Time for the Seventh Album!

[goashem]

This is a copy from our official MySpace blog that can be found here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?...iendId=62641822&blogId=539721678&swapped=true..

Hello guys and gals,

It's been a long time since we've been writing a blog entry here, so I suppose it's time to summarize what we've been doing during the past 12 months.

We started our Finnish / European tour a year ago with several gigs here in Finland. You know, between 2001 and 2008, we only played four gigs (!) of which only one took place outside Oulu, our hometown (!!). There were a lot of reasons for not playing live shows during that time, and the most important reason was that between late 2001 and late 2004, we were in an inactive state - in short, this band didn't even exist at that time.

But during the last 12 months, we've been doing more gigs than ever (excluding the year 2000 that was an exception in many ways). So, thanks to all who came to see us in Finland, Romania and Russia! We still have one more gig this year - Hamburg in a couple of weeks. There may be a gig or two next year, but we want to work on our next album in 2011.

Currently, we're writing new songs. We already got a lot of 'em but you know, there's always room for new great songs. We have several ideas on how the next album should sound like... I can't tell you guys much about the ideas but let's just say we (once again) want to be versatile and try to to something new. We also want to make the album heavier, more extreme, more beautiful, more athmospheric than ever before.. Well, not in one song but as a whole.

The schedule is a bit tentative at the moment. You see, if there's something we learned from the "crazy years" between 1997 and 2001, it's this: we don't want to wear ourselves out anymore. We did that ten years ago and that's what caused us break up. We want to keep our schedules a bit loose. Ten years ago, we would have gone to the studio right after the last gig of the tour. Now, we need a bit more time.

So, we're trying to get the next album out in early 2012. We're going to have our first studio session sometimes in April and May 2011 and the second session sometimes during the autumn or early winter.

Thanks and cheers,
Jarmo Puolakanaho / Eternal Tears of Sorrow

 

[goashem]

Vuoden kestänyt kiertue alkaa olla ohi. Keikkoja tulikin aikamoinen määrä verrattuna vuosien 2001-2008 keikkailumääriin - näinä vuosinahan meillä oli yhteensä neljä keikkaa, joista ainoastaan yksi (!) kotikaupunkimme Oulun ulkopuolella. Syitä oli monia ja niistä suurimpana bändin tauko vuosien 2001 ja 2004 välillä. Itse asiassa - jos monellakin tavalla poikkeuksellista vuotta 2000 ei lasketa mukaan - meillä on ollut enemmän keikkoja koskaan.

Kiitoksia kaikille keikoilla olleille! Tänä vuonna on vielä yksi keikka - Hampurissa parin viikon päästä. Ensi vuonna voi olla keikka tai pari, mutta haluamme ensi vuonna keskittyä pääasiassa uuden levyn tekoon. Biisejä ja ideoita on kasassa jo kiitettävä määrä, mutta aina on tilaa uusille loistaville biiseille. On vielä pieni salaisuus meillekin, miltä tuleva levy kuulostaa. Toivottavasti raskaammalta, yhä enemmän eri ääripäitä venyttävältä, kauniimmalta, tunnelmallisemmalta kuin koskaan.

Levyn aikataulu elää vielä, sillä meillä ei ole kiirettä. Meillä oli omat hullut vuotemme vuosina 1997-2001. Tällöin käytimme käytännössä kaiken mahdollisen ajan tälle bändille ja ajoimme stressin takia itsemme hajoamispisteeseen. Olemme oppineet niistä vuosista paljon, ja sen takia emme halua pitää kiirettä tulevan levyn kanssa. Kymmenen vuotta sitten olisimme kiertueen loppumisen jälkeen pian taas studiossa.

Tuleva levy ilmestyy alustavasti alkuvuonna 2012. Kuten kahden aikaisemmankin levyn kohdalla, nauhoitamme levyn taas kahdessa osassa - ensimmäinen nauhoitussessio on pääsiäisen/vapun tienoilla ja toinen ensi vuoden loppupuolella.

 

[ugly]

Thanks for the update. EToS has been quiet lately. It's good to hear some news.

 

[Sero]

Whoa! A new great album is going to come out! Have no patience to wait and eager to hear it!!

 

[Murky]

I can believe it's taken me so long to get round to hearing this. I'm really looking forward to it!

 

[ThomasC]

I bet this will be awesome, really looking forward to hear this!

 

[Peteo]

Any news on if the next album is still coming out in early 2012? This wait is killing me!

 

[FAITHKILLER]

I just got to know about this! CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS!