is very high, about 200 tracks per song. So it´s almost like two albums in one (or three Slayer albums ). But I´m gonna finish this, no matter what.
Now some update of the album progress: All the drums, bass and all guitars (rhythms/melodys/solos and acoustics) has been recorded (probably some add ons will be recorded when the synths and vocals are done). Then I´ve pretty much finished with the intro, that I´ve decided to include on the album. Really atmospheric and huge with some magical Japanese influences. I´ve also started to compose and arrange the synths. I´m trying to avoid the basic (and boring) layering chord stuff and create something really cool to boost the magic of the songs into new dimensions. I haven´t been able to start singing yet, because my preamp and mike "died", but hopefully soon I can. There´s been a demand to know what is going on, so there we have it. Unfortunately the news ain´t always good.
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Post by MorbidGuitar on Apr 11, 2008 16:32:55 GMT -6
That news is from a year ago! And yet, we still see nothing from them.
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Post by MorbidGuitar on Oct 21, 2008 15:04:25 GMT -6
WTF is going on with these guys? This is almost as bad as GnR (or YourEnvy ). That first post about the new album was from May 2006, and the date has been "pushed ahead" constantly ever since. Now its apparently supposed to be done in january 2009. He quit Ensiferum to go full force with wintersun, and cancelled all their shows in order to record, so how could he possibly account for three years of delays? Last update on their website was in 2007. Maybe he got a job at Mcdonalds and sold his guitars for crack.
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Post by rabbifoodslicer on Oct 21, 2008 21:26:53 GMT -6
hahaha maybe...maybe...you never know
what i want to know is how the fuck you survive with that kinda money? like the kind that doesnt exist!
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Post by MorbidGuitar on Mar 1, 2009 1:33:08 GMT -6
WINTERSUN Pulls Out Of SUMMER BREEZE, BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festivals - Feb. 28, 2009 WINTERSUN, the Finnish band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, has has cancelled its previously announced appearanes at the Summer Breeze (August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany) and Bloodstock Open Air (August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England) festivals.
Mäenpää's statement on the matter reads as follows:
"There has come again unexpected problems with technology, which will make finishing the new WINTERSUN album] 'Time' even more harder than it has been. Which will delay it even more. There's also some personal problems concerning my apartment.
"Because of all the problems, I have fallen under a serious amounts of stress, which is sometimes causing me 'writer's blocks.' This album making is now turned into such a 'risky business' that I have no choice but to cancel [WINTERSUN's appearances at] Summer Breeze and Bloodstock [festivals]. "The thing is, the album has to be done first, before we can play any shows. Playing just old songs after many years isn't something we want to do and what probably no one wants to see.
"After the album has been mixed, I need to mix again a 'backuptrack live mix' (of the synths and orchestrations). Then we have to, of course, practice the new songs and arrange them into 'live format' (especially mine and Teemu's guitar parts). We also need to update our humble live gear.
"All these arrangements take time, so we don't want to risk it, that we might have to cancel the shows last minute. It must be done now and put finishing the album the number one priority. After the album is done, we will start booking shows again.
"I know there's lots of disappointed people and I have to apologize. But I hope that you'll understand my decision under these circumstances. I have to put the album first and finish it before we play any shows. Thanks for listening!"
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