what happened to wintersun?

[Onset to putrefaction]

does ANYONE know what happened, i wanted to hear the new album so badly hah

 

[ParsonsMatt]

Last I heard, Jari was having computer issues due to wanting to have 200+ tracks on each song, and a shitload of VSTis, and edit them all in real time...

 

[Damian B]

Huge Wintersun fan, in case it wasn't obvious. I checked the forum a couple of days ago and Jari said that about 2/3 of the keyboards were done, and everything else had been tracked except for some vocal parts. The computer problems have been fixed (and he's now working on a mac), but he's having to render the midi parts instead of writing in real time, so it's slow going. After that he is going to mix the album himself I believe.

Basically, it's going to fucking rule when it comes out, but it might be a while.

 

[ahjteam]

27.02.2009
All Wintersun shows cancelled

There has come again unexpected problems with technology, which will make finishing the "Time" album even more harder than it has been. Which will delay it even more. There´s also some personal problems concerning my apartment.

Because of all the problems, I have fallen under a serious amounts of stress, which is sometimes causing me "writer´s blocks". This album making is now turned into such a "risky business", that I have no choise, but to cancel Summerbreeze and Bloodstock.

The thing is, the album has to be done first, before we can play any shows. Playing just old songs after many years isn´t something we want to do and what probably no one wants to see.
After the album has been mixed, I need to mix again a "backuptrack livemix" (of the synths&orchestrations). Then we have to of course practise the new songs and arrange them into "live format" (especially mine and Teemu´s guitar parts). We also need to update our humble live gear.
All these arrangements take time, so we don´t want to risk it, that we might have to cancel the shows last minute. It must be done now and put finishing the album the number one priority. After the album is done, we will start booking shows again.

I know there´s lots of disappointed people and I have to apologize. But I hope that you´ll understand my decision under these circumstances. I have to put the album first and finish it before we play any shows. Thanks for listening!

Jari

from WS site

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