New Lunar Storm logo is up! Much thanks to the lovely Marserella. Excellent work.

A new project is born: RAIN WORSHIP. RAIN WORSHIP will be atmospheric/ambient dark/doom metal. Why I didn’t think of this name before is beyond me…

In other news, My new recording headphones have been ordered and I’m currently waiting for them to arrive…

Possible breakthrough to report. I may have just discovered how to greatly improve the sound of recording guitars directly from the pedal into the recorder. This is something I’ve been wanting to achieve for a long time, but until now there has been no hope to be found of replacing the technique of mic-ing the amp. If this works out, I may be seriously close to achieving a more dynamic overall sound. I’m quite excited about this possibility. Unfortunately, my headphones took a huge shit, also I just broke a string. Figures…

Well…It looks like I won’t be recording for a little while. My recording headphones are broken and I’ll I’m unsure how soon I’ll be able to buy some new ones. I’m currently unemployed, so needless to say money is tight. In the meantime I plan on getting some drum tracks done.

[personal note]: write out guitar tablatures for all future accompanied projects/albums.

One day I plan on recording a King Diamond/Mercyful Fate tribute album.

BLESSED REST-The debut album will be entitled In the Year of Our Lord, 1348 and will be a concept album about the black death. Some of the song titles so far thought up are:  God Bless the Plague/Yesinia Pestis/Upon Withered Shoulders/Ashes Ashes/For I Wear the Beak/March of the Flagellants/Chamber of Fire/In the Year of Our Lord, 1348/Written By A Pale Hand.

I have created a new death/doom project called BLESSED REST. It’ll be heavier and lean more towards death metal than OBLIVION WINTERS. No lead patterns in the middle. There will be some harmonizing on the sides, but I expect the sound to be crushing, bleak and doomy. Most likely there won’t be any keyboards on this project, but there could be a touch of organ here and there for a dark effect… We’ll see.

A few days ago, I was goofing around playing OCEANVS and DAEMONIC SHADOW songs, and had quite a bit of fun doing it. OCEANVS was so fun to play that I’m seriously considering starting working on it next. The plan is to prepare the drums in batches of 4-5 songs and then go from there. I have at least 3 SD cards, so space is no problem. Expect to hear either OCEANVS or DAEMONIC SHADOW next. I feel the recording urge getting stronger by the week…

The urge to record is returning (slowly). I just needed a return to the basics to examine why I do this… It was never about the outside world and I feel like my desire to record has been thwarted by outer influences. It must be difficult for people to understand and it must seem selfish, but it’s the honest truth. I appreciate all my “fans” out there and I think it’s quite amusing that people actually like my music, but the only reason I do this is out of a personal need to create and connect to my inner world. That’s all it has ever been about. I will continue to post updates and of course to upload new songs, so nothing will change. While I’m crawling back into my shell a bit, I still wish to keep the portal open to the outer world.

Wow. It’s been over 6 months since my last post. It’s been a tumultuous period for me (getting off medication, moving, etc..). I’m trying to get used to my new surroundings and of course get a job haha. I can’t make any guarantees, but hopefully I’ll start recording again soon.

I just had a breakthrough a few days ago ha ha. From now on, I’m going to create all the drum tracks for the albums first and record them on the recorder before I do anything else. This plan will most likely involve me having to buy 1 or 2 new sd cards. It’s no secret that the drums are an absolute nuisance for me. I hate programming drums with a passion, but I have to get these albums finished faster. It’s time for me to attack the recording process with more organization and consistency. I will focus on one solo project at a time and once I finish, then I’ll move on… This will also mean that I’ll have to record rough versions of new songs in order to guide in the programming of the drums. Also, I deleted all the old pre-rerecorded songs from the soundclick site. I’m sick of people hearing the shitty sounding unprofessional songs. It’s quite annoying to have to start over on anything. I absolutely hate having to redo songs, but my legacy depends on it, so I’ll do it.

DAEMONIC SHADOW-Work will begin on Destroying Human Culture very soon. Most of the material is already written. The ultimate goal is to create the best black/death album since Dissection’s masterpiece Storm of the Light’s Bane. I need to get the logo figured out too. It’s time for DAEMONIC SHADOW to rise up.

JEZEHELL/SPELLGHAST/OMINOUS GRIM/GOD FORSAKEN WHORE-Ominous has just informed me that he will be ready to start recording once again this spring. So expect to hear some new songs from these projects…