Gorefest Guitarist Issues Update

Gorefest guitarist, Frank, has issued the following update on their official website:

Mr. Madsen's Magical Mixes are dropping in, and they're everything we hoped they would be. Maybe even more! Some of these songs are so heavy, it's almost frightening.

Anyway, let's do a small recap of what we did after we left Excess Studios. We had one day off, then traveled by nightliner to Wacken. Our fabulous crew took care of the backline at the site, so we could take care of a very busy schedule. We'd taken with us some rough mixes of 6 songs off the new album, and the plan was to let the press at the fest hear what we've been up to the last couple of months.

Strangely, the soundequipment in the tent had been hijacked by a man who shall remain nameless (but he seems to be an Uncle to a lot of people). While waiting for that stuff to be returned, it became clear we had to drop some things off the schedule, if we were to seize the opportunity to have this much press from all over the world present at the listening session. So, the Signing Session was cancelled. Our sincere apologies to everyone who has been waiting in the rain for us, only to have us not show up. Hopefully we can make up for it next time we're in Germany, and by giving you a REALLY FUCKING HEAVY, TOWERING MONOLITH of an album!
Oh yeah, in the end, the soundequipment remained MIA, everything backfired on us, and we were left looking like jerks. Oh well, that's rock 'n roll, I guess.

The show was awesome though. I hadn't expected so many people showing up for us, that really amazed me. We had a great time, and I hope you did too! Oh yeah, to the fucker who threw the fucking can: Fuck you, you sad sack of shit.

After that, we had some good ole' beer drinking time with some of the Within Temptation guys. Well, excluding me, that is. I opted for an early night, as I wanted to be fresh for the flight to Istanbul next morning. I'm not too keen on flying, and it's even worse with a hangover.

At Hamburg Airport, we had a pretty good laugh when JC's effectsboard got checked. The look on that securitywomans face when she saw all that stuff wired up, she must have thought we were about to nuke the whole scene there. The only thing missing was a little running clock. 'eehm, ja, I vill hav to check zis!'

It was a pretty bumpy flight, nearly reminding me of that hilarious scene in Almost Famous. Arriving in Istanbul we got picked up by Agop, our guide for the weekend. Quick shower at the hotel, then off to the site, which was nothing short of gorgeous. Check it out!

Despite our soundman Pieter not being able to use the whole soundboard (thanks to a certain band who seemed to think it was their show, as opposed to a festival - afraid we'd be too heavy, were you?) we had a fantastic show. Lights, crowd, band, and Pieter assured me even the sound eventually came along nicely, all was excellent. We had such a good time, and we'd like to thank everyone who attended the day for that! We met the nicest people in Istanbul, and I urge every band to try and do some shows overthere. The Turkish like their Metal, and they want a lot of it! The food's really good too. Beautiful women as well, which is never a bad thing.

Anyway, I guess you can tell we had an awesome weekend. I won't bore you with details of our adventures the next day - overbooked and missed flights, a fantastic hellride on a little cart through Frankfurt Airport - thank you, Steffi Graf lookalike, that was so cool! Suffice to say, we all came home in one piece, and a loads of wonderful experiences richer.

Lest we forget: mark october 31 on your calendars as the day Gorefest will release a very heavy album indeed!

signing off,

Frank

Source: Gorefest