"It's happening again!"

Recently I started to examine the doom riffs I've saved for later use since debut album - so the oldest riffs date back to Spring 2011. Got the feeling that now is the time. To start structuring the riffs and do some new composing, ... start making new material.

I took the riff I've been playing every now and then lately, very doomy riff I like a lot and got working with it. During this weekend the first new song base is close to ready and I just listened a demo version (drums, bass, guitars) of the song. Seems to be about 10 minutes long opener.

Feels really good, and I also crafted fitting guitar sound (ugly, primitive, noisy, yet suiting for melodic beautitudes too) and same with bassguitar sound.

The idea at this stage is to do the composing & structuring for all the songs that will come to me (be it those old riffs or new arrivals) and only after rough demo versions are done, then start recording the guitars and bass for keepers, not just loose playing.

First new doom song base freshly squeezed

Soon to be streaming more & future plans

First some good news.

Mood:Doom's "The misery quadrant" debut album should appear into Spotify and numerous streaming sites like that in the near future.

Then some sad news.

We had recently some talks with Timo about continuing Mood:Doom. While I myself am (finally) getting closer to starting to record new material for Mood:Doom, Timo sadly does not have enough time for participating into Mood:Doom with 100% passion anymore. I wish all the best for Timo and thank him for past 10 years of shared music projects. Check out his music blog:

http://misguidead.blogspot.fi

Also check out some examples of his numerous music projects from Mikseri, great stuff (project list page is in finnish, but you can change the language into english at each music project's page at top section of page):

http://www.mikseri.net/user/etv

What Timo's departure means for Mood:Doom then? It means that I'm going to continue Mood:Doom alone. That's the plan right now. I have some good ways for making things happen (drums) in a way that it shall sound good enough even that it's not live drums anymore. I'll record bassguitars as I record guitars too, it's not a problem - more the opposite since I want to record bass again (thanks to my new bassguitar). Actually the only real challenge curently is the vocals, but we shall see what happens with that matter. Lyrics won't be a problem since I wrote most of the lyrics on last Scumfusion's space grind package and I like to write lyrics.

More information will come as there's something to tell.

The misery quadrant at Youtube

Enjoy. Some. Doom.

 

Download (or don't)

In case if you want to download the Mood:Doom's 2011 album in mp3 form, packed into rar file, there's still time to do just that. I've decided to quit the Scumfusion domain - the site will disappear by the end of August 2014. In case if you don't know the site, it's:

http://www.scumfusion.com

Why I'm quitting the domain? Well, I've been thinking about this for a long time already. It feels pointless to pay monthly for a domain and have the packages for downloading, since I could as well put them into streaming sites. Like for example Youtube, Soundcloud, Mikseri (finnish music service), etc. I already have latest offerings at some of these sites and ...

... well, the world keeps turning. I've noticed that I've even myself started listening music through streaming services much more, and I'm quite an oldschool kind of guy when it comes to music ... so .. this is logical next step. No longer having a site that needs to be updated (and in my case looks poorly, too) but simply spreading the music online without having a domain. Some of the streaming sites offer download options (in high quality) as well, so download option won't fully disappear, either.

So, if you still want to get the rar package(s), "full album package(s)", go to site as it still exists.

http://www.scumfusion.com

Countin' riffs

Long time, no see. I just went through the demo riffs I've recorded during past 2+ years. Oldest one comes from April 2011, while newest one is from August 2012. There are five of these massive riffs overall. While there aren't no newer riffs recorded, I might already have some ready to be saved for possible later use. Lately I've come up with some doomy riffs while playing around with guitar, so ...

... well, I haven't started actually creating new songs out of any of these riffs. Not yet. But I do have a growing feeling that it might happen in coming weeks / months. We've talked about possibility of making an EP next instead of full length, but ... time shall tell.

Demoriffin'

I just recorded two big riffs (main riff for two separate songs) as demonstration purpose. It was the first time I've tried how these riff ideas sound with distorted guitars - since both of these little monsters have been born in the wilderness jammin' unplugged. And I gotta say ... that listening to the two demos (both about 1 minute long) make me feel really good. These are definitely "Mood:Doom" riffs, there's no question about that. Slow and monstrous. Even a nod beautiful. Doomy? Yes!

Something in the dark

Let me start by saying that not much has been happening with Mood:Doom since the release of "The misery quadrant" in April 2011. Yes, so why I'm writing here then? Just to state that silence means nothing else than ... that something is lurking in the dark corners of space, still invisible to naked eye.

Take a note that I said "not much" has been happening. That is not the same than "nothing" has been happening. I've gathered few riffs'n'melodies that have born under conditions like f.e. thunderstorm raging outdoors, I'm sitting in the dark and jammin' with guitar ... or sitting on a dock by a lake in the wilderness, jammin' with a guitar. These ideas have been saved and will be shaped into new songs at some point. When that happens, it's hard to say currently, but whenever it is - it will be told here.