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Don’t deny the signs…

They are getting more and more obvious by the second…

A few things…

Instead of “regular” posts here I have made a few smaller updates (that’s why they aren’t here) over at our forums, so I suggest you go there and absorb them.

Obstacles are meant to be conquered.

And we will naturally conquer them. It’s very fucken sad, but my personal guitar hero Mike Wead has been forced to step down from the soloing on the coming album. Mike’s been doing solos for us over the last few albums and there’s really no other way to say it than to admit he’s one of the best fucken guitarists ever. So, why isn’t he doing it this time, though that was the plan? It’s not becoz he doesn’t want to, coz he sure does, it’s becoz he’s extremely busy schedule is preventing him from it. I understand it completely. Mike’s been doing this for us for a bunch of years and he’s never gotten a single penny for it. He’s done it becoz he’s the best fucken guy around and he really enjoys what we do with TPH, and he obviously raises the quality of what we do in the process. When you do mixing and mastering, gigs with King Diamond, running your own band etc… It’s quite clear you need to focus on what actually brings some money into the household when your schedule is as busy as his is. I am very fine with it and I support his decision a thousand percent. And to hear Mike say “if you ever need anything from me on another album, just ask, if I have the time you know I will do it gladly” is just awesome. But we’ll have to do without Mike this time.

But fear not. I got back up plans as always, haha…

I am talking to my fellow friends and respected guitarists (you already know the superhero from Candlemass, Lasse Johansson, is on board) to see if they wanna help out here be a part of the greatest moment in TPH history. Be sure there will be guitar solos. And be sure they will be amazing. That’s what we do.

I will now continue to work on the album and wait for the remaining vocals from J and Ruby as well as the completed drums from Dirk. Trust me when I say this shit is on another level. I can’t stress that enough.

You will see.

These beautiful mornings…

Have been sitting since around 5 this rainy Saturday morning, working in-depth with tons of stuff for the album, like I usually do. Thing is, it’s very hard to explain what we are creating becoz this one is so complex. There’s such a clear vision with this whole package and it’s coming together piece by piece now. To hear the tunes with Jörgen and Ruby is just amazing. It’s one thing to imagine what the vocals will sound like when I plan their sections – it’s a completely new ball game when you actually get to hear them within the songs, the way they work with each other. This is just on a completely different level compared to what we have done in the past. And don’t even get me started on Dirk’s performance on those goddamn drums… You will see.

At the time of creating “BTNA” it was a huge, huge step up compared to previous albums, both composing wise and playing wise. To compare “TCRA” to that one is like taking one huge step up to the top of Mount Everest whereas “BTNA” was walking up a decent sized hill. And fuck knows “BTNA” is no joke in any area. But this one, this beast is just something else. I can’t wait until you experience it first hand.

Since you guys are the ones making this album possible by donating to THE TPH DONATION EXPERIMENT, I always felt I could do more with this album, simply becoz I believe you deserve it. I am almost there now.

There’s still quite some work left before this one will be mixed though, but I am allowing this to take the time it needs. I am not rushing anything. With all the work put in, it would be utterly stupid to settle for anything but the best. It’s been something like 18 months since “BTNA” came out, so it’s not like we are taking a long time to come up with an album like this. You will be amazed with the result. I guarantee it. If not, well – then you never liked us in the first place.

Now, if you excuse me, I have to go back to work on this masterpiece. I am on a mission.

Well, fuck me sideways – things are moving forwards big time!

With a title like that to draw you into reading this I need to have something to deliver too, huh? And I do. Dirk just nailed the last rack for the album, which means his work is fucken DONE! And what a performance he’s put in. You will see. And on top of that, Ruby just handed over her latest tune as well, meaning she’s not far from being done either. Fantastic. That’s how it sounds too – fantastic. And I have been working with quite a bunch of things over the last few weeks and today I went over everything closely in headphones. It all sounds majestic. As I have mentioned before I will continue to work with some details until the very end, making sure I get every single thing as perfect as possible. It’s a beautiful process. I will also continue to work on the promo videos since I have quite some material for it already, but I have no idea when you’ll get to see it. Just hang in there and it will come.

One step at the time, we are nearing completion. If you wanna hear this absolute monster when it’s done – click this link and find out what you need to do.

TCRA…