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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The drums have been recorded!
And here are some words from Tobben himself:
I was so fucken excited to record this third demo. A couple of days earlier I had rehearsed everything and it felt really good! No mistakes or any worries for the new material at all. But once Mats hit the recording button, all hell broke lose in my brain and in my left leg/foot. My idea was to record the new songs to the click tracks that K had prepared for me (his guitar + click track), but since I’m not so used playing to a click track it didn’t really turn out that good that I had imagined it would. Not even remotely close. Not even in the same fucken universe to be more specific! I also have this constant sciatica pain in my left leg since a couple of months back, and it usually gets worse when I’m playing drums. Thursday night was no exception. Then when the pain started to increase and my brain was working too much with the click track, instead of feeling the music, my playing went down to the level of a mongolid amputee. I got really irritated and discouraged, and I know more than well how that too affects my playing. It’s like a downward evil spiral…
After struggling with two songs (and not even finished the second one!) for nearly three hours, I decided to call it quits at 10 p.m. Before I went to bed, I decided to try everything again the next day, without the click track - just like I usually do when recording drums.
Friday was the complete opposite story! After warming up for some minutes, we began recording again at 3 p.m. - without the click track - and after 30 minutes I had nailed all the three demo songs. My playing was soooo much better than the night before, you could not think it was the same drummer if you had heard it! Mats can approve that! I’m really satisfied with how it all turned out. I can now also reveal that I recorded two more songs which will NOT be on the third demo! I had to do a few takes on one of the two, while I nailed the last one on the first take. So after two hours on Friday we were done with five songs and had put down all of Mats’s recording gear. Fuck, that felt nothing but great!
Now we are waiting for Mats to send the drum files to the Lord, which will happen during this weekend, then it’s time for K’s and J’s magic to complete this closing chapter of the first trilogy.”
We are now waiting to get the files so K can start to record his guitars, then everything will be shipped to J for vocals and bass. After that the shit is off to Mr Swanö.
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
The recording of demo 3 is in process!
Yeah, as we type this - drummer Tobben (aka Golden T, Golden Spider, Gollum, Gordon, Gudrun - you name it) is recording the drums for the last part of trilogy one. After having to push the recording date forward a month it feels great to finally be doing it. We have longed to close this chapter of the first trilogy, to kind of tie everything together (no shit?) before moving into trilogy 2 territory. After Tobben is done with his drums it’s about time for K to put down the guitars in his home studio with his new, fantastic equipment that was purchased some time ago. It feels nice to be able to do that, for sure. We will keep you updated on the process as soon as something happens but for now we want you to spread the word about Torture’s coming deed.
Mr Swanö is ready to put his magic into the mix as soon as we have completed everything, but we guess we need to have J do his vocals and bass first after the guitars before we can hand over anything to Dan. Or at least that’s how it feels. And no, we don’t even know why we brought that up at this early stage. Pretend you didn’t read it.
So, you’ll have to hang in here for a little longer (actually, you are allowed to go away from the computer if you feel like it, just make sure to check in often) before we will announce the title of the third demo, as well as the cover and songtitles bla bla bla…
And we have more shit to announce when the time is right, but for now our mouths are sewn shut.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Torture Division to play The Close Up Boat!
Fuck yeah, we wanna thank Close Up Magazine for being cool as shit and for wanting us onboard this metal cruise of death. See you there, fuckos.
If you wanna see what the current ad looks like for this thing, click me - I am a link.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Definitely running out of shirts now!
The few extra we had are soon gone so check the merch page to see what we have left.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Updates on merch and demo 3!
The recordings of the drums for demo 3 have been pushed forward a week and will now take place on October 16th. All the tunes are ready and we are jacked up as fucken cannibals in front of Metallica (what?) to record this last part of the first trilogy. You will definitely dig the death metal soup we are cooking up this time. But this third demo is hardly the only thing we wanna announce, we just have to wait a little with the rest of the news, for various reasons… Stay tuned to our forums and this site for all the torturous news you can possibly handle.
Besides that, here comes the updated list of what we have as far as merchandise go at the moment. Click this link to see the shirts we have ion stock until we decide to reprint any of these, or until we do a completely new design. We ask you to buy this shit off of us so we can brag about having an empty warehouse where we used to have shirts. Spread the word and support Torture Division’s cause of giving you free death metal (the worl’ds best one actually) by purchasing one or two of these bastards.
Friday, September 19th, 2008
A few extra shirts available!
We have a few extra shirts lying around since the print of the third shirt. In this topic you can find the quantity and instructions as for how to order one of these beauties. There’s not many of them left so hurry up if you want one.
On another note, we are currently preparing to enter the studio to record the last demo of the first trilogy. You can find more info on this somewhere on this site. It’s all about to unfold now… What will the title be? Soon you’ll know… Stay tuned for more updates since we have some fantastic news to announce as soon as we get the “go”. You’ll see alot more of Torture Division in the future, that’s for sure.
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Everything ready for the third demo!
We will reveal some more things about this demo in a little while.
Monday, September 1st, 2008
No more t-shirt orders are being taken!
Thanx to everyone who supported Torture Division by purchasing the new shirt. We appreciate it and the leftover money is now well-invested into the recording of demo 3 that starts in October. And we will also drink a beer or two. Thanx again, guys - you are phenomenal.
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Demo 3 to be recorded now!
“Now” might be stretching shit, but hey… Tobben, aka Golden Spider, aka Golden T, aka Grindmaster Flesh, will put down his drums starting (and ending) on October 2nd. Once again (as on “We bring upon thee” Tobben will be using the handjobs and services of Mats at www.senselessrecordings.se for his skinbashing, something that worked really well the last time around. After that the files will be shipped to The Lord, aka Golden K, aka Riffmeister Philipson for him to record some mighty fine Xiphos guitars. After that it’s time for Jörgen, aka J, aka Kråny, aka Gotlands Bill Gates to put down his monstrous vocals and bass in Stockholm with Joppe of Backdraft in his studio. Things are moving forward and this third chapter in the first trilogy will rock your socks off. Or something. Expect nothing but sheer brutality, insane groove and perhaps some death metal. When the time is right we will reveal the song titles as well as the name of the demo. Yeah, we know, that’s a fucken nice thing to do.
In the meantime, order a shirt. All the info you need can be found at www.torturedivision.net as always.
Stay tortured.
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
You too chickenshit to e-mail us?
Then remember that we have a guestbook where you can put all your questions about The Torture that you might have. We will definitely reply in there as soon as we can. Oh, and don’t forget the new t-shirts. Only some 8 or 10 days left to order one of those. Scroll down this page and you will find all the information you need when it comes to supporting us.