DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 17/18

Dear diary,

Sorry for not posting the last two days, but the second I got back home (= you relax) the cold I've been fighting the last week struck out in full bloom and I got sick as a dog with really high fever, nausea & pretty bad muscle pains.

Recordings resume monday, so please check back then.

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 16

This man is sex personified.

Dear diary,

You'll never guess what we did today? We recorded guitars & vocals! Yes, it's true! We now have a total of 5 whole days left to complete EVERYTHING and there's tons of work left to be done, so things are gonna get hectic to say the least.
We've also discovered that the bass is slightly out of tune on one track (which you don't really notice until you start putting guitars on top of it), which means it needs to be redone, which means time will be lost setting everything up to try and get the same sound as we had before (believe me, it's not just to set everything up and think "Yeah, the mics were kinda standing like this". When you're close-micing a cabinet every milimeter and slightest angle of the mic changes the sound). Then of course there's the actual playing & recording.

For various reasons we're taking a break during the weekend and I think it'll do everyone good cause right now everybody's pretty pooped. You're just mentally exhausted from all the hard work. So hopefully we'll resume monday morning with the new found strength needed to pull some late shifts the last few days.


This sounded exactly as how it looks; interesting.
Believe it or not, there's actually thought behind this setup.

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 15

Dear diary,

Todays entry will be quite short as I have a cold that just won't quit. Feel like complete poo every other day only to feel almost back to normal the next. Up and down, up and down.. quite irritating I must say.
Anyway, the day went as follows; Did guitars. Did vocals. Ate salad. Insulted each other with extreme profanities (as we always do). Spoke to each other in fake german accent. All the regular everyday studio stuff.
The guitars for Exoskeleton Pt.II and the drum/bass-less track are now completely done, and I think they're done for a third yet untitled track too. The vocals for said untitled track are also pretty much done I think.

Tomorrow: More guitars & vocals! Yaaaay!

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 14

Captain's Log, stardate 23.9, rounded off to the... nearest decimal point. We've... traveled back in time to save an ancient species from... total annihilation. SO FAR... no... signs of aquatic life, but I'm GOING to find it. If I have to tear this universe another black hole, I'm going to find it. I've... GOT TO, MISTER!

Finished up (almost) all the guitars for Exoskeleton Pt. II and the intro (we seem to be stuck on those two songs) and that was pretty much it.
We actually re-did all of Fredrik's Fender guit overdubs as we weren't really that happy with the sound (after many hours in the studio your judgement isn't at it's best), and I'm glad we did cause we managed to get a sound that instantly made me and Tommi look up at each other with big happy loving smiles.

Also hooked up one of Bengt's toys - a Fender amp and a really old beat up Pearl cabinet with just a 12" driver in it for some other flava and it sounds suprisingly good.
It's also funny how ones preference can change so heavily over the years. 10 years ago the sound of a Big Muff made everybody go "Yaaaay!", now it's 9 times out of 10 "Nay!". We've tried it many many times during these sessions but each time we skip on it.. I think it's been used like maybe one time or something, and I don't think it'll get much more use either. Just too much mud and flabby low end for my taste.

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 13

Dear diary,

Recorded vocals for the albums intro and guits & vox for a so far untitled drum & bass-less track (all other tracks are 100% drum & bass techno music - we do everything for the kids). Vocal-wise there's definetely a whole lot more harmonies going on than in the past. If you're heard Exoskeleton Pt. II you know what I mean, but don't worry, I think the majority of tracks will have the patented balls out Yoda vocal stylings of mister Fredrik Nordin intact. So it's not all just for ze girls.

The whole weekend has gone by at a pretty moderate tempo, managed to get a respectable amount of work done without getting stress-induced ulcers. Yay!
Tomorrow we're starting with the fun stuff guits - meaning harmonies, solos and allround weird overdubs and after lunch it's vocal time again.

And lastly, if all goes as planned, a very special guest will appear on the album laying down vocals. I don't wanna say too much, but it's definetely on the same "Yaaaay!"-level as when we had Troy Sanders of Mastodon doing vocals on "Until Man Exists No More" from the "Through The Eyes Of Heathens" album...

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 12

Dear diary,

Started laying down vocals today and first up was Exoskeleton Pt. II, a track you may or may not have heard on the DOZER / BRAIN POLICE tour split EP released last year. We finished about 90% of the song, all that remains is the shouty-esque lead on the choruses. And the Neumann U87 did not disappoint, the vocals sounded velvety smoooooth. Not a sign of sibilance or harshness in sight. It's gonna work baaaajoooodifooly!

All in all it was a pretty relaxed day, took it pretty easy with the vocals as you don't want your vocalist to blow his voice out on the first day. Had a nice relaxing lunch spent eating burgers and ice cream (in combination, of course) and we headed home pretty early so I got to spend the day with my lovely wife who's visiting for the weekend and Tommi I think went fishing (which, as we all know, is code for in-depth studies on the physics of the brown gold).

Sorry about the lack of pictures, we simply forgot to snap any. You know they'd all just be of metal pup anyway, so...

DOZER - "Beyond Colossal" - Day 11

Dear diary,



Today was a pretty slow day. It's friday so you're automatically in chill out and don't stress-mode. Finished up the basic rhythm guitars for all the songs, then Fredrik swinged by to start laying down his twangy Fender guits. You can see in the photo above just how happy he is. The Fender + Gibson combo is a real winner. You get the thick fullness from the Gibson and the attack and actual string sound from the Fender. It's baaaaajoooodifooool!
And for me it's happy day 2000 as my wife is coming to visit me for the weekend here in Borlänge, so it's yeeeeeeee-haw! in camp Karl Daniel Lidén right now. She's also bringing the U87 mic from Stockholm, so tomorrow we will starting recording vocals.