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!

Temple Studios

This week we have been trying to figure out the order of the tracks on the album. We already have an idea of how this is gonna be but of course this will be confirmed once the recording is complete. Those who have been attending our latest gigs might be familiar with some of the songs to be included on the album, these are:

• Deadly Twist of Fate
• The Sinner, The Martyr
• This Silence Is A Threat
• Under A Godlike Sun

Of course we will be playing these tracks in the coming shows. Together with the tracks mentioned above, the album will also feature 4 brand new songs, plus 2 instrumentals. The title of the album and the track listing will be announced in the coming weeks so stay alert for the coming posts. We will also be uploading images and video clips from our recording sessions at Temple Studios.

On a different note… Pre-Valentine Massacre 5 is confirmed and Knockturn Alley together with Loathe and a supporting band will be playing at Remedy in this annual, much awaited gig. More information together with a flyer will follow soon . So remember to mark your calendars and keep the night of 9th February free and hope to see you there!

For all those who have been following our music for the last few years you might remember our first recording; a 3-track promo CD entitled “The Dream is Dead” which included the tracks “Pitfall to Oblivion”, “Dreading The Day” and “The Apocalypse Conspiracy”. For those who haven’t been following our music and are curious enough to check out what we sounded like back then, check out our myspace page on www.myspace.com/knockturnalley. This was recorded in May 2006 at Temple Studios, Mistra, Malta.

This time we decided to go for a full length album, again recorded at Temple Studios. In the coming weeks we should upload more info like the name of the album, track list and very soon the artwork. For the past months we have been working very hard in order to make it on time with the new songs. Although we played a couple of shows, since James joined the band we were more focused on writing new music which will be featured on our new album.

Last summer we had the opportunity to play at Malta’s biggest metal event of the year, the Extreme Maltese Metal festival with local bands Beheaded, Loathe, Slit together with Greek thrashers The Source and many others. On that night we played one of our latest tracks, This Silence is a Threat which you can find on Youtube.com or just scroll down. It’s not the whole song but should be enough to get an idea until we release the new album.

So, it’s all set. 29th November we will be recording the first part for the album and on the 9th of January 2009 we will be recording the rest which should take us until somewhere close to the end of the month. More updates coming soon plus some video clips from the studio too.