Just checking in
posted on 12 Jan 2005 under category News
Been rather busy with label work and such, and basking in the glory of the Websingle release which seems to be fairly well-received. I’m rather happy that my little experiment came off so well. Between mp3 and FLAC versions I moved about 50 of them in about 2-3 days - which is pretty damn good by underground standards.
WHAT’S UP WITH CRIMSON FROST? - Aerik will be recording vox on the last two tracks this weekend it seems, with previews available late next week, I think (but more on that in a second). Release probably won’t be until February, though, because we’re looking at doing something better than the hand-made CDR stuff, like maybe springing for pro-duplicated CDRs with full packaging. I just received a release that came like this a few weeks ago (thanks Axman!) and it was rather inspiring.
WHAT’S AFTER CRIMSON FROST? - two EPs and Letters from Hell. Probably in that order. Aerik and I have both decided we want LFH to be the DEFINITIVE Rampage album, showcasing the best we can do. That’ll take a lot of work, which Aerik is almost done with his first share of. So, while we let that cook, we’ll do the two EPs: we’ve pretty much decided that Misogyny… will get a sequel, and Aerik’s given me a lot of lyrics for that already, and then of course the aborted split. This one won’t really be thematic, just a collection of songs, probably showcasing a speedier side of us since most everything else we’ll do would vaguely fall into doom.
Anything else? Yes - the Venom split I thought I was doing most likely won’t happen as originally conceived, but will happen. I’ve just started recording bass tracks for Chemikiller, and I should be doing the production/mixing work on the Death Beast album pretty soon (Vocals are proceeding slowly but surely).
(This post reminds me of two things that I knew happened but had forgotten the circumstances around - the cancellation of the Megiddo/Rampage split Venom tribute and the time I tried, unsuccesfully, to record bass for Chemikiller. Strangely, the resolution of each would come together with the Chemikiller/Rampage split tribute to Venom. Funny how life works sometimes.
Also, Letters From Hell comes up again, which now sadly looks like it will never happen under that particular conception. At least not as a Vic/Aerik partnership. I still feel like there’s a future ‘perfect’ Rampage album out there somewhere, though, and one day sooner rather than later I’m going to start working on it.)