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Well we have 3 drum tracks finished we did that in Nilfheim studio - around 10 more to go

We also got some help from Senheiser (mymusic) read here (in Danish)

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Tour rapport

Well our first European tour is done. It took us through 5 countries and we played 14 gigs in 16 days.
We joined forces with 3 other bands, and specials guest around Europe. We had a driver (the hammer) a merch dude (Paul Speckmann, from Master) and the tour manager Jörk (aka Jerk, ;.) hehe)
Here..s the short version.

The gigs
Some good some bad, with crowds from around 20 to around 200 pepz.
We started and played alright, but we only got better as the tour progressed. It really helped our playing, this tour.
We had a couple off days and had some fuckups, one song really became our nemesis, but we got it in the end.
We had enough songs with us so we could play some different songs each day.
We also played on weekdays and often to these gigs there weren’t that many people. But the weekends where usually pretty crowded.

The venues
We where at some nice venues, big ones too where a lot of great bands have played before us (and will after). That was a great honor.
Some of the places Where small bars, which was cool especially when the crowds wasn’t there. And we even did a bikerclub. YEAH Metal

The traveling
We had a bus which contained 17 bunkers (to sleep in) and 20 sitting places, in a joined area where we could eat, drink - yeah whatever.
Most traveling where done during the night because we had to cover some great distances, that also meant that we could not be a some cities for that long.

The waiting
Sometimes we would stop at some weird places with nothing to do, that was pretty fucked. BWTF that apparently came along with this tour.
The worst place where at a freeway in the UK, where there was an “cafe” (i wouldn’t call it that) which was closed and the toilet, well that was locked.
and the bus was broken, so we where there for 5 hours.

The other bands
The headliner was Jungle rot from the us, they had a pretty good following around in Europe, but some week days, where not that well, crowd wise
Second runner up where Warmaster, great guys from the Netherlands, which had good crowds in the Netherlands and some places in Germany, and we did most gigs in these 2 countries.
In the beginning of the tour we had Walking corpse from the UK with us, a great bunch of lads, with a really tight drummer called mr. Ipod, hehe.
We also played with, Fleashcrawl, Devious, Collapse 7, Stillbirth, FEAR INCARNATE and others around Europe.

Touring in general
Definitely something we’ll do again although there is a lot of traveling and waiting.
Some things have to change, but we learned a lot, and will hopefully not make the same mistakes again.
Don’t count on a decent meal and showers every day
But in general an experience that is recommended to all bands.

Downswitch out

Later….

Stay the thing they call METAL

And see the video that sums it all up.:

Ja vi er egentlig færdige men jeg syntes lige i skulle havde den sidste super historie med.

De fucking pølsetyskere som vi har lavet denne tour med, løb lidt fra de sidste aftaler, sÃ¥ i stedet for at vi blev hentet i Usted (CH) sÃ¥ blev vi læsset i bussen igen, smed Jungle Rot af i Zürich for at køre til busværkstedet igen, her tømte vi bussen og læssede trailere pÃ¥ en mindre bus, (det tog “kun” 1½ timer, fuck) SÃ¥ blev vi og Warmaster kørt til KE headquarters og her tømte vi traileren og smed vores gear i bussen og sÃ¥ mod DK.

Ikke nok med at chaførren skulle havde traileren med de første 60 km sÃ¥ glemte han at lÃ¥se den, sÃ¥ vi mÃ¥tte vende om. Og da vi kom til Rostock og skulle havde sidste færge kl  2345 havde de ikke booket plads, sÃ¥ vi mÃ¥tte over Jylland og Fyn, sÃ¥ i stedet for at være hjemme kl ca 17 tog vores sidste tour fra Schweiz 27 timer, sÃ¥ vi var hjemme kl 6:10 Mandag, sagde du skod tur hjem. Arhh jo, de havde ogsÃ¥ givet os en bus der var spærret til kun at kunne køre 100 km i timen (dvs 97 som max)  Bøsser……

NÃ¥r der kommer en tour opsumering senere……..

… tak til de som har fulgt med….

Så blev det sku tid til at komme igang med sidste dag, efter gårsdagens lidt skuffende publikums respons regnede vi med at Schweiz, var klar til vores pop musik og vi håbede også på en masse publikum. Men desværre, som på det meste af turen var der 2 ludere og en lommetyv, som man siger. Vi blev enige om at gyre den af som altid og det var et godt sidste gig bortset fra Dennis lyd fuckede op for ham, men vi lærte publikum lidt dansk og fyrede nogle jokes af - så et OK sidste show, ligebortset fra stedet lydmand (kongen) som nok er noget af det mest sure/negative menneske jeg har mødt, danm en idiot.

Vi gig ogsÃ¥ amok til de 2 andre bands især med Jungle Rot hvor vi slammede og crowdsurfede, griner med kun ca 20 mennesker. Det var sjovt indtil “kongen” stoppede legen, hvem faen vil ikke havde surfing til en metal koncert, sikke en NØRD….

….. nÃ¥r ja nÃ¥r man skal til Schweiz skal man havde tÃ¥lmodighed, vi blev sku alle hevet ud af bussen og de gennemroede den og Frimann mÃ¥tte en tur pÃ¥ kontoret sÃ¥ de kunne kigge nærmere pÃ¥ ham, han slap dog for en anal undersøgelse hehe. NÃ¥r de fandt heldigvis ikke noget sÃ¥ vi kom igennem.

Ja saa er der sku kun 2 dage tilbage, i aften er vi i tyskland igen og det plejer at moede godt op. Isaer i weekenden. Men lige nu sidder vi paa endnu et super sted nemlig et bus vaerksted, hvor der ud over en masse industri er en MacD og denne spillehal, hvor vi skriver her. Laptoppen er stadigvaek doed derfor er der ingen danske bogstaver…….

Spille stedet var Fabrik et fedt sted, men som sÃ¥ mange gange før desværre ikke mange mennesker, dvs der var et lokalt band som havde en del med. Men de gad sku ikke glo pÃ¥ os. Vi spillede pisse godt idag og gav de der var der alt hvad vi havde i os. Men de var pænt ligeglade, de kunne sku ikke lide os eller vores “pop” musi, de var kun til død. Super fedt at stÃ¥ der og svede og sÃ¥ er der 2 der klapper, resten stÃ¥ enten i baren eller backstage og drikker øl, KONGE….