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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
THE BIG UPDATE!!!
Current mood: determined
Hey Metal Friends!
Wow, it's been awhile since our last update, but we have been extremely busy and figured we would wait until we had lots of news rather than a bit here and a bit there.
We have been working on the new album since July, although there have been a few breaks during that time.
In August, our drummer Steve decided that it would be better off if he stepped aside. With a successful business to run and lots of other commitments, he thought it would be best for us to use someone else. So that delayed us for some time...and we needed to recover from losing a brother. There was no anger, no fighting. We understand, he's our bro. Always will be. Fifteen years he had been with us, so we had to give serious thought about who to call.
Gene has loved The Hole for years, and has been one of our biggest and most outspoken fans. Gene is our bro, and has been a bro for just about as long as Steve, so we called. He said "I'll be in Vancouver in a week"...we said "cool"...Gene hit the Armoury Studios in Vancouver and layed down some mighty, mighty stuff. He dropped in a ton 'o' heavy metal flair, and he did with style.
So we welcome Gene Hoglan to the Zimmers Hole family...with love and laughter.
We are deep into mixing right now, although there are still a few parts that are getting dropped in as the inspiration strikes. which with us, is often, haha!
Keeping with the whole 'family affair', Devin is in charge of the vocals and mix production, amongst the many other things that he is so good at. He's flying in
samples and keys as needed to add to what we have already...a true master at his craft. The early mixes are absolutely amazing, and the finished result will be
nothing short of pure molten metal!!! Devin is a huge talent and a great friend, we're happy to have him with us again. There's plenty of laughter to go around. And isn't that what music is all about? Having fun without getting so serious that you forget why you are there in the first place.
Mix will be finished in the next couple of weeks and then will go to mastering...we are on schedule for March release, and will let you know as things get closer.
The website (zimmershole.com) should be up and running soon, we are giving it a full makeover. You'll be able to find all your Zimmers Hole needs there, touring, merch, wacky pictures...everything. Stay tuned. I'll update you as soon as it's online.
Travis Smith(seempieces.com) is in charge of the artwork and layout for the new album, and it's all looking quite evil! He does amazing work.
Ok ZH Metallic Brethren, that's about all for now. We'll have some teasers for you sometime soon, be sure to visit often and check out the happenings at
ZH headquarters! We call it ZimCo...catchy huh?
Horns Up!!
JS
