04th march 2009
SKYFIRE's "Esoteric" Ready for Mixing and a Digital-Only EP Release Announced

Swedish progressive death metallers SKYFIRE have wrapped up the recordings for the follow up to 2004's 'Spectral,' entitled 'Esoteric.' The album's music was self-produced at Powernest Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden, while vocals were produced by THE FORSAKEN guitarist Patrik Persson. 'Esoteric' is set to be mixed by Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, ZONARIA, THE ABSENCE) at Abyss Studios. The album will be released this fall via Pivotal Rockordings.

Additionally, SKYFIRE and Pivotal Rockordings have teamed up to release a digital-only EP this summer featuring tracks that written after "Spectral" and were never released and will not appear on "Esoteric." More details will be announced shortly.
- Skyfire

 

27th August 2008
Some good news and some bad...

First, the bad: We expected the recording of this album to take a while, but unfortunately things took longer than we thought. Because we are working with lots of keyboard tracks as well as orchestra and choir samples (this was the big secret we were keeping from everyone, but since things are taking so long it's only fair to let you guys know!), recording this album will obviously take longer than usual. The month of July was especially tedius for us. As a result of the delays, we had to book the mix for next month, so we will hopefully be able to post some new music in October or November. This also means that the album itself will have to be released later than expected. We don't want to make any promises we can't keep, so we will just say that the new album will come out sometime early next year. We know this might come as a disappointment to many, but if you guys were able to wait since 2004, a few extra months should be nothing. =)

Now, the good: Because we are just as sad as you are due to the delays, the band and the label have decided to reveal our amazing new artwork, as well as a cool clip from our recording sessions located at YouTube.com. Check them out! We can also report to you that the music is 100% completed as far as tracking goes. We are just finishing up writing lyrics before we record vocals, which will probably happen within the next few days. As we stated, we will post some new music for you guys almost immediately after we receive the final masters. That's all for now, take care!

- Skyfire






14th April 2008
So we are all 100% decided on the new album title… “E*******”! Perhaps you will be able to figure it out, but if you can’t, don’t worry about it because our label will be announcing it this week! We are very close to finishing the music for the new album and everything is coming out great. For those of you that have asked us to put new music online, we apologize, but you will have to wait until the album is completed. This is because we are trying to keep some of these new elements a surprise but also we want to make sure everything we present sounds 100% at its best. However, the good news is that we’ve decided to do something very special for you guys and videotape a few guitar lessons from Johan when he visits the studio to track leads. These guitar lessons will be based off some licks from the new record and they will be posted on Youtube around the release of the album! That’s all for now,

- Skyfire


26th March 2008
Everything’s going well. The month of March has been especially slow because Martin had to move into his new apartment. More than half of the music for the new album is recorded and after that, Jocke will lay down vocal tracks which we are all extremely excited to hear! Our label reps have heard some rough demos that Andreas and Martin put together and were extremely impressed so we’re hoping you guys will be too! We’re hoping the album will be 100% finished by May or June so that it can see a late fall/early winter release. We are also excited to say that we are negotiating our first European tour in support of the new album and we will keep you updated on that situation.

Lastly, as you might already know we’ve signed a merch deal with SMC Merchandising! The deal will allow easy and affordable distribution to all our fans in the US that have been requesting Skyfire gear for some time now. We’ll have some fresh original designs for you to buy very soon! We’ve got more news as well, but perhaps it can wait for the next update. :)

- Skyfire


13th February 2008
Rhythm guitars, bass, drums, keys, and some new elements that we're keeping under wraps for now are recorded for 4 tracks. There will be approximately 10 songs on the new album so we should be finished in a few months once vocals and lead guitars (including guitar solos from Johan) are done. This album will probably take longer than expected to complete because of the new additions to the Skyfire sound, but we hope that you'll appreciate how much work went into making it once you've got the album in your hands. As far as the material itself goes; it's sounding most in common with our first album (although we´ve tried to incorporate some of the aggressive and energetic sound that we used on Spectral) , but with longer and more epic tracks (one of them will be approximately 8 minutes long). We've got an album title picked out and very awesome and mind-blowing cover art that supports the theme of the title is being painted as we speak by Pär Olofsson. We've seen two rough sketches of the cover and all we can say is that we´re really impressed by his work so far.

That's it for now,

- Skyfire


29th January 2008
(short) Update From The Studio!

Drums, rhythm guitars, keys, and something we can't yet reveal to you are done for 2 songs. 2 more songs will probably be finished by the end of this week! Unfortunately at this point it is too early to tell how many songs will be on the album because we have alot of material written and we are even doing some last minute writing in the studio.

We'll try to get some pictures up soon! In the meantime, head over to our official forum and discuss all things Skyfire with your fellow Skyfire fans.

- Skyfire