Ghost Reveries Session diary

Then it was time for the new kid on the block, Per! He'd brought his 2 Nord-electro keyboards, one which is basically used for all the organs and electric pianos and one which is used for the moog type of sounds and effects. We had a old sampler of Mellotron sounds that are really great! We used the Chamberlain mellotrons the most even though the old "shouting lady" samples also made its way onto the record. By this stage everything sounded marvellous and I was sure we'd made it in terms of making a great record, but I was still slightly worried, or maybe excited rather for the vocals. They usually change everything so drastically that it's scary. Anyways, I started with the clean vocals and Jens started mixing at the same time. The first song I recorded was "The baying of the hounds" and I was on form...sounded really good. The vocal lines sounded way different from before and I guess I'd be holding back too much where I should have just fucking wailed. Singing for me is very mentally charged. I gotta feel good to sing good so I went through some stages of singing pretty bad I guess but hard work pays off in the end, and I can truly say this recording is my best performance ever!

The screams we're a blast. I can't wait to see the footage (Yes, documentary again courtesy of Fredrik Odefjärd) of me screaming my balls off.

I literally went insane. I guess the old death metal blues is still in me after all these years and I get excited when confronted with some evil lyrics. Really, it was a blast recording this record over all, but I guess our skin is a lot thicker now since we've done the D&D albums! The mix by Jens is majestic and it's sonically by far the best record we have ever done. I tell you, this guy is going places...he's 25 years old and he's better than everyone I've ever worked with! Insane!!! Well, I guess that's it for now...C ya!!