Back from the tour last month and we’re back to our normal everyday lives. We met some great people along, played with some amazing musicians and most importantly, we had a great time. Check out some of our pics from the tour on our Facebook page to have a taste of what it was like. We also got a new t-shirt design printed just in time for the tour, which is now added to our Merchandise page, where you can buy it using your PayPal account. If you are thinking of buying one, think no more and buy it now cause there are only a few prints left!

Just a week after the tour we also played a show at Rookie’s in Bugibba to end 2009 for Knockturn Alley. Now, a very short break before we start another busy year.

So as we end 2009 here’s a round up of our personal top 5 albums for the year:

Thomas

1. Architects – Hollow Crown
2. Paradise Lost – Faith Divide us – Death Unite Us
3. It Dies Today – Lividity
4. Raised Fist – Veil of ignorance
5. Mastodon – Crack The Skye

Daniel

1. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
2. Darkest Hour – The Eternal Return
3. Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
4. The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate
5. Despised Icon – Day of Mourning

James

1. The Mars Volta – Octahedron
2. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
3. Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
4. Everytime I Die – New Junk Aesthetic
5. Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Clint

1. Architects – Hollow Crown
2. Mastodon – Crack The Skye
3. Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic
4. Raised Fist – Veil of Ignorance
5. Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage

John

1. Dream Theater –  Black Clouds & Silver Linings
2. Mastodon – Crack The Skye
3. Paradise Lost – Faith Divide us – Death Unite Us
4. Killswitch Engage –  Killswitch Engage
5. Katatonia – Night is The New Day

2010
We’re planning on writing new music as soon as we’re back in the rehearsal room and lay our hands on the instruments again. Hopefully we’ll play some of the new stuff in the next show, which, of course is on the 9th of February. For the sixth time running, Pre-Valentine’s Massacre is back! Together with Loathe and Seismic we shall bring you a night of metal frenzy on this yearly event, and those who have been to a Pre-Valentine’s Massacre before know what they’re after. See you very soon at Remedy.

A new page has been recently added to our blog, the review page will feature an updated list of reviews recieved for Medusa.

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!