The music for the songs were written mainly by Kristian, Johan have put a mark on some of them, I know he wrote one song completely, but as far as collaboration between me and my dear brothers song wise there was none.
This is mainly because of the great distance between us, but also the lack of the right equipment (meaning my own home studio) is a reason, we'll see if we can change that in the future, but as it is I believe it couldn't have come out better in any case, Kristian/Johan has done a remarkable job. Lyrics however is done by Masse, and as far as I know it's going to be eeeeeeeevil.
I think the songs for this album simply is better, there was a great variety on Riders, but this one is more thought through, more compact and so is the playing. There's a greater energy and a more technical aspect to the songs and probably some of the best work I've ever done on a recording. This has alot to do with Ricki Rae who was the engineer for the drum tracking, he's patience and keeping up a good vibe all the way through really had a huge impact on me and my playing, I was just having the best time in the studio, just really enjoying the songs. When it's fun, it always comes out good, but hey, it's not fun in a sissy way, it's fun in a EEEEEEVIL way, so there.
Reg,if there's a song with a drum fill or not who starts the album, I don't know, but there is some songs that start with some drum fills and I think their more tasteful than they were on Riders. I also want to add, that Johans work on this is as usuall flawless, and I can't wait till Kristian put his solos on it, cause you see, for someone to play like that there's got to be something wrong with him
All in all I think this album is going to be ALOT better, but in the end it will be you guys who decides that. I'm looking forward to hear what you guys think, good or bad.
You probably wanted a more detailed description but hey I am a drummer, I like big round things that goes crash boom and crash again. Anyway I hope this finds you well for now.
All the best
Salute
Ricky