It's been several weeks since I last wrote. A lot has happened in the meanwhile, the biggest thing being that all the songs now have final lyrics & vocal arrangements roughly done. There is clearly a larger tale which forms from the tales off all the songs in the album. This became even more evident as I got the rest lyrics done. It is all connected to the album title - as said previously; smaller scale sounding cosmic title this time around, but the grand tale which forms from the individual songs is on a different level with its' scale. Small pictures (songs) form a much bigger picture of a cosmic kind.
I also got the album artwork (front & back cover art) completed recently. Front cover depicts the certain aspect of the whole tale(s) directly, in a doomy way. Feels very fitting and good, the visual side, to me personally.
The biggest work remaining to be done is of course recording the vocals. I'm not sure whether I'll record them at my current home or at new place. Also sampling aspect & possible keyboard work remains to be done, too. Depending where (and especially when) I'll record the vocals, the release date happens in late 2020 or in early 2021. Time shall tell, as usual.
