www.knockturnalleyband.com » cypher http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog Knockturn Alley Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:40:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 After the Massacre http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/after-the-massacre/ http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/after-the-massacre/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:28:28 +0000 admin http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/?p=134 Once again, our yearly gig Pre-Valentine Massacre, which was organised together with Loathe, proved to be a successful one. Knockturn Alley would like to thank Cypher, Loathe, Remedy Club and Steve (the soundman) for making this possible but most of all, we would like to thank everyone who attended the show and made it a great [...]]]> Once again, our yearly gig Pre-Valentine Massacre, which was organised together with Loathe, proved to be a successful one. Knockturn Alley would like to thank Cypher, Loathe, Remedy Club and Steve (the soundman) for making this possible but most of all, we would like to thank everyone who attended the show and made it a great one. Anyone who was at the show and has any photos from the night should feel free to forward them to us on the band’s email or via our myspace page.

As mentioned in a previous post we played Epilogue (Cities Burn) for the first time and as promised here are the lyrics for this song. The song, whose lyrics were written by Dimitris, talks about the riots recently occuring in major cities in Greece. Again we posted the video clip from the riots, for you to enjoy while reading the lyrics.

The Album
In the meantime we are preparing ourselves for our debut album launch which should be happening somewhere between the end of April and beginning of May. We cannot be sure of dates yet as the album is still in the process of mixing and mastering, and of course then comes the cd replication, artwork printing etc. The launch gig is already in the planning stages though, and talks for a supporting band have already started; we should be able to confirm the supporting band in the coming weeks.

Epilogue (Cities Burn)
Wake up in absolute blindness
In this hour of rage
Unleash your hate
Nothing is left to fear
Nothing is left to…
Rage flowing under our skins
Murderers of a new world order
Destroyers of our dreams
Modernised societies
Breeding apathy
For values long forgotten
We are drawn into decay
Burn them down
So we can rebuild from the ashes
Bring them down
Chaos in their well protected control
Free from fear
Free from the horror
Is this freedom an elusive dream?
The hopelessly enslaved are the ones who falsely believe that they are free

]]> http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/after-the-massacre/feed/ 0 Recording Complete http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/recording-complete/ http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/recording-complete/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:26:13 +0000 admin http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/?p=109 It's been a while since we have updated this blog, but of course, the past few weeks have been quite busy and we were spending more and more time at the studio. Well, if we didn't, we wouldn't have anything to put up here no? After finishing the recording of the drums about 2 weeks ago, Daniel started recording his bass on all the tracks. Thomas and James followed with ...]]> It’s been a while since we have updated this blog, but of course, the past few weeks have been quite busy and we were spending more and more time at the studio. Well, if we didn’t, we wouldn’t have anything to put up here no?

After finishing the recording of the drums about 2 weeks ago, Daniel started recording his bass on all the tracks. Thomas and James followed with the guitar work (thanks Peavey amps) before Clint did the vocals for all the tracks to our upcoming album. Doing the vocals was a fun thing; we all took part as we did some backings and came up with some really cool stuff. Having all the music in place gave us an idea of what it’s all gonna sound like even prior to mixing and mastering. We’re very glad and excited with the results and we can’t wait to have everything done and upload our first track on myspace. David Vella and Cedric Vella from Temple Studios did a great job in producing the album, and the results are excellent. Take a look at some clips from the recording in the video below. Mixing should start on the 23rd of February, and again, David Vella will be in charge of this. This should take a couple of days, and the tracks are then sent to Hangar 18 Studios in Sweden, to get the mastering done. We will keep you posted with any updates, until the mastering is complete.

Gig Coming up

On Monday the 9th February we are hitting the stage together with Loathe and Cypher at Remedy club in Paceville to take part in Pre-Valentine Massacre 5. Together with some older songs, we will be performing 5 songs from our upcoming CD including Epilogue (Cities Burn), a brand new track, so make sure not to miss out on this one!

 

]]> http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/02/recording-complete/feed/ 0 Drums recording complete. Flyer for PVM5. http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/01/drums-recording-complete-flyer-for-pvm5/ http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/2009/01/drums-recording-complete-flyer-for-pvm5/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:10:05 +0000 admin http://knockturnalleyband.com/blog/?p=101 First part is complete. The first 3 days of the past week, Dimitris has been recording the drums for all the tracks. We can say that we’re very satisfied with the way it all sounds. This puts us a step forward in the recording phase and we can’t wait till the whole thing is ready. On Monday Daniel will be starting the bass, and by the end of the week we should have all the music...]]> First part is complete. The first 3 days of the past week, Dimitris has been recording the drums for all the tracks. We can say that we’re very satisfied with the way it all sounds. This puts us a step forward in the recording phase and we can’t wait till the whole thing is ready. On Monday Daniel will be starting the bass, and by the end of the week we should have all the music recorded, when Clint will start recording the vocals the following week. Below are some pics from the studio, just before Dimitris started recording the tracks.

Pre-Valentine Massacre V
As promised…here is the flyer for the Pre-Valentine Massacre V.

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