Surprise surprise...

What the hell was this??? I was prepared for anything but this... to be honest I expected Argentina to win, I of course hoped for Germany to win, but this??? 4:0 ?!?!?!?!? Awesome :-)
And if with all the soccer overkill you have some time left then check out our new single "A voice in the dark" which was released last week, and if you want to check out more new stuff go to our official homepage, in the discography section you can listen to samples from all the new songs.

Weird Guitars

I guess you can call me a rather conservative guy when it comes to my guitars, I just love my Les Pauls, the most "unconventional" guitars in my collection are probably my Steinberger and my new Flying V, which are not really that unconventional... specially not compared to those ones that I found on the net :-) My fave model in the moment is the one with 12 necks, must be heaven for somebody that uses a lot of different tunings, might be hell for his backliner though :-) The boat is also very nice, perfect for vacations, who the hell still plays acustic guitar at a bonfire, going offshore with it sounds much more like fun. Also the "girlfriend" model is a nice idea, custom made for somebody that just fell in love I guess :-) Well, I guess I will just stick to my Les Pauls, I am just too traditional for such things... even though the Gibson melon is tempting :-)

Some gear pics

Here are some pics from my stuff, taken during one of the last days. It shows my usual amp and effects setup, some guitars that I will take on tour for sure, just my second rack is still missing, I didn't put it together yet ;-)

First rehearsal block

We just finished the first block of rehearsals for the next tour and things were really great. Our crew was there to set up all the backline and monitoring stuff, we could check our gear, plan some adjustments and changes, and finally go through our list of 40 songs that we want to be able to play. We might still add some more songs to that list, we might kick a couple of others, but at least we have a big catalogue to chose from when we will finally play live again and talk about the setlists for each gig :-)
Talking about gigs, last week I had the chance to see Nevermore and Orphaned Land live again, and both bands were great. Nevermore even played 4 new songs already, even though their new album has only been released today. I immediately bought it but didn't have a chance to check it out yet, I will do thig right now after finishing this posting ;-)

Rest in peace Ronnie

Unfortunately yesterday Ronnie James Dio lost the battle against his cancer and left a giant gap in the music scene. He was not only my fave singer and fronted 3 of my alltime fave bands, he was also one of the nicest and most humble people that I have ever seen in this business. Rest in peace Ronnie, my condolences to your family.